Initiative aims to open access to digital finance
Visa and the GSMA Mobile for Development Foundation (GSMA Foundation) have announced the launch of the Digital Finance for All (DFA) Initiative. The five-year initiative aims to advance digital financial inclusion for 20 million individuals, including women, small...
New Nvidia GPUs drive AI-enhanced workflows
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Manufacturing bears the brunt of cyberattacks
IBM Security has released its annual X-Force Threat Intelligence Index which reveals how ransomware and vulnerability exploitations together were able to "imprison" businesses in 2021, further burdening global supply chains and with manufacturing emerging as the most...
Companies struggle with complexity of multi-cloud
As organisations continue to adopt the cloud, with 35% running more than 50% of their workloads on the likes of Azure, AWS and GCP, they struggle to manage the complexity of securing their cloud infrastructures across multiple cloud platforms, while also suffering a...
Attacks on industrial control systems on the rise
During the second half of 2021, almost 40% of all industrial control systems' (ICS) computers globally were attacked by malicious software at least once, according to Kaspersky. Even though the overall number of attacks has seen a slight decrease when compared to H1...
CSOs should focus B2B sales on situational buyer insights
B2B sales organisations must take a more situationally aware approach, tuning engagement skills and tactics with empathy for, and personalisation to, a prospective buyer's current state, according to Gartner. Standardised customer engagement in today's buying...
FPAA comes into force
The primary amendments introduced by the the Films and Publications Amendment Act 11 of 2019 (FPAA), which came into effect 1March, are the regulation of the online distribution of films, games and publications, and the extension of the operations of the Film and...
Newer treatment options offer hope in tackling obesity
Minimally invasive and scarless endoscopic procedures are expanding the range of treatment options available for patients with the complex, chronic disease of obesity, offering hope where other weight loss methods have failed or where surgery is not an option for...
Microsoft launches new initiatives in support of African startups
Under the remit of its recently established Africa Transformation Office (ATO), Microsoft has announced new initiatives to accelerate the growth of 10 000 African startups and fast-track investment in Africa's startup ecosystem over the next five years. Microsoft's...
Tax reporting a key component in addressing ESG matters
Since 2014, when PwC began its annual assessment of tax transparency provided by the top 100 companies on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), transparency in tax reporting has moved from being a conversation around tax evasion to a critical topic that sits at the...
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Global investment in African telecoms grows
Africa’s telecoms industry forms a vital component to the country’s economic growth, affecting all aspects of the business and social sphere. Dramatic expansion in the telecoms sector has taken place over the past five years, with a 72% penetration on average in...
Huawei to invest in local ICT talent
On an official visit to China, South African Deputy President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa met with Huawei executive board director Jason Li at the company's headquarters in Shenzhen. Ramaphosa and Li discussed extensively how both parties can construct ICT infrastructure...
Mergers, acquisitions grow in SSA
Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today released the quarterly investment banking analysis for the sub-Saharan Africa region. According to estimates from Thomson Reuters / Freeman Consulting,...
NamPower takes local OpenText project award
Namibia’s national power utility, NamPower, has been named as the winner of enterprise information management (EIM) leader, OpenText’s Go-Live Project of the Year for 2015. The Windhoek-based organisation, nominated for this award by EIM partner, Datacentrix, received...
Skills for a 21st century workforce
Employees from different backgrounds, cultures and generations are shaped by the events they have experienced, their values and their views of the world. With - probably - the most diverse workforce in South African history, business leaders, employees and job-seekers...
Panda Mobile Security offers improved UX
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Pinnacle Africa unveils first LTE smartphone
Pinnacle Africa recently unveiled their first LTE smartphone, the Proline XM-502, available to the market from 7 August at a recommended retail price of R1 699.00. The Proline XM-502 is a breakthrough product offering new levels of performance at an affordable price....
Keep the lights on in your smart building
Intelligent, connected technology is a growing trend, and property owners and managers, particularly in the retail space, are either constructing smart buildings from the ground up or retrofitting existing buildings with smart solutions, says Marco Da Silva, MD of...
Technology drives the future of mining
Mining may be a highly industrial endeavour that hasn’t changed dramatically over the decades, but sophisticated new technologies are starting to play ever-greater roles in improving productivity and miner safety, says Scott Mcgowan, Global Mining Practice director,...
The murky regulation of drones
The regulation of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) differs, sometimes remarkably, from country to country, says Michael Moran, regional head for African Aviation, Marsh. For UAS operations to be commercially viable, national and international aviation laws may need to...
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