BETI moderated slightly in November
The BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), which measures the value of all electronic transactions cleared through BankservAfrica at seasonally adjusted real prices, remained largely unchanged in November, continuing the sideways trend observed since May...
Realtime payments boost African economies
Realtime payments are projected to contribute more than $15-billion in additional GDP growth to Nigeria and South Africa by 2028. This is according to the RealTime Payments: Economic Impact and Financial Inclusion report published by ACI Worldwide, in collaboration...
Dell strengthens security portfolio
Dell Technologies has announced new security services and solutions to help organisations protect against threats, respond to attacks and secure their devices, systems and clouds. Seventy-two percent of IT business leaders and professionals believe the changing...
Warming makes intense droughts and floods more frequent
Scientists have predicted that droughts and floods will become more frequent and severe as our planet warms and climate changes, but detecting this on regional and continental scales has proven difficult. Now a new NASA-led study confirms that major droughts and...
Skills gap a security threat in Africa
With 87% of South African businesses experiencing a cybersecurity skills shortage, decision-makers must identify alternative methods of plugging this gap if they are to safeguard systems and data against an increasingly advanced cyber threat landscape. This is...
SSE revenue rockets
The worldwide Security Service Edge (SSE) market grew by nearly $1-billion in 2022, representing 38% growth as enterprise embrace cloud-delivered network security to secure cloud-based applications and user's access to those applications. "The pandemic fueled the need...
Industrial printers shipments decline
Worldwide shipments of industrial printers declined 11.6% year over year to 78 500 units in the fourth quarter of 2022 (4Q22), according to results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Industrial Printer Tracker. Results for the full year...
Share of ransomware funds funneled through exchanges soars
Funds funnelled through popular crypto exchanges grew significantly last year but, worryingly, the share of ransomware funds was reported to have increased from 39,3% in 2021 to 48,3% in 2022, according to new research from StockApps.com. This disconcerting trend...
Recycled shelter provides eco-friendly refuge during disasters
Refugees fleeing disaster zones could soon be living in temporary shelters made from 100% recycled materials, which will not only prove safer and more durable than tents but also help to reduce the plastic waste mountain. University of Birmingham sustainable...
Huawei unveils SA ICT Competition winners
Huawei has named the winners of the South African iteration of its annual Huawei ICT Competition, at the kick-off to its 2023 ICT Academy programme. The 2022-2023 ICT Competition is an ICT talent exchange event developed by Huawei for global college and university...
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Trans-regional African trade set to pick up
An anticipated increase in demand for goods and services within Africa has the potential to give innovative companies with turnovers of between R300-million and R1,2-billion the opportunity to expand beyond the limits of their own borders, writes Karl Gotte, head of...
Zetes helps EPC comply with regulations
In response to new European regulations, the EPC Group, specialist in explosives for civil applications, has implemented Zetes’ solution for global unit traceability in its supply chain. The traceability solution harmonises the logistic processes of the different...
Axilspot expands operations to Middle East & Africa
Axilspot, a global vendor in enterprise wireless networking, has launched it operations in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. As part of its regional expansion plans, the company will appoint reputed distributors and strengthen its channel network by onboarding...
Siemon proves performance risks
Siemon has released the results of comprehensive testing on the performance of plug and play optical fibre cable assemblies used in 40 Gigabit and 100 Gigabit applications. Outlined in a new white paper ‘A Closer Look at Plug and Play MPO/MTP Assemblies’, the results...
Empower students to excel in the gig economy
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Are mines data mining mining data?
Graham Schwikkard of Datta Burton & Associates, asks whether mines are keeping on top of their data. John, a new GM of an underground platinum mine, slumped down at his desk. He was baffled by the persistent underperformance of operations. His team struggled to...
BlackBerry in global deal with TCL Communication
BlackBerry Limited and TCL Communication Technology Holdings have entered into a long-term licensing agreement, providing acceleration to BlackBerry’s transition into a security software and services company. Under the terms of the agreement, BlackBerry will license...
Calling on all resellers to vote now
ICT resellers are urged to use the power of their vote in the 2016 Channelwise Awards to ensure they get the best possible products and services from their vendors and distributors.Online voting for the SME and Consumer resellers in the 2016 Channelwise Awards is now...
CyberLogic expands, takes new services to market
Cape Town-based IT services firm CyberLogic is set to refresh its brand, expand its footprint and take new services to market in 2017, following its successful acquisition of Stellenbosch-based IT services firm Space Age Technologies last year. CyberLogic’s...
Team benefits, integration with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise UC
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, today announced enhancements to its OpenTouch Suite are now available. The enhancements deliver the real-time tools that improve productivity and customer services, while enabling fast business response and...
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