Holiday shoppers spend a record $1.2trn online
Holiday retail sales surged to a record $1,2-trillion globally, and $282-billion in the US, according to new data from Salesforce. However, high returns could dampen overall profit margins. The report indicates that the better-than-expected holiday shopping season was...
Mobile gaming leads with $92,6bn sales
The gaming landscape has changed drastically ever since the smartphones have arrived in the market. So much so that in under two decades, mobile gaming has become the biggest source of revenue in the industry. According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, mobile...
Renewables to the rescue amid energy crisis
Kathy Gibson reports - To achieve energy security, South Africa needs to find both short- and long-term measures to counter the current power outages. Dr Rethabile Melamu, CEO of the South African Photo Voltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA), points out that Africa is...
Inflation puts the pressure back on salaries
The unexpected headline inflation increase in March, among other factors, led to take-home pay slipping marginally during the month, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BPTI). However, a new trend is emerging in the local job market as more...
Why there is good reason to be positive about SA
South Africa's economy faces an array of structural challenges - and the need for reform is as urgent as ever, write Andrew Rymer, CFA: senior strategist: strategic research unit, and Robert Davy, emerging markets fund manager at investment management firm, Schroders....
SA climbs to fifth place for cybercrime density
South Africa's cybercrime density rose by 7,8% between 2021 and 2022, resulting in the country's rise to fifth place compared to sixth in 2021, according to Surfshark research analysing cybercrime density worldwide. The increase in cybercrime incidents in South Africa...
Cybercriminals adopt unique tools and tactics in their attacks
Cybersecurity specialist Sophos has released its Active Adversary Report for Business Leaders, an in-depth look at the changing behaviours and attack techniques that adversaries used in 2022. The data, analysed from more than 150 Sophos Incident Response (IR) cases,...
CISOs struggle for support in fighting cyberattacks
"The Mind of the CISO", a new research paper from Trellix surveyed global chief information security officers (CISOs) across every major industry to reveal how they work amid a tumultuous threat landscape, which business functions hold them back, and what they need to...
Something to RapperBot about
Cybercriminals continuously develop their skills and tools looking for new ways to compromise individuals and companies, and Kaspersky's Securelist blogpost has explored some of the uncommon infection methods being used by attackers. Alongside other discoveries, it...
Steady growth for IT services in MEA
Spending on IT and business services in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) - including Israel - will reach $30,3-billion in 2023, according to the latest Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). In constant currency terms, this...
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What is your old smartphone worth?
With the much-anticipated Nokia 3310 relaunch taking place this year, users might want to consider selling their old phone, says Claire Cobbledick, marketing head for Gumtree SA. The iconic Nokia 3310, first launched in 2000, quickly became one of South Africa's most...
Ambulance service uses visual analytics
The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is using Qlik Sense and QlikView across the organisation to visualise its data for better understanding of where its ambulances are and need to be at any given time. Bringing the reality to life by...
Adapt or die
The evolution of technology has meant that small to medium enterprises (SMEs) no longer need to be responsible for IT in the traditional sense. In fact, they have surpassed their larger counterparts as early adopters of the latest cloud-based services, writes Brian...
Kenyan diaspora the biggest money senders
To mark the 10th anniversary of ground-breaking mobile money service M-PESA, WorldRemit has released new data showing that the Kenyan diaspora is the biggest sender of digital remittances to mobile accounts. Transfers to mobile money accounts make up 93% of WorldRemit...
Rockwell Automation drives borehole pumps in Namibia
Rockwell Automation sub-Saharan Africa was contracted by Eco Projects, a Rockwell Automation Namibian systems integrator, for equipment to power borehole pumps in Windhoek, Namibia. The borehole development is the first phase of 17-month plan designed to alleviate the...
Targus appoints Axiz, Tarsus as master distributors
Targus, the manufacturer of mobile and computer accessories for the mobile workforce, has appointed Axiz and Tarsus Distribution as its preferred master distributors for southern Africa. Both distribution companies will serve corporate and retail markets regionally...
Say goodbye to third-world communication
SD-WAN is all about the seamless and the smart, writes Brendan Mc Aravey, country manager at Citrix South Africa. South African businesses increasingly depend on connectivity. This is because tech-savvy customers require businesses and service providers that meet...
Affordable, scalable video and voice comms for SMBs
SkyGroup Communications is offering SMB customers the opportunity to leverage a completely customised cloud-based, video and voice system delivered in HD, based entirely on a subscription model with its videoHub offering. The videoHub service allows customers to...
The power of the cloud, with trusted computing
In the mobile-first, cloud-first era, technology is changing almost every aspect of our lives at a dramatically rapid pace. Advances in healthcare, education, communication, and productivity have increased life expectancy around the globe and helped lift hundreds of...
FaaS unlocks IT potential
A term that has been on everyone's lips over the past 12 months is 'serverless computing'. This is essentially about the provisioning of key ICT resources to users without the need to buy and implement additional hardware. "In a nutshell, cloud providers will be...
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