Anzisha Prize finalists named

African Leadership Academy, in partnership with The MasterCard Foundation, has announced Africa’s top youth entrepreneur finalists for the sixth annual Anzisha Prize. This year, the prize celebrates increased presence in Northern African markets such as Morocco...

Chinese banking IT solutions market consolidates

China’s banking industry IT solutions market is expected register a compound annual growth rate of 21.9% over the next five years to hit US$9.2 billion in 2020 as banks embark on digital transformation in order to remain competitive. This is according to the...

Guptas to sell off SA shareholding

The Gupta family has announced that it will sell its shareholding in all its South African businesses. A statement from family spokesman Gary Naidoo, reads: “Since our decision to step down from all executive and non-executive positions in all our South African...

Telkom ups saboteur reward to R1m

Telkom has increased its reward to up to R1-million for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of saboteurs targeting Telkom facilities and its infrastructure around the country. Telkom states that, since the commencement of the strike by members of the...
New drone laws welcomed

New drone laws welcomed

New rules regulating the use of remotely-piloted aircraft systems – colloquially known as drones – are now firmly in effect after having been signed by the Minister of Transport. “The regulations governing the use of drones in South Africa are...

The real cost of IT security talent shortages

Large businesses that struggle to attract sufficiently skilled IT security experts end up paying up to three times more to recover from a cybersecurity incident. This is one of the key findings of the recent report by Kaspersky Lab based on the 2016 Corporate IT...