Digitisation, cloud is improving business outcomes
Kathy Gibson reports – South African organisations are increasingly using cloud services to unlock opportunities and improve business outcomes. Pandelani Munyai, group CIO of Transnet, explains that key considerations when adopting cloud included improved security and...
Cloud key to SA’s digitalisation goals
Kathy Gibson reports – Government has a firm policy t drive digital innovation, with the aim of improving service delivery while helping to uplift citizens. Nonkqubela Thathakahle Jordan-Dyani, director-general of the Department of Communications and Digital...
Innovators shortlisted for Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation
A shortlist of 15 African entrepreneurs and their pioneering technologies aimed at environmental rehabilitation, education, and human health and safety have been selected for the 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of...
Mobile, broadband the bright spots in Telkom results
Telkom SA delivered flat revenues as it continues to execute its growth strategy of migrating to new technologies. This, coupled with changes in the consumer product mix and increased operating expenses including costs related to load-shedding, saw group EBIDTA...
Tourism recovers to two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels
International tourism is on track to reach 65% of pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2022 as the sector continues to bounce back from the pandemic. An estimated 700-million tourists travelled internationally between January and September, more than double (+133%) the...
Embedded finance market to exceed $183bn by 2027
A new study from Juniper Research has found that revenue from embedded financial services will exceed $183-billion globally in 2027, increasing from just under $65-billion in 2022, and growing by 182% over the period. The report found that this expansion will be...
SA spending spree expected on Black Friday and during festive season
Just over 90% of South African buy now pay later (BNPL) customers plan to spend more online this festive season than last year, while 78% plan to shop on Black Friday, according to a survey of more than 1 600 customers by Payflex. "Our customer base has more than...
Another strong year of growth ahead for the IT channel
Revenue growth for European IT distributors in 2022 is forecast to stand at an impressive 3,7% versus the previous year - excluding telecoms - according to research group, Context. The figures represent an increase on the 3,2% year-on-year (YoY) growth predicted at...
Borderless recruitment no longer an exception
Fifty-eight percent of organisations report having at least some technology talent working in a fully remote borderless arrangement, according to a new Gartner survey, which says this number has doubled in the past three years. Gartner defines borderless workforce as...
Simple data protection tips that could save millions
In recent years, South Africa has become a playground for cybercriminal activities with syndicates targeting everyone from individual South Africans to SMEs, large corporates and public entities This, says Siyabonga Mabuza, head of cybersecurity at the Fourth...
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Huawei Consumer and Leica Camera have entered into a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing the future development of smartphone photography. Richard Yu, CEO of the Huawei Consumer BG says: "We choose our partners carefully, and with this extraordinary collaboration...
AIGS ups service with Delight@Work
Great employees translate into great customer service, and great customer service is the cornerstone of increased revenues and business growth. This is particularly true in the IT space, where real customer service can make or break the business. AIGS understands and...
Avaya adds zing with Zang
Avaya has unveiled Zang, an innovative cloud communications platform and communication applications-as-a-service that revolutionises the way businesses can use communications to connect with their customers and employees. With 79% of IT teams currently developing apps...
Linksys caters for 4K streaming
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Enermatics for effective municipal management
Many of the difficulties ordinary South Africans experience with utility services stem from ineffective management of many of the country's 262 municipalities. Enermatics, an established provider of smart metering technology and reseller of power to end users, has...
Fujitsu develops new IoT platform
Fujitsu Laboratories and Fujitsu R&D Center have announced the development of a software platform that enables the centralised and stable management of operating status for a variety of sensors, devices, and gateways, as well as the condition of the network that...
Fujitsu develops new IoT platform
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HP Inc takes on business printing
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