SA’s Kwezi team joins Comic Con Africa 2018

South Africa’s Kwezi team will take part in Comic Con Africa 2018, with Loyiso Mkize, Mohale Mashigo and Clyde Beech joining the line-up of comic book talent at the inaugural Comic Con Africa. Mkize is a South African visual artist living in Cape Town. Mkize has...

Cleantech set to take off

At first glance, the cleaning industry seems an unlikely candidate to benefit from advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet technology. However, Emma Corder, country manager for Nilfisk South Africa, believes that we could see meaningful benefits in the...

5G trials in full swing

Eighty-two percent of mobile operators participating in a 5G study conducted by IHS Markit are busy trialing and testing the technology, mainly in North America and Asia, with 12% – all from North America – planning commercial 5G rollouts by year-end....

Pitches for LaunchLab Ideas Programme invited

Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab together with partners, Nedbank, Mercedes-Benz SA and WineTech hsve launched the second season of its 2018 LaunchLab Ideas Programme, with the aim of accelerating entrepreneurs and startup founders to begin to build from their...

Beware the threat from within …

Kathy Gibson is at the IDC Security Summit in Johannesburg – Hackers are becoming prolific, they are good, and they are often professionals working inside your organisation. “They can make good money as hackers,” says Anyck Turgeon, cyber-resiliency...

Five emerging technologies to watch

The 35 must-watch technologies represented on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2018 reveals five distinct emerging technology trends that will blur the lines between humans and machines. Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI),...