Sep 16, 2016
MTN SA has decommissioned its Mobile Money offering, citing lack of commercial viability. MTN SA launched its mobile money platform in 2012, and the service has regularly been improved and updated since its launch. This included MTN partnering with Pick ‘n Pay...
Sep 16, 2016
A year after the launch of the Apple Watch established a new benchmark for the worldwide smartwatch market, new smartwatch shipments are expected to see only modest growth for the rest of 2016 due to late-in-the-year and iterative product releases. According to a new...
Sep 16, 2016
thyssenkrupp will use Microsoft HoloLens technology in its elevator service operations worldwide. The mixed reality device is set to empower more than 24 000 of the company’s service technicians to do their jobs more safely and efficiently, and to keep people...
Sep 16, 2016
Greater local app development is the key to sustaining a South African cellular market with significantly more mobile devices than users. “South Africa is Africa’s biggest economy and the most mature cellular market with an impressive 130% mobile...
Sep 16, 2016
Mastercard’s startup engagement programme Start Path Global works with startups to drive new businesses forward and is launching a call for applications in South Africa. Start Path is an integral part of Mastercard’s broader startup engagement effort that...
Sep 15, 2016
After digital born companies paved the way to growth with platform business models, small enterprises and traditional businesses are entering the digital platform market in a second wave. But the vast majority of new digital platform start-ups will fail and the gulf...
