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2024 was another difficult year for fintech, with just $95,6-billion of investment globally across 4 639 deals. Both global fintech investment and the number of deals fell to levels not seen since 2017, according to the Pulse of Fintech H2’24, a bi-annual report...
FNB, Standard share top spot for customer experience
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Azure users can access Nvidia H100 Tensor Core GPU
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Nominations are open for National Orders
The Presidency has invited all South Africans to submit final nominations for National Orders, to identify people nationally and globally who have served the nation or attained personal achievement in exceptional ways. National Orders are the highest awards that a...
Financial and risk mitigation know-how crucial for businesses
The top two challenges faced by South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are cash flow and economic conditions, according to the latest Business Partners SME Index - and this has remained unchanged in the Index for several years. Getting your financial house...
Shiba Inu sheds value, active users
While most of the world's largest cryptocurrencies made a comeback in 2023, with their prices more than doubling in the first six months, other digital coins continued underperforming the market and bringing losses to their holders. Shiba Inu is one of these: besides...
Gender equality: Empowering the cybersecurity trailblazers
In the rapidly expanding field of cybersecurity, two major challenges loom large: a staggering talent gap and persistent gender inequality. According to the recently 2022 (ISC)² Cybersecurity Workforce Study, the industry faces an alarming shortage of 3,4-million...
Call for mandatory procurement transformation in community schemes
Minister of Human Settlements Mmamoloko Kubayi believes economic transformation has to take place in the multi-trillion rand community schemes economy, which includes sectional title complexes, homeowners' associations, retirement housing schemes, share block...
Gauteng road users can report faulty traffic lights
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has introduced the ability to report faulty traffic signals through the PotholeFixGP app. The app was launched in 2022 and so far, more than 7 418 potholes have been reported. It is available from Google PlayStore and...
How we can fix our deteriorating water quality
Poor water quality in South Africa is becoming a major crisis across many municipalities in our country, putting at risk our health and economy. By Bonga Ntuli, executive board member & director of strategy and digital services at Royal HaskoningDHV Southern...
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