SA young scientists impress at Türkiye science fair
Two South African learners from Eskom Expo for Young Scientist International Science Fair were awarded medals after successfully showcasing their research projects at this year’s İzmir International Innovation Science Energy Engineering Fair (IISEEF) in Türkiye....
FNB customer spend passes R3,2bn on Black Friday
FNB customers exceeded last year’s highest spend peak, going over R3,2-billion in Black Friday purchases this year. Black Friday spending has increased by 11% year-on-year with transactions worth over R5,4-billion processed on FNB Speedpoint devices. Overall,...
UC&C market grows in face of economic headwinds
Worldwide revenues in the unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) market grew 7,9% year over year and 2,1% sequentially to $15,2-billion in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Unified...
Investors increasingly look at sustainability metrics
The majority of public companies will update their investment methodologies to include sustainability metrics as a key part of their return on investment (ROI) analysis by 2026, according to Gartner. The shift from viewing sustainability solely as a source of risk...
SASE continues robust growth
The worldwide secure access service edge (SASE) market topped $6-billion in 2022, representing robust 34% growth year-over-year (Y/Y). According to Dell'Oro report, in a crowded market with over 30 vendors, Cisco remained the overall SASE leader with a 17% revenue...
Consumers labour under debt burden
Sunday (26 March) will mark three years since South Africa went into lockdown, which had a devastating event had on the local economy. To add to this, South Africa was recently placed on the money laundering grey list, and economists are predicting a 45% chance of a...
What’s holding East African start-ups back?
A new regional survey of tech start-ups across East Africa reveals that while investment levels remained relatively stable over the last 12 months, the heart of Africa's start-up ecosystem perceives many roadblocks as having the potential to disrupt the region's...
NAPAfrica hits 3Tbps milestone
On the evening of 15 February, Internet exchange point (IXP) NAPAfrica reached the 3Tbps traffic threshold. This peak in Internet traffic was experienced globally on the back of some significant new gaming releases and software updates. This increase in NAPAfrica's...
Men and women control smart devices differently
A recent survey by Kaspersky reveals there is gap regarding those typically in charge of maintaining and buying smart devices at home. In particular, 72% of men surveyed are the ones who set up smart devices in their home, while just under half (47%) of women do so....
Applications for AWS Fintech Africa Accelerator open
Amazon Web Services’ Startup Loft Accelerator team has announced the launch of its inaugural AWS Fintech Africa Accelerator. Pre-seed and seed stage fintech founders operating in Africa and building companies to solve fundamental issues in payments, open/embedded...
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Asset Print opens new doors with Xerox
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Itec SA launches Carbon Neutral programme
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Which SaaS is better for your business?
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AMD celebrates a decade of casino tech
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Growing global payment network is good for Africa
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Design boosts e-learning uptake
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SilverBridge subsidiary takes insurance solutions into Africa
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