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Green electrons raised from private wind energy project
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Surge in companies turning to digital twin technology
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Finalists for BCX Digital Innovation Awards revealed
Digital transformation in business has proven to be a driver of socio-economic growth globally, and the annual BCX Digital Innovation Award (DIA) encompasses the company's ethos that businesses can invent, evolve, and unite through digital innovation while creating...
Balancing data monetisation with data sovereignty
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Lateral protection the new security frontier
Kathy Gibson is at VMware Explore in Barcelona - Arguably the biggest challenge for CIOs and CEOs today is the mounting security threat. "And now there is a new battleground in security," says Raghu Raghuran, CEO of VMware. "We call it lateral security. "Customers...
Facing cloud chaos, CIOs aim to achieve cloud smart
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New SandStrike spyware targets Android users with booby-trapped VPN app
In the third quarter of 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a previously unknown Android espionage campaign dubbed SandStrike. The actor targets a Persian-speaking religion minority, Baháʼí, via distributing a VPN app that contains highly sophisticated spyware....
Gates Foundation calls for bold and immediate action at COP27
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has echoed African leaders' calls at COP27 for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation, and pledged to invest $1,4-billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long-term impacts of climate...
All-time highs for electronic payments in October
BankservAfrica has set a new record on EFT payments by processing over 100-million EFT credit payments in October. EFT credit payments are lower-value credit payments made by consumers, businesses and government. "The total of 101-million transactions - six million...
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MTN invests R2,6m in education
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IndigoCube, Gemalto join forces to tackle data security
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