Governments drive growth in satellite Internet market
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Vodacom calls for 2026 Early Careers applications
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New report unpacks Russian influence in SA
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Geopolitics and domestic politics will drive economic volatility this year
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Apple Mac loses race with Dell and HP PCs in US
As of January 2024, there were roughly 331-million Internet users in the US and nearly 40% of them have at least one desktop PC in their household, while 68% own a laptop. But although US consumers are spoiled for choice when shopping for a PC, Apple`s Mac is rarely...
Consumers will drive rapid growth in customer experience market
The global customer experience management market will reach $32,87-billion by 2030, with a CAGR of 15,8% from 2024 to 2030, according to market researchers Grand View Research. Customer experience management (CEM) solutions are gaining widespread popularity in diverse...
Cellular POS terminal installed base to reach 189m in 2027
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When the love of your life is a serial scamster
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 -Cyber scams worldwide have cost more than $55-million and impact everyone, at all levels of society. But we still don’t have systems in place to effectively help the victims. One of the world’s best-known scam...
GenAI and its role in perpetrating and defending against cybercrime
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 - Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to help improve cybersecurity defences – but it can be a powerful threat actor too. No-one is safe, says Ravi Bhat, chief technology and commercial...
Call for better African cyber resilience collaboration
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 - African countries should make a concerted effort to combine resources in their bid to build regional cyber resilience. This is the call from Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, director-general of the Ghana Cyber Security...
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