PORT Designs launch their first SAFFA backpack!
Being a world leader in luggage and accessory technology products, PORT Designs is known world-wide for their innovative yet affordable range of backpacks, trolleys, tablet, and laptop cases - as well as a wide variety of accessories that will certainly meet any...
Panda app makes mental health support more accessible
It is estimated that one out of every three South Africans will suffer from some form of mental health problem at some time in their lives. What makes this statistic even more alarming is the fact that "up to 80% of South Africans who need mental health support are...
Dell Foundation helps house SA students
DigsConnect.com, the largest student housing marketplace in South Africa, will help university students from low-income backgrounds secure safe and affordable accommodations through funding from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. As a result of this partnership,...
Online service lets you renew and pay for license disks
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has launched a new payment gateway enabled by First National Bank (FNB) that will allow motorists across South Africa to register, renew and pay for their license discs through the NaTIS online platform. With over...
Better digital payments inclusion is needed
Despite popular belief otherwise, South Africans have become more dependent on cash during the Covid-19 pandemic. "In South Africa, cash has proven to be a resilient medium of payment in uncertain times, but its increased use also indicates a need for greater...
Automotive sector megatrends to look forward to
The future of mobility is unthinkable without intensive networking and data-based processes. This was a key insight coming from the world's largest motor-show, IAA Mobility, in Germany recently. Ahead of Transport Month in South Africa, Thomas Braunmiller, business...
Why contactless payments are taking over the world
For the past 10 years, we've been hearing about how new-generation mobile apps, wallets, tap-to-pay, NFC solutions and even the humble QR code are going to spell the end of the magnetic stripe card as a means of payment. And here we are, in 2021, and we're finally...
Evolution of payments drives a contactless society
While people have been paying for goods and services for millennia, the arrival of the internet in the 1990s became a major turning point for the payments sector. Since then, digital innovation has evolved payments solutions at breakneck speeds. Everything from...
Huawei announces new nova smartphone and watch
Huawei has announced that it is bringing another member of the Huawei nova family - the Huawei nova 8i - to South Africa, as well as the Huawei Watch 3 series. "This year is a nova year for Huawei. Our Huawei nova 8 and Huawei nova Y60 have already proven to be very...
Promising future ahead for SA travel and hospitality
In early 2020 leaders in the tourism and hospitality sector were faced with unprecedented turmoil in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic, which shut down the industry for four months. Since the start of lockdown, the industry has undergone various levels of...
MultiChoice launches DStv Internet
MultiChoice has launched DStv Internet to provide internet access to those who do not have access to fibre services. The company currently delivers DStv, GOtv and Showmax to more than 20-million households across 50 countries in Africa. DStv Internet is a fixed...
AI, telematics can improve driving behaviour under SA’s new driving laws
South Africa's Department of Transport announced the implementation of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (AARTO) Act, which will introduce a new licence points demerit system geared towards imposing stricter penalties for road rule...