Massive growth for cloud infrastructure services

Cloud infrastructure services spend reached $20-billion in Q2 2018, up 47% on the same quarter in 2017. According to Canalys, Amazon Web Services (AWS) remained the largest provider, accounting for 31% of the total market. It grew 48% during the quarter. Microsoft...

Use AI to make cities smarter

Vienna’s residents and tourists do not have to rely on the kindness of strangers or scroll through long lists of website links to find parking, restrooms or other critical information. They can simply use WienBot, the Austrian city’s chatbot. Available via...

SA is a top-10 phishing destination

Phishing, along with similar cyber attacks attempting to steal personal information from unwitting end-users under false pretences, is on the rise around the world – and South Africa is in the unenviable position of lying in the top 10 countries targeted by...

Why do South Africans save?

South Africans have lofty aspirations, and are saving to achieve them. Insights agency Columinate surveyed a representative sample of 1 000 urban South Africans to gauge their savings habits, including their preferred savings vehicles, and the results inspire...

Calling financial services entrepreneurs …

AlphaCode, an incubation, acceleration and investment vehicle for early-stage financial services businesses powered by Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) is looking for businesses or ideas that could change the face of financial services. It is inviting...

R14m in prizes up for grabs in SA’s largest science fair

South Africa’s brightest scientific minds will compete for their chance to win prizes worth well over R14-million as this year’s Eskom Expo for Young Scientists International Science Fair (ISF) gains momentum. These prizes include university bursaries from...