Digitalisation can empower informal merchants to unlock Africa’s growth
The digital transformation of sub-Saharan Africa’s economy will not be complete without a focus on helping the region’s hundreds of thousands of small, micro and informal merchants to digitalise their businesses. And payments represents a natural starting point for...
Emerging markets well positioned to drive global growth
By 2035, emerging markets will play a crucial role in shaping the global economy, contributing about 65% of global economic growth. This is among the findings from S&P Global’s latest Look Forward research study, which identifies and assesses the opportunities and...
SA businesses plan dramatic increases in cybersecurity budgets
A survey of business representatives conducted by Kaspersky for the IT Security Economics report found that IT budgets for cybersecurity are set to increase over the next three years for both SMBs and enterprises to cover a range of issues. In the Middle East,...
ChatGPT opens new doors
Ever since OpenAI launched Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (GPT), it has emerged as a trending discussion among companies across industries. ChatGPT, which can be useful for a variety of applications such as chatbots, virtual assistants, customer service, and...
Generative AI dominates Twitter influencer discussions
Generative artificial intelligence (Generative AI) has become the latest Internet sensation with the introduction of ChatGPT and has created a rush among tech giants to put generative AI to work across industries. Against this backdrop, Twitter influencer discussions...
The changing face of financial roles …
CFOs have ambitious plans to reach a state of autonomous finance within the next three to six years that will require a significant reshaping of finance team structures to achieve, according to Gartner. "Most finance leaders, including many CFOs, are ill-equipped to...
Cloudflare thwarts biggest DDoS attack to date
Web infrastructure service Cloudflare has thwarted a record-breaking distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that peaked at over 71-million requests per second. According to the company, the attack emanated from a botnet comprising more than 30 000 IP addresses...
Scammers are expanding their crypto-romance cons
Sophos, has released details of two expansive and still operational pig butchering, or sha zhu pan, rings - elaborate and lengthy financial fraud scams that can cost victims thousands of dollars - that scammers are operating from Asia. One of the rings, based in Hong...
Women are being shut out of Web3
Web3 companies - those developing radical new applications involving the metaverse, blockchain technologies, and cryptocurrencies that are set to transform many global industries - are on the cutting edge of shaping the future of the digital world. But in one aspect...
Tourists are travelling back to SA’s biggest cities
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has revealed positive signs of recovery for the South African travel and tourism sector, with travellers heading back to its major cities. The report, researched in partnership with Oxford Economics, analysed key...
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Microsoft continues to evolve productivity tools
Microsoft OneNote has over the years evolved from a simple note taking app to a bona fide collaboration, organisation and project management tool. OneNote 2016 continues this evolution with some great new features as well as enhancements to existing favourites. Says...
Altron joins Nokia Global Partner Program
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Fortifying wireless security key to a robust network
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Flexible tutoring anywhere anytime
Cognition.Online has launched an app that is now coined the Uber of private tutoring. The app connects students and tutors in a unique way and provides tutors with new job opportunities. This app comes at a perfect time when the country's education system desperately...
Mitel launches cloud communications portfolio with EOH
Mitel hasannounced the expansion of its cloud portfolio in South Africa through a partnership with technology and knowledge service integrator EOH. Mitel's cloud expansion into South Africa is being driven by the region's growing economic marketplace, increasing cloud...
NU is premier Silver Peak distributor
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Huawei P9/P9 Plus surpass 10m shipments
Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group (CBG) recently announced that the company has shipped more than 10-million Huawei P9/P9 Plus smartphones globally, making it the company's first flagship series to top the 10-million mark. This is a milestone for...
Data destruction: more than just deleting files
Data end-of-life has now become a huge challenge for most companies, especially with uncontrolled data growth that has resulted in new corporate policies for data storage and retention. This is largely as a result of legislation and regulations such as the Protection...
Keep wireless communications competitive
South Africa has leapfrogged into the information age with extensive wireless communications services and speedy smart-phone adoption. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently reported that Mobile Internet penetration is expected to exceed 70% in South Africa by 2020....
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