How Covid has changed payment behaviour
Covid is many horrific things, but it is also an accelerator of progress. Perhaps we would have got to the same place eventually, but it would have taken years. Compare this to the mere weeks it took us to globally adapt to remote work. By Kim Furman, marketing...
Invictus Capital unveils Out of Africa Collection through NFT Lab
Invictus Capital has unveiled its first NFT (non-fungible token) collection through the Invictus NFT Lab, which strives to combine the best of fine art with blockchain technology, and brings many contemporary digital artists to a global market. "The global pandemic...
Digital safety this holiday season
This holiday season checking off that gift list will look a little different than in past years. By Aamir Lakhani, global security strategist and researcher at Fortinet Many shoppers are planning to rely on e-commerce for a significant amount of their holiday...
Learn, unlearn, relearn – the real digital skills of tomorrow
Digital skills are often touted as the answer to many of the employment and innovation challenges we face in the world today. By SizweSihle Dlamini, customer experience director of Hoorah Digital But what do we mean when we talk about the digital skills that will...
How savvy shoppers can ward off the cyber grinch
With millions of shoppers scrambling for online deals and quick purchases -- often while multitasking during work hours -- they see a gift-wrapped invitation to a holiday party. By Conrad Steyn, chief technology officer at Cisco South Africa But savvy shoppers can...
Smart homes can help to cut electricity usage
Containing climate change to a 1,5 degree rise in temperatures this century requires action from everyone. And, with South Africa the 12th largest emitter of greenhouse gases worldwide, it's time for us to do more to reduce our personal carbon footprints. This is...
Digital identity and the post-Covid environment
It is well-known that the Covid-pandemic has forced change in many industries and driven digitalisation at a pace faster than anyone could have anticipated, but it has happened at the cost of robust security and digital authentication. The ramifications of this could...
Fight holiday shopping fraud in 2021
Welcome to the holiday shopping season for 2021, the second impacted by the pandemic. By Tj Horan, Fico vice-president of product management Global Supply chain issues and scenes of countless ships waiting to unload their global cargo have certainly reminded us all of...
EV revolution makes no sense without solar
The clock is ticking for the internal combustion engine (ICE), with more than 100 countries and other entities at the recent COP26 climate summit committing to phasing it out by 2035. By Christiaan Hattingh, MD of AWPower Yet South Africa risks missing this wave of...
IT security professionals vital in fast-changing environment
The role of information security professionals has become a critical one as the world enters the second phase of the internet revolution, in which computers run everything and everything is connected. Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer at F-Secure, says: "We are...
Learn an African language online
Student start-up Vambo Academy makes African indigenous language learning fun and interactive: at the click of a button users will be well on their way to achieving their language development goals. The brains behind this innovative idea, Chido Dzinotyiwei, is a...
The future of SA utility management into 2022 and beyond
Now, more than ever, attention in South Africa has shifted to how best generate electricity at affordable rates and how to optimise utility management during these uncertain times. By Hennie Moodie, new business lead at Remote Metering Solutions The National Energy...