FNB wins fintech award

First National Bank (FNB) has been awarded The Most Innovative African Bank at the 2017 African FinTech Awards for the second year in a row. The African FinTech Awards recognises innovative and disruptive fintech companies that have excelled in their sphere of...

All the winners in MTN Business App of the Year

Shyft was named as the overall winner of this year’s MTN Business App of the Year Awards. Shyft was created for Standard Bank with the aim of completely transforming customer experience. The app allows customers to handle all their forex needs from their phone,...

Hurricane shuts down plastics production

In late August, Hurricane Harvey’s flooding rains shut down more than 50% of the US production and nearly one quarter of global production of linear alpha olefins (LAOs), a group of chemicals essential to the production of most polyethylene (PE), according to...
Tangible benefits from IaaS

Tangible benefits from IaaS

The proportion of businesses reaping the rewards of embracing cloud infrastructure services has increased significantly in the last quarter, with three-quarters of IT professionals (72%) believing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) makes it easier for businesses to...

Double whammy with new Android malware

ESET researchers have spotted what is believed to be the first-ever ransomware misusing Android accessibility services. As well as encrypting data, the ransomware also locks the device. Detected by ESET products as Android/DoubleLocker, it is based on the foundations...

Open AI network gains support

The Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) launched last month by Microsoft and Facebook to increase interoperability and reduce friction for developing and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining traction. AMD, Arm, Huawei, IBM, Intel and Qualcomm have all...