Interledger opens grant applications for Higher Education
The Interledger Foundation, a US-based non-profit organisation fostering global digital financial inclusion through Open Payments, has opened its 2025 NextGen Higher Education programme, with applications for grants of up to $50 000 (about R950,000) accepted until 3...
Uncertainty about VAT hikes no excuse for inaction
Despite rumours of a potential reversal on the proposed VAT increase, businesses in South Africa must prepare for an increase from 15% to 15,5%, effective 1 May 2025. By Shaheed Patel, senior tax consultant at CMS South Africa With Parliament only set to adopt the...
High-end firewalls drag down network security market
The $4-billion market for high-end firewalls suffered its third consecutive quarter of year-on-year (YoY) declines which brought down the entire network security market to single-digit YoY revenue growth after eleven straight quarters of double-digit growth. This is...
Siemens and Intel to collaborate on advanced chip manufacture
Siemens AG and Intel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on driving digitalisation and the sustainability of microelectronics manufacturing. The companies will focus on advancing future manufacturing efforts, evolving factory operations and...
Key changes in MTN leadership
MTN's group chief operating officer (GCOO) and group exco member Jens Schulte-Bockum will step down when his fixed-term contract ends on 31 March 2024. Selorm Adadevoh will succeed him in the role of group chief commercial officer (GCCO) - a designation that aligns...
AI Alliance aims to advance open, safe, responsible AI
AI advancements are leading to new opportunities that can improve how we work, live, learn and interact with one another. Open and transparent innovation is essential to empower a broad spectrum of AI researchers, builders, and adopters with the information and tools...
Finance leaders embrace AI
Sixty-eight percent of finance organisations are using AI or plan to use the technology, according to a recent survey of finance leaders by Gartner. A May 2023 survey of 133 finance leaders found that 39% of respondents are using AI/machine learning (ML), and an...
GenAI levels up game characters
To enhance the gaming experience, studios and developers spend tremendous effort creating photorealistic, immersive in-game environments. But non-playable characters (NPCs) often get left behind. Many behave in ways that lack depth and realism, making their...
African smartphone market resilient
Africa's smartphone market has remained resilient in the face of macroeconomic challenges, high inflation, and forex issues, with shipments increasing 12,8% year on year in Q3 2023 to reach 20,1-million units. That's according to the latest Worldwide Quarterly Mobile...
Software testers embrace AI
A new "Future of Quality Assurance 2023" study by LambdaTest of 1 615 software testing professionals from 70 different countries has shed new light on software testing practices in 2023, including finding that 78% have already adopted AI. 2023 has seen a number of...
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Versatile Versant 3100 powers up Lesedi 7 Group’s digital dynamics
Lesedi 7 Group has bolstered its digital print facility with a Xerox Versant 3100 colour digital press from Xerox business partner XBC-IT and Altron Bytes Document Solutions' (BDS). Lesedi 7 Group is a full creative service, litho, digital and wide format media...
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Fujitsu, Ericsson in 5G partnership
Fujitsu and Ericsson have entered an agreement to deliver end-to-end 5G network solutions and related services under a strategic partnership. The two companies are joining forces to develop this based on their combined portfolios - spanning radio access and core...
Kaspersky Lab helps build skilled capacity with SABRIC
Kaspersky Lab concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed with the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) in October 2017 and plans to renew the MOU for a further year, following its success. The MOU has seen Kaspersky Lab successfully support...
Fintech business pays Airbnb hosts in advance
Fintech startup AirAdvance provides those offering private accommodation through Airbnb easy access to affordable finance, using a confirmed Airbnb booking as collateral for a cash advance. Founder of AirAdvance, Jozette Chetwynd-Palmer, says: "Using Airbnb to...
ZTE reports RMB 564m profit in Q3
ZTE has reported a net profit of RMB 564-million for the third quarter. The company strengthened its cost control, and reduced its sales and management expenses on a year-on-year basis. In the third quarter, ZTE posted operating revenue of RMB 19,3-billion, and its...
Check Point Software to acquire Dome9
Check Point Software Technologies has acquired Dome9 of Tel Aviv, Israel. This acquisition enhances Check Point's fully consolidated Infinity architecture and its Cloud Security offering with advanced active policy enforcement and multi-cloud protection capabilities....
New corporate sales manager at Kyocera SA
Kyocera Document Management Solutions South Africa has appointed Warren James Lock to the position of corporate sales manager at the company's South African headquarters. Lock holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Marketing and Business Management from Oxford...
Technology makes financial services more affordable
We live in a world where information is at our fingertips, writes Sebastian Commin, specialist: digital enablement at Alexander Forbes Retail. You can book a ride, order food and plan an entire holiday on your phone. Technology is changing the way we live, with a...
eWallet eXtra bags 50 000 users in just over a month
In just over a month since being made publicly available, FNB's eWallet eXtra has registered 50 000 users and is seeing a steady increase in transactional volumes, especially cash sends. The mobile digital account was announced 6 months ago and officially went public...
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