Companies at risk from unidentified network traffic

Security specialist Sophos has announced the findings of its global survey, The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls, which revealed that IT managers cannot identify 45% of their organisation’s network traffic. In fact, nearly one-in-four cannot identify 70% of...

Strong growth in private pensions

Private pensions have grown from strength to strength over the last five years and, in some ways, are outpacing take-home pay as can be seen in the Five-year Private Pensions Review for South Africa, released by BankservAfrica and Economists.co.za. “The...

Smartphone storage a nightmare for South Africans

Storage appears to be a real problem for many smartphone users in South Africa, with 22% running out of space at least once a week and 56% running out of space at least every three months, according to new consumer research from SanDisk. Sixty eight percent have also...

Digital token to accelerate solar power

Sun Exchange, a blockchain-based solar micro-leasing marketplace, has introduced SUNEX, a new digital network token built for the Sun Exchange platform. The SUNEX network token is utilised in the new Sun Exchange Solar Project Insurance Fund (SPIF), designed to...

Absa focuses on tech female founders

Rise – the innovation hub owned by Absa – has launched the Rise Scalarator focused on Female Founders in the Western Cape and is calling for applications. The Rise Scalarator is geared to play a crucial role in the global call-to-action to fix the leaky...

Refugee camp in world-first

In a world-first that will look to enhance financial inclusion and enrich the lives of refugees based in Malawi, New Finance Bank Malawi (NFB), part of Frankfurt-listed Fintech, MyBucks SA and Finsbury Investments are launching a fully operational branch of its...