Call goes out for games developers

The Goethe-Institut is looking for seven games developers from South Africa and eight from sub-Saharan Africa to join this year’s Game Mixer programme in Johannesburg from 16 to 24 November. The successful applicants will join 16 game developers from Germany,...

Insuretech can enhance insurance industry

Insurtech could be an enabler rather than a disruptor of the traditional insurance model, according to Aon’s latest annual Global Insurance Market Opportunities report. The fast-growing entrepreneurial Insurtech segment — which has secured approximately...

Cell C launches new social bundles

From 20 September, Cell C customers across prepaid and selected postpaid and top-up products will be able to purchase new social bundles. The company says the new bundles have some of the richest value available in the market, offering data, additional data for...

Storage needs set to double

Data storage requirements for small and mid-size businesses are predicted to double over the next four years, according to a new Fujitsu study among senior finance professionals in SMEs. There is, however, widespread concern (from 76% of respondents) that high or...

Gates Foundation highlights ‘remarkable progress’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched an inaugural annual report showcasing the remarkable progress that has been made in reducing extreme poverty and disease in recent decades, but issuing a stern warning to the world that future progress is in...

VPN crackdown will hurt China

GlobalWebIndex reports that China’s campaign to crack down on VPNs will seriously disrupt the work of students, entrepreneurs and scientists. China currently has around 100 million regular VPN users, around 14% of its population. VPNs are used to access the...