Cell C helps empower girls

Cell C helps empower girls

May 7, 2015

The 2015 Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day campaign kicked off yesterday, and will take place throughout South Africa on Thursday 28 May. Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women Susan Shabangu presided at the event, which took place at Sandown High School,...

Telkom invests R100m in FutureMakers

May 7, 2015

Telkom has launched its R100-million FutureMakers fund – a programme that aims to help entrepreneurs to build successful businesses. Telkom group CEO Sipho Maseko says the organisation wanted to find a different way of running such a programme. The programme will target about 100 Internet cafes in the townships, with about 1 000 entrepreneurs impacted.

R1 flights as Mango app goes Windows

May 7, 2015

Low-cost airline Mango this week launched its app for devices operating Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system – and to celebrate, it’s made Windows-exclusive fares available from just R1 for a limited time. The Mango app is now available for download in all app stores for Android, Apple, Blackberry and Windows 8.1 devices. The R1 sale is exclusively available through the Mango app on the Windows 8.1 platform and on sale until 31 May 2015 for travel until end June 2015.

M4JAM jobbers cash out at Shoprite Checkers

May 7, 2015

M4JAM (Money for Jam) has announced a new partnership with national retailer Shoprite Checkers to make it easier for jobbers to get hold of their extra cash wherever they are, in realtime. A new cash out system went live yesterday. M4JAM chief jammer Andre Hugo says:...

Companies spend to mitigate risk

May 7, 2015

Worldwide risk information technologies and services (RITS) spending will reach $78,6-billion in 2015 and is expected to reach $96,3-billion by 2018 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6,97% during the 2013–2018 forecast period. IDC Financial Insights’...

Strong outlook for cloud security services

May 7, 2015

Technology market research firm Infonetics Research reports that the cloud security services market grew 13,5% in 2014 to $7,2-billion worldwide, up from $6,3-billion the previous year.“Our long-term outlook for the already very large cloud and CPE managed security...