Keep your kids safe over the holidays

With the Easter holidays around the corner, most parents would be aware of the fact that their young ones will soon have a lot of time on their hands. With schools shut and parents occupied, any number of activities could be enjoyed by the nation’s 11,2-million...
Most attractive employers in SA

Most attractive employers in SA

University students no longer think technology companies are great places to work, leaning to government, parastatals and consulting firms as the more attractive employers. Professionals, however, still rank Google and Microsoft as attractive, according to...

Smarter watches to drive wearables boom

Worldwide shipments of wearable devices are expected to reach 110-million by the end of 2016 with 38,2% growth over the previous year. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, an expanding lineup of vendors...

Spectrum wars: the cellphone menace

As demand by mobile operators for increased access to wireless spectrum continues, many of them have begun eyeing out the already-crowded WiFi spectrum. While these operators suggest that this will ultimately be beneficial to end-users, WiFi players are quick to point...

Blogger awards open to societal issues

The third annual African Blogger Awards competition that opened for entries in mid-February has announced three new categories for social and digital influencers across the African continent. The new categories – launched in association with the Bill and Melinda...

Two distributors team up on First for Africa

Phoenix Distribution and First Distribution, both specialist distribution companies within the Epsidon Technology Holdings Group, have joined forces to form a new pan-African distributor, First for Africa. First Distribution is a premier distributor of Tier 1 data...