Barclays, fintechs test solutions for Africa

Barclays Africa Group will collaborate with nine fintech companies to explore promising new technology-based solutions that could prompt significant improvements for consumers and in bank services. The fintechs include Abe.ai from the US, Kapitalwise from the US, as...

Ericsson Garage launches Startup Challenge 2017

As part of the STHLM Tech Fest taking place on 4 and 5 September, Ericsson is offering entrepreneurs an opportunity to be considered for a venture capital investment and technology incubation through the Ericsson Garage global network. Entrants are invited to submit...
A new spin on self-service drinks

A new spin on self-service drinks

A Las Vegas bar is experimenting with pub robotics, with Tipsy Robot available to mix drinks ordered using self-service kiosks. imageHolders and Robotic Innovations have set up 30 Slimline tablet kiosks, customised to mount on a 45-degree pillar in portrait on a...

Keylogger steals through services for disabled users

Kaspersky Lab experts have uncovered a new variant of the Svpeng mobile banking Trojan that features keylogging functionality, a technique more commonly associated with targeted threat actors. The modified Trojan steals entered text such as banking credentials by...

Cities where women entrepreneurs can thrive

Johannesburg is one of the top cities in the world for women entrepreneurs. Research shows that when impediments to female entrepreneurship are removed, there is a dramatic uplift in a city’s economic prospects. Dell has announced findings of the 2017 Women...

SA needs to fast-track women’s digital fluency

Key contributing factors to South Africa’s struggle to grow its economy are the ever-increasing talent, skills and equal pay gaps in the workplace. This is according to the latest study released this week by Accenture. Titled Getting to Equal 2017, the research...