Consumers cry foul on dynamic pricing
Sixty-eight percent of consumers report they feel taken advantage of when brands use dynamic pricing, according to a survey by Gartner. A Gartner Consumer Community survey of 303 US consumers conducted in October 2024 found that 80% agreed that brands that have...
Brazilian fintech invests in Tyme Group
Brazilian digital banking group Nubank, a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), has invested in South African-born fintech Tyme Group. Tyme, a global digital banking group headquartered in Singapore and backed by South Africa’s Africa Rainbow...
IBM advances geospatial AI to address climate challenges
IBM has announced new efforts that apply its geospatial AI technologies, including IBM's geospatial foundation model developed in collaboration with NASA, to climate efforts including analysis of urban heat islands in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); reforestation...
Cyber Week sales up from last year
Sales during Global online Cyber Week (21 November to 27 November) totaled $298-billion, up 6% year on year (YoY) from $281-billion in 2022. Growth was driven primarily by order volume, rather than inflation, signalling increased consumer demand for the first time in...
FNB customers spend R3bn on Black Friday
FNB customers once again hit R3-billion in purchases on Black Friday, in line with last year's highest spend peak. FNB also saw a positive shift in usage of the FNB Virtual Card, with a 94% year on year increase in customer spend over Black Friday weekend....
Mindful consumers drive changes in Black Friday trends
Nedbank has identified a small number of significant trends in consumer spending behaviour during the recent Black Friday period, which it says not only point to the continuing evolution of South Africa's retail landscape, but also to a greater awareness by South...
Green entrepreneurs invited to apply for Anzisha Prize funding
The Anzisha Prize, the biggest award on the continent for very young entrepreneurs aged 15 to 22, has announced the opening of applications for its upcoming funding cycle. This time, the focus is on green entrepreneurs who combines innovation and sustainability, and...
SA young scientists earn medals at Türkiye Science Fair
Two South African young scientists have both earned medals after successfully showcasing their scientific research at this year's Buca International Music, Science, Engineering Energy Fair (IMSEF), which took place in İzmir, Türkiye. Inge Higgins, a Grade 9 learner...
Gauteng young scientist gears up for Stockholm science seminar
Crawford International Ruimsig learner, Brandon de Greef, is participating in the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) during Nobel Week. De Greef, 18, from Krugersdorp, Gauteng, was honoured with the University of Pretoria/Professor Derek Gray...
IBM collaborates with AWS on cloud database
IBM has been working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on the general availability of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2, a fully managed cloud offering designed to make it easier for database customers to manage data for artificial intelligence (AI)...
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F5 collaborates with AWS
F5 Networks has announced a multi-year global Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to allow customers to use F5 for new cloud-native application workloads and extend their existing F5 investments on AWS. F5's application services...
IBM develops financial services-ready public cloud
IBM has designed the world's first financial services-ready public cloud. IBM will welcome financial services institutions, and their suppliers, to join the financial services-ready public cloud. Bank of America will be a committed collaborator to use the platform...
Data brings personalised insurance to life
How well do you know your clients? Probably not as well as you think. Certainly not as well as they'd like you to. Dr Eugene Wessels, partner: data analytics at King Price Insurance But that's all changing. Clients aren't just demanding greater levels of...
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The business case for XDR
Traditionally, organisations have relied on endpoint detection and response (EDR) to ensure the integrity of their perimeter defences. But with malicious users focusing their efforts on more targeted attacks, XDR (X detection and response) has emerged as a more...
Clear images with licence plate camera
Axis Communications has released a camera specially designed to capture clear and sharp license plate images from vehicles moving at speeds of up to 130 km/h. "Automatic license plate recognition has a much wider use than capturing license plates for traffic fines,"...
Storage eases digital transformation
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Partnering brings Huawei Cloud to Africa
Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom in Cape Town - Huawei has strengthened its Huawei Cloud Partner Network (HCPN), launching the Partner Program 2.0 initiative which offers support in online and onsite training, market expansion, marketing activities and technical...
Africell debuts KaiOS-based 3G smart feature phone
AfricaCom 2019, Cape Town - Africellannounced the launch of its first 3G smart feature phone, afriphone, powered by KaiOS, the mobile operating system for smart feature phones. The new device will be the first KaiOS-powered device in The Gambia and Sierra Leone, and...
Next-generation video services from Simplestream
AfricaCom 2019, Cape Town - Simplestream has unveiled its upgraded App Platform, a fully customisable, end-to-end service proposition optimised for Africa's telcos, broadcasters and content owners. "Our approach has always been to enable broadcasters, content owners...
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