Mar 8, 2017
Mteto Nyati will take over as the new CEO of Allied Electronics (Altron), having spent two-and-a-half years at MTN, first as head of the enterprise business and then group CEO. Before that, Nyati was the MD of Microsoft SA and, briefly, GM of the MEA emerging regions....
Mar 7, 2017
South African consumers are increasingly turning to e-commerce platforms when looking for, comparing and purchasing a variety of items. In a recent survey, 26% of respondents made their very first online purchase in June 2015 – a massive uptake when compared to...
Mar 7, 2017
Sophisticated new wiper malware, StoneDrill, has been discovered. Like the Shamoon wiper, it destroys everything on the infected computer. StoneDrill, which also features advanced anti-detection techniques and espionage tools in its arsenal, was discovered by...
Mar 7, 2017
IBM is building the industry’s first commercially-available universal quantum computing systems, IBM Q, and will deliver them via the cloud. While technologies that currently run on classical computers, such as Watson, can help find patterns and insights buried...
Mar 7, 2017
Young girls are interested in science and technology, but their positive views change within just a few years. According to a study by Microsoft, most girls become interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) at the age of 11-and-a-half but...
Mar 7, 2017
Wage inequality compared to male colleagues, workplace gender bias and a shortage of female role models are among the main barriers faced by women working in the technology field, according to a new survey by global technology association ISACA. Detailed in “The...
