Self-driving cars no longer a pipe dream

The widespread urban adoption of self-driving vehicles (SDVs) and “robo-taxis,” or self-driving taxis, could result in a 60% drop in the number of cars on city streets, an 80% or greater decrease in tailpipe emissions, and 90% fewer road accidents. This is...

Sub-Saharan Africa still beats global growth

Despite a relative slow down, sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the fastest growing regions in the world. This is reflected in the foreign direct investment (FDI) levels in 2015, where FDI project numbers increased by 7%. Although, the capital value of projects was...

Cellphones aren’t luxury items, says WASPA

South Africa’s stalling economy needs decisive action to develop the positive relationship between economic growth and cellular usage. The GSM Association found that every doubling of mobile data use adds a solid 0,5 percentage points to Gross Domestic Product...

Virtualisation, convergence drives data centre spend

ICT spending in 2016 will largely be driven by investments in software, IT services and mobile devices. In South Africa specifically, overall hardware infrastructure will also be a big driver as a result of current market expansion. According to International Data...

Beware of Tourism tender fraud scam

The Department of Tourism has warned all service providers and the public at large not to be lured into a tender fraud scam which requires an upfront payment in doing business with the department. These fraudsters use fictitious departmental documents like letters of...

Dangers in unsecured Pokemon downloads

South Africans who don’t want to wait any longer to download Pokémon Go from their official app store may be searching for ways to get the game onto their devices, and many may have succeeded via third party sites. But, Securicom, a managed IT security services...