Cisco partners with Jozi My Jozi on inner city revitalisation

Kathy Gibson reports form Johannesburg - Cisco and Jozi My Jozi today launched a new partnership aimed at harnessing technology to help develop the Johannesburg inner city. The new initiative, Masibambisane, is part of Cisco’s global 40 Communities social impact...

New battery factory drives industrialisation, job creation

Kathy Gibson reports - Actom has opened a new assembly line for locally-assembled LiFePO₄ battery energy storage systems (BESS). Yesterday, the company also announced that is expanding manufacturing capacity for its high voltage equipment. These moves are significant...

Herotel brings Amazon’s Leo satellite services to SA

Kathy Gibson reports – Herotel has signed a distribution agreement with Amazon to bring its Leo Constellation satellite service to South Africa. Set to go live in 2027, South Africa will be among one of the first countries in the world to connect to the low earth...

Social media the top culprit as deepfake fraud grows

Deepfake attacks are growing, and costing people more. Scial media is the main culprit

Retail e-commerce to pass $12trn by 2030

The global retail e-commerce market size is estimated to reach $12,35-trillion by 2030 and growing at a CAGR of 11,6% from 2024 to 2030, according to the recent reports of Grand View Research. The demand for retail e-commerce is expected to increase over the forecast...

Huawei has its sights on Africa

Kathy Gibson reports - Africa is alive with possibility, and Huawei is keen to work with governments and businesses to realise the opportunities. "Globally, the digital economy is growing rapidly," says David Wang, executive director of the board and chairman of the...

Blue Label launches bond offer in Cell C recapitalisation

Blue Label Telecoms has announced the next step in the recapitalisation of Cell C, with a bond process to get approval of the compromise offer having been made to secured lenders who formerly held publicly-listed bonds or notes. The bond holders will be required to...

New TB drug combination trial could lead to shorter treatment

A visit by the Bavarian State Chancellery and the Western Cape Government to the University of Cape Town's Lung Institute (UCTLI) highlighted a new trial involving BTZ-043 (benzothiazinone DprE1 blocker), a novel TB drug candidate. There are also plans to test BTZ-043...

BT, MTN Business in strategic African alliance

BT and MTN Business have announced a strategic alliance which will offer world class security and communications services to business customers across Africa. New and existing MTN Business customers will get access to solutions including cloud-based security and...

Huge increase in new cloud regions expected

Cloud providers launched 18 new regions in 2021 after launching an average of 15 per year since 2013, according to TeleGeography's refreshed cloud and WAN Infrastructure research. According to the research firm, over the next few years, nearly 50 new cloud regions are...

What did South Africans look at in Street View?

In the 15 years since its launch, Google Street View has come a long way. From going under water to capture the Great Barrier Reef in 2012, being available in VR in 2015, to exploring the 'Top of the World' in Canada in 2017, Street View has achieved a number of...

Avoid scammers and enjoy the UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid will take place this Saturday (28 May). This is a massive event with a huge audience - according to UEFA statistics, in 2020 the cumulative audience for live matches was 5,2-billion, with the final...

A lot more must be done to realise AfCFTA benefits

The digital transformation of customs and borders in Africa could improve efficiencies in processes, such as administration at customs and borders, and yield trade gains on the continent of $20-billion a year. A new report by the World Economic Forum, Growing...

Covid likely to affect fraud statistics for years to come

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a marked effect on the fraud cases that have been reported among businesses over the last two years. Indeed, around 52% of businesses that reported fraud in their organisations during the course of 2020 and 2021, indicated that...

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Wireless operators under increasing pressure

As the wireless boom continues unabated, wireless network operators are coming under increasing pressure to provide more capacity, coverage and quality – and all of this without upping prices. This is going to be a major focus in 2015. “During 2015 we will see...

Vodacom offers LG G Flex2

The LG G Flex2 is now exclusively from Vodacom on the Smart S package. The G Flex2 is LG’s latest smartphone offering and is designed with a curved display that is both ergonomic and aesthetic. The 5,5-inch Full HD display adds excitement to the viewing experience by...

Rectron extends service portfolio with Ricoh

Ricoh SA has extended its distribution agreement with Rectron two years into their partnership to include first and second line support on the majority of Ricoh devices it sells. Rectron adds Ricoh equipment to its extensive service portfolio as another means by which...

Uniclox, Softcon sign partnership agreement

Uniclox Technologies, leaders in Resource Management Solutions, and Softcon Control Services, leaders in Building Management and Access Control, have recently signed a strategic partnership agreement in Pretoria. Softcon is a 33-year-old South African based hardware...

Gumtree Automotive revamps user experience

Gumtree Automotive is introducing big changes to ensure that a smoother user experience for both prospective car buyers as well as the thousands of professional sellers that already make use of the site’s ad management dashboard. “Since the introduction of the Gumtree...

Fujitsu, CTI in strategic partnership

Fujitsu has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Australian-based Constraint Technologies Incorporated (CTI), with the specific objective of offering a market-leading solution spanning all disciplines of network operations, crew planning,...

Kaspersky expands Endpoint Security features

Kaspersky Lab has announced the release of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business Service Pack 1 (SP1), its flagship product for business. In addition to offering superior security, the new edition of the flexible platform is easier to deploy and manage, and now...

Sony Mobile launches new comms platform

Sony Mobile Communications is launching its new global brand positioning “everyday extraordinary” to its customers via an integrated campaign. The campaign heralds a bold new approach for Sony Mobile and is firmly rooted in Sony’s founding spirit of inspiring and fulfilling people’s curiosity, and bringing this brand ethos to life by engaging with consumers in an inspiring and distinctive way.

Ruckus unveils ZoneFlex R710 access point

Ruckus Wireless has unveiled the Ruckus ZoneFlex R710 access point (AP), the industry’s first WiFi AP based on Wave 2 features of the 802.11ac standard that extends WiFi to enable multi-gigabit WiFi performance and unprecedented capacity. The new Ruckus ZoneFlex R710...

Lumia 532 Dual SIM now available in SA

Microsoft has announced the availability of the Lumia 532 Dual SIM in South Africa. The device will be available exclusively at Cell C, from R1699 up front and on a Smartchat 1Gb contract starting at R149 per month for 24 months. Offering the latest Windows Phone 8.1...

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