UCT team wins GirlCode Hackathon

Four UCT IS Honours students have won the fourth annual GirlCode Hackathon – a 48-hour non-stop programming challenge – and will soon leave for am all-expenses-paid trip to Silicon Valley in the US. During the 48-hour challenge, they created an innovative...

Calling digital startups for DEMO Africa

Digital startups from South Africa and the continent are being called on to enter the 2017 edition of the African continent’s premier launch pad for emerging technologies, DEMO Africa, before 31 August 2017.  DEMO Africa is a platform that gives technology...

Installation begins on Angola-to-Brazil cable

Angola Cables has taken a step closer to completion of the South Atlantic Cable System (SACS) with the official launch in Sangano, Angola. SACS, a subsea cable with 40Tbps capacity that will extend more than 6 500 km to Fortaleza in Brazil, is the first direct link...
World-first in cyber insurance

World-first in cyber insurance

Cyber-crime poses a major threat, and is a serious challenge to businesses of all types and sizes around the world – a vast majority of companies have been or will be breached; and many won’t even be aware of it for some time. This is one reason that has...

Cybersecurity Bill deadline for comments looms

The Cybersecurity Bill, set to have massive implications for South Africacn companies and individuals, is open for public comment until Thursday 10 August 2017. Deloitte urges interested parties to submit their comments ahead of the deadline, and has released its...

Net1 aims to address unbanked in SA

Net1 aims to leverage its investments in Cell C and DNI-4PL Contracts to create new packages for mostly unbanked subscribers that go beyond telephony to include financial and transactional services, according to a statement issued by the group. Net1 has completed its...