Dec 15, 2016
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has, as expected, conceded that its plan to take over the distribution of social grants to 17-million people by 1 April 2017 was over-ambitious and that the controversial contract with Net1/CPS will continue. Lindy...
Dec 15, 2016
After posting annual declines for six quarters in succession, the Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market finally exited the third quarter of 2016 close to flat, with year-on-year growth of 0,4% based on shipments of 3-million units, according to global technology...
Dec 15, 2016
A massive 70% of businesses infected with ransomware have paid ransom to regain access to business data and systems. In comparison, over 50% of consumers surveyed said they would not pay to regain access back to personal data or devices aside from financial data....
Dec 15, 2016
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market continues to decline in the face of cannibalisation from larger-screen-size smartphones. According to the latest Middle East and Africa Quarterly Tablet Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC), tablet shipments...
Dec 15, 2016
In 2016, the world’s biggest cyberthreats were related to money, information and a desire to disrupt. They included the underground trade of tens of thousands of compromised server credentials, hijacked ATM systems, ransomware and mobile banking malware –...
Dec 15, 2016
South Africans know about the benefits of renewable energy and are generally supportive of these – but they are still concerned about the cost. This was the main finding of the US Department of State’s “General Public Opinion on Renewable Energy in...
