Business urged to lead in Africa’s digitalisation
Kathy Gibson reports from Africa Tech Festival – Business leaders are calling for more co-operation across the continent to fast-track connectivity and make the digital economy a reality. Speaking on a panel discussion at Africa Tech Festival, President Ntuli, MD:...
Improving Africa’s pharmaceutical supply chain
Prosper Africa’s Tech for Trade Alliance (AT4T) is launching its latest pilot in Africa to field test a digital platform intended to bring visibility to Africa’s drug supply chains and creating a more transparent, efficient, and safe commercial market for medications....
Yahoo leads as the most impersonated brand for phishing
Yahoo was the most impersonated brand for phishing attacks during Q4 2022, climbing 23 places and accounting for 20% of all attempts. This is according to Check Point Research (CPR), in its Brand Phishing Report for Q4 2022. The report highlights the brands that were...
Sweden’s National Library turns to AI to parse centuries of data
For the past 500 years, the National Library of Sweden has collected virtually every word published in Swedish, from priceless medieval manuscripts to present-day pizza menus. Thanks to a centuries-old law that requires a copy of everything published in Swedish to be...
Reducing carbon footprint a focus for packaging
With most public commitments to sustainable packaging at risk of going unfulfilled, 20% of organizations will shift their focus from recycling and eliminating plastics to reducing the carbon footprint of their packaging by 2026, according to Gartner. While the pivot...
Business holds the key to solving SA challenges
Kathy Gibson reports - As South Africa grapples with the issue of ongoing loadshedding, the private sector is quietly making a difference and going a long way towards solving the issue. This is the word from Michael Jordaan, founder and CEO of Montegray Capital, who...
Resilient African tech ecosystem still growing
Despite the global venture capital (VC) downturn, the African tech ecosystem grew faster than all other markets globally. This is among the findings of Partech Africa's annual report on Africa Tech Venture Capital, which aims to provide a practical picture of the...
Financial crisis means tough times in SA
Many South Africans face the prospect of a tough 2023: inflation is the highest it has ever been, and the repo rate has steadily risen with more increases expected in the near future. Further stress is hitting the majority of consumers through significant increases in...
Enterprises start moving to zero trust
Zero trust is top of mind for most organisations as a critical strategy to reduce risk, but few organisations have actually completed zero-trust implementations. Gartner predicts that by 2026, 10% of large enterprises will have a mature and measurable zero-trust...
5G IoT connections set to pass 100m by 2026
A new study from Juniper Research has found that 5G IoT (Internet of Things) connections will reach 116-million globally by 2026; rising from just 17-million in 2023. It predicts that the healthcare sector and smart city services will drive this 1 100% growth over the...
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Axis celebrates 20 years of the network camera
This week saw Axis Communications celebrate its 20th anniversary of the world's first network camera. A technology leader with many industry firsts including first network video chip (1999), first thermal network camera (2010) and first to market with Lightfinder...
Check Point debuts zero-day protection
Addressing the exponential growth in web-based malware, phishing and social engineering attacks, Check Point Software Technologies has announced SandBlast Agent for Browsers with Zero Phishing technology. As the newest member of its industry-leading SandBlast family...
Why gender diversity is important
Lyndy van den Barselaar, MD Manpower South Africa, contends that gender diversity is critical to sustaining business performance in the modern business environment. While the issue of gender diversity in business is nothing new, the nature of the modern business...
Why Pokémon GO is a security risk
Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager at Check Point Software Technologies South Africa, examines the mobile security implications of the wildly popular mobile augmented-reality game - and how these can be addressed. Pokémon GO has taken one of the biggest cultural...
Connecting people to implementations
People don't like change. It is a fundamental part of the human condition, the impact of which can be seen in numerous media outbursts and employee departures and missives of online rage. Just take a look at the universal reaction to Instagram changing something as...
Fibre delivers 40% savings for ProShop and Cycle Lab
MoreCorp Group, the parent company of ProShop, Cycle Lab and a number of related outdoor venues, has found an efficient solution to its connectivity challenges with a full house fibre broadband and VoIP offering from iConnect. The solution, first piloted four years...
Fortinet provides on-demand security at scale
Fortinet has launched vSecurity Virtual Network Function to enable global enterprises to deploy adaptive, intelligent virtualised network security. Shawn Hakl, vice-president of networking and innovation at Verizon, explains: "As enterprise networks transition to...
Ricoh is a managed print leader five years running
Quocirca has placed Ricoh in a leadership position of the managed print services (MPS) market for the fifth consecutive year. The report, called "Managed Print Services Landscape, 2016", says Ricoh's holistic approach to providing consistent, high quality service to...
DRS cleans up at Intel Partner Awards
Local security company DRS has been named Intel's Revenue Partner of the Year, South Africa 2015 and Enterprise Partner of the Year, Sub Saharan Africa 2015. In addition, the Technical Guru of the Year, South Africa 2015, was awarded to DRS's senior technical...
Vox Telecom continues Golden Lions Rugby partnership
Integrated ICT and infrastructure provider, Vox Telecom has renewed its sponsorship agreement with the Golden Lions Rugby Union (GLRU). Vox Telecom has been a technology partner to Lions Rugby for the last ten years, providing connectivity and telecoms services to the...
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