AI helps to conserve endangered African forest elephant
In the Congo Basin, the second-largest rainforest in the world, the African forest elephant population has been in drastic decline for decades. This decline is the result of habitat loss caused by deforestation and climate change, along with rampant poaching. We can...
Tech sector drives up energy demand, stymies sustainability efforts
The carbon footprint and energy consumption of the digital technology sector is growing with global demand for hardware, network services, data storage and emerging technologies, according to a report co-authored by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and...
How to develop an Amazon-like culture of innovation
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Innovation is key to survival in the fast-paced and disruptive world we live in, so companies have to develop a culture on innovation. "Anyone can innovate by accident," says Paul Misener, vice-president: global innovation policy and...
Consumers want more transparency on how businesses handle their data
Cisco's 2022 Consumer Privacy Survey, an annual global review of consumers' perceptions and behaviours on data privacy, highlights the critical need for further transparency as consumers say their top priority is for organisations to be more transparent on how they...
The top 5 cybersecurity trends of 2022
Since the Covid-19 pandemic forced increased digitalisation, threat detections have increased exponentially, according to Trend Micro's mid-year report on the latest developments and trends in cybersecurity. For many IT decision-makers, this rapid digitalisation is...
PC market sees steepest decline in 20 years
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 68-million units in the third quarter of 2022, a 19,5% decrease from the third quarter of 2021, according to preliminary results by Gartner. This is the steepest market decline since Gartner began tracking the PC market in the mid-1990s...
Global co-operation vital to counter cybersecurity threats
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Cybersecurity is arguably the biggest challenge facing all organisations around the world, and global co-operation will be needed to mitigate the threats. Eugene Kaspersky, founder and CEO of Kaspersky, points out that, while states...
Old cooking oil could solve diesel generation problems
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Climate change has been caused by business decisions - and one of the reasons governments haven't been able to do anything about it is because, most often, it is not a government issue. And business decisions are quite hard to make,...
Global PC shipments continue to decline
Declines continued for the traditional PC market as global shipments totaled 74,3-million units during the third quarter of 2022 (3Q22), according to preliminary results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device...
Global collaboration in R&D key to economic success
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Research and development investments play a critical role in future-proofing a nation's economy - and nations need to work together to solve the big global problems. That's the word from Dr Ray Johnson, CEO of Technology Innovation...
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African Opera users save millions
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Parents can help their children explore online safely
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Global spam and phishing trends in Q3
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Turrito Networks delivers SME Business in a Box
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Businesses need to re-humanise their workforce
As technology continues to permeate the business space across all functions and processes to streamline productivity, it's critical to remember that the heart of any business is its people says industry experts. According to these companies, businesses need to start...
Airtime exchange app wins regional Ericsson Innovation Awards 2015
Team Chura from Kenya, has been selected as the winner of the Ericsson Innovation Awards (EIA) for sub-Saharan Africa for its app that allows subscribers to switch, buy and cash your airtime across networks in a multi-sim environment. The winner was announced on 18...
SMEs vulnerable to VoIP fraud
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Software Engineer at Innovative Staffing Solutions – Gauteng Menlyn
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