Banks ramp up spending on security

Financial institutions are under pressure to ramp up security, with trends such as the increased take-up of mobile banking putting banks’ IT infrastructure defenses at growing risk of cyber-attack. Increasingly, customers are playing an important role in...

Is edtech going to be the next fintech?

In the first quarter of 2016, the fintech industry boasted an unprecedented global investment of $5,3-billion – and this trend is showing no signs of slowing down as investors and venture capitalists grapple to find out what’s next. Now edtech is moving...

Crowdfunding set to take off in Africa

Africa has caught the attention of those in the ever-evolving crowdfunding sector. A recent report published by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School analyses the current position of Africa on the world’s alternative finance stage. The Africa and...

Ideas to radically change human existence sought

Nokia Bell Labs has opened its global competition for the fourth annual Nokia Bell Labs Prize. The award recognises innovators with game-changing ideas in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with the potential to disrupt or profoundly change the state of...

Anti-corruption hotline shows results

More than 3 000 officials have been found guilty of misconduct related to cases reported via the National Anti-Corruption Hotline (NACH). This is according to Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba, leading a briefing of the Governance and Administration Cluster at the...

SUSE completes asset acquisition from HPE

SUSE has completed its acquisition of technology and talent from Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), which was announced late last year. SUSE will use the acquired assets to expand its OpenStack Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution and accelerate the...