Nov 17, 2016
Connectivity provider Vox is dropping the retail rates of its Fat Pipe Home DSL to below R1 per Gb, effective today (17 November). “Our data prices are falling, just in time for some festive cheer,” says Simon Butler, executive head of Carrier and...
Nov 17, 2016
With online retailers gearing up for a bumper festive season, accompanied by the rise in popularity of Black Friday locally (Friday 25th November 2016), South African ecommerce looks set for its best quarter yet. The same holds true for local electronic funds transfer...
Nov 17, 2016
Kaspersky Lab’s discovery in 2016 of an APT able to create new tools for each victim has effectively killed off “Indicators of Compromise” as a reliable means of detecting infection, according to the company’s Threat Predictions for 2017. The...
Nov 17, 2016
Video gaming is one of the world’s fastest growing global industries – with revenues of $21-billion it is soon expected to earn more money than Hollywood – and , subsequently, it’s a booming career option. According to an industry report by...
Nov 17, 2016
In a $150-million project, IOX Cable and Seacom will build the third independent undersea cable system – IOX Cable System – connecting Africa and Mauritius. The IOX cable system will be the first open access cable system in Mauritius, open to all licensed...
Nov 16, 2016
Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom in Cape Town – Artificial intelligence (AI) and alternative data sources could transform financial inclusion in Africa. This is according to Dr Richard van der Wath, chief data officer of MyBucks, who describes alternative...
