Mar 29, 2017
Just a few weeks remain for schools that have not yet entered the South African Institute of Professional Accountants’ (SAIPA’s) National Accounting Olympiad (NAO). Zobuzwe Ngobese, marketing and business development executive at SAIPA, says entries for...
Mar 29, 2017
For the first time ever, FNB data is showing that middle income earners are making fewer cash withdrawals at ATMs and instead opting to use point of sale devices, electronic transactions and cash tills from select retailers. “For our Gold account customers who...
Mar 28, 2017
Scientists hope to combat the West Nile virus by understanding vulnerabilities in the DNA of the mosquito that carries the disease. A team led by researchers from The Centre for Genome Architecture (TC4GA) at Baylor College of Medicine have used technologies from IBM,...
Mar 28, 2017
South Africans can expect to see at least one big public ransomware attack in 2017. This is one of the predictions being made by IDC Sub-Saharan Africa, says research manager Jon Tullett. The attack is expected to be against a public sector organisation, but could...
Mar 28, 2017
A shortage of money and skills is preventing South African CIOs from properly securing their digital transformation systems. “Security is front of mind, but unfortunately it is not front of spend,” says Jon Tullett, research manager at IDC Sub-Saharan...
Mar 28, 2017
In our always-on, hyper-connected world of social media, Internet searches and instant messaging, the smartphone is king. Which is why consumers choose their contracts primarily on the device offered. “Upwardly mobile consumers, especially those in the emerging...
