Chinese banks recognised for innovation

China’s financial industry has basically completed its market-oriented interest rate reform while market-oriented fee rate mechanisms are taking shape in the insurance industry. This will put forward higher requirements for service and product innovations in the...

Security needs to be upfront in digitalisation

Digital transformation is a fast-growing reality in business – and Dell’s Digital Transformation Security Survey shows the that security often is seen as a barrier to and is therefore brought into the process too late to make a meaningful impact. However, respondents...

TV brands plan to increase panel purchases

The latest global TV display supply shortage could continue to be an issue in the third quarter of 2016, which is the most critical timing for TV makers looking to refill the panel pipeline for the upcoming holiday sales season. In response to rising display prices,...

ZADotCities achieves key registration numbers

South Africa’s ZAdotCities domains of .capetown (dotCapeTown), .joburg (dotJoburg) and .durban (dotDurban) have notched up impressive totals of over 4 500, 3 500 and 2 500 domain name registrations, respectively. This is as of today, according to the ZA Central...

ICT incubator drives new rural development

The Seda Nelson Mandela Bay ICT Incubator (SNII) is ready to team with various stakeholders in finding solutions to reduce cost of telecommunications and Internet access for people living in rural areas. Phumza Mfenyana, executive manager of SNII, made the...
Aquila takes to the skies

Aquila takes to the skies

Facebook’s Connectivity Lab has made its first full-scale test flight of Aquila, an unmanned solar-powered airplane that can be used to bring affordable Internet to hundreds of millions of people in the hardest-to-reach places. Internet access can offer...