4G is key for future African mobile networks

Africa has come a long way in its digitisation journey from mobile telephony to broadband – connecting and digitising entire sectors economies, jobs, education, healthcare, government and societies. By Talla Guisse, technology manager at Ericsson Africa In light...

Unify communications with WebRTC

It’s a surprising fact to some, but not all, that ‘modern’ technologies have often been around for some time. By Amritesh Anaand, practice lead for unified communication at In2IT Technologies The first LCD screens hail from the 1960s, the first...

Mastercard boosts online security

As digital commerce continues to accelerate owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, Mastercard will offer tokenisation services to merchants with app, e-commerce, and recurring billing card-on-file program in South Africa. Mastercard Digital Enablement Service (MDES) for...

Ponzi and pyramid schemes make investment education essential

In Bundu, a community in rural Mpumalanga previously known as Kwa-Ndebele, economic opportunities are few and far between. As a result, the community is a breeding ground for Ponzi schemes because of the low levels of investment literacy. It is for this reason that...

Data can help businesses build brand loyalty

Trust was traditionally associated with an emotion or a feeling, but individuals and businesses are increasingly putting their trust in technology. This has in part been facilitated by internet banking, mobile applications and even the technology features in...

Repurpose and retrain your workforce after the pandemic

The global pandemic has brought increasingly difficult financial decisions into focus for many organisations. By Rob Bothma, strategic business solutions engineer at Oracle Realigning, stretching and strategically redeploying human resources has become increasingly...