Rob Abraham set to retire

Industry veteran Rob Abraham is set to retire from his position as director of Altron, effective the end of February 2016. Abraham was appointed as CEO of the Bytes Technology Group and member of the Altron Executive Committee in March 2010. Prior to that, he was MD...

Shoppers flock to Jumia on Black Friday

Black Friday, the busiest shopping day imported from the US, drew in more than 2,8-million unique visitors on jumia.com, the Nigerian online shopping mall that is believed to be the biggest in Africa. Mobile traffic accounted for 67% of total traffic amounting to a...

Absa, MTN Huawei partner on mobile banking

Absa has partnered with MTN to offer free access to mobile and internet banking via Absa’s banking application and via Absa.mobi for all MTN customers. Customers who don’t have data or airtime will be able to access digital banking at no charge through...

Logicalis buys Australian cloud company

Datatec subsidiary Logicalis Group has acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Thomas Duryea Consulting, an Australian ICT services and solutions provider. Established in 2000, Thomas Duryea is a provider of data centre, cloud and Microsoft solutions and service...
SA firms not ready for IoT

SA firms not ready for IoT

Most organisations are not ready to adopt digitisation or the Internet of Things (IoT). This is according to the Cisco Digital Vortex: 941 Leaders whitepaper, which also outlines the vital key steps that South African organisations will need to implement to become...

Healthcare providers prioritise analytics

As the healthcare industry grapples with the rising cost of care, healthcare organisations are leveraging healthcare data to drive efficiencies in care delivery, according to a new study conducted by HIMSS Analytics on behalf of Qlik. The study, which surveyed 400...