Cybercriminals target Africa’s $832bn mobile money boom
Africa has emerged as a global leader in mobile money adoption, a financial revolution connecting millions and driving economic growth. Yet this digital frontier has also attracted a surge in sophisticated fraud, threatening to undermine the very foundations of this...
Africa Energy Bank gains momentum
Nigeria, Angola and Ghana have fulfilled their capital commitments toward establishing the Africa Energy Bank (AEB), representing 44% of the minimum required funding from African Petroleum Producers Organisation (APPO) members to initiate the bank's operations. This...
All the 2023 Africa Tech Festival Award winners
The Africa Tech Festival Awards 2023 this week honoured companies, individuals and initiatives that have demonstrated excellence, and a commitment to pushing the boundaries of what is possible with technology in Africa. James Williams, senior event director, events at...
Nvidia debuts Omniverse cloud services on Microsoft Azure
Automotive companies are transforming every phase of their product lifecycle -- evolving their primarily physical, manual processes into software-driven, AI-enhanced digital systems. To help them save costs and reduce lead times, Nvidia is announcing two new...
Irish Tech Challenge startups chosen
The Embassy of Ireland in South Africa, in partnership with Wits University's Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and Dogpatch Labs Ireland has selected five tech startups for...
Microsoft and partners double down on AI transformation
Microsoft has introduced about 100 new services and updates as part of its AI-forward strategy, including key developments within its productivity and security offerings. The announcements were made at the company's annual Microsoft Ignite 2023 conference. Just about...
AMD fires up AI, compute capabilities
AMD and Microsoft featured how AMD products, including the upcoming AMD Instinct MI300X accelerator, AMD EPYC CPUs and AMD Ryzen CPUs with AI engines, are enabling new services and compute capabilities across cloud and generative AI, Confidential Computing, Cloud...
Nvidia to accelerate AI workloads on Azure
Nvidia continues to collaborate with Microsoft to build AI infrastructure, with Microsoft introducing additional H100-based virtual machines to Microsoft Azure to accelerate demanding AI workloads. At its Ignite conference in Seattle yesterday, Microsoft announced its...
New Equinix data centre will host JINX
Equinix has announced that JINX, the Johannesburg Internet Exchange Point, will be available in its new JN1 International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre at launch in mid-2024. Established in June 1996, JINX is Africa's longest running exchange point, boasting a...
Most South Africans struggle with workplace stress
A massive 85% of South Africans grapple with stress at their jobs - but that only 39% of employees find their wellbeing programmes "fairly effective". This is according to a new survey by insuretech YuLife and IPSOS, which shares that another 32% of respondents found...
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Basic cyber hygiene goes a long way
When on the job at a corporate office, a healthcare organisation, or an academic institution or government agency, or even when you are working from a local coffee shop, restaurant, or home office, your organisation's online safety and security is a responsibility...
IS bolsters CloudConnect offering with Amazon and Google
Internet Solutions has confirmed new CloudConnect partnerships with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud, making it the only ISP in South Africa to offer secure dedicated links to three of the world's largest on-demand public cloud computing platforms. The new...
DCC offers Dell EMC S4100-ON
The Dell EMC S4100-ON 10GbE top-of-rack switches that offer high-performance and open networking functionality are a now available from official distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). The switch range is also the first to ship standard with OS10 Enterprise...
MTN launches Entertainment Pass bundles
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New Citrix Workspace unveiled
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An easy way to manage translations
Work is becoming increasingly global and the need for translations has increased. The cloud-based Xerox Easy Translator Service translates to more than 35 languages. Think of the projects you could complete for your business or for your customers. The Xerox Easy...
Home-sharing shows travel industry is ageless
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Cosplayers raise breast cancer awareness
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Transport infrastructure the vehicle for economic growth
For any country, the transport infrastructure networks are some of the most important assets it can have - not only in pure monetary value, but also the socio and economic gains that the transportation of people, goods and services brings. Herbert Phahlane, director:...
Mimecast extends cyber resilience vision
Mimecast has announced the general availability its new web security service. The cloud-based service is designed to guard against malicious activity initiated by user action or malware while blocking access to websites deemed unsafe or inappropriate based on each...
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