African executives rank innovation as a top priority
More African companies are prioritising innovation more than ever before--and have experienced an increased innovation readiness, unlike global counterparts--although not without challenges. A new report released from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) finds that 65% of...
Skills shortage hampers Africa’s fight against cybercrime
Kathy Gibson reports - As cyber attacks become more frequent, and more crippling, a massive shortage of cybersecurity skills is hampering Africa's ability to meet the onslaught. This is one of the troubling findings from "Elevating Africa's Cyber Resilience", a new...
Accessibility stymies SA smart home adoption
South Africa lags behind the world in smart home ownership, with a 23% gap between South African and global consumers when it comes to embracing the use of internet-connected devices to enable the remote monitoring and management of appliances and systems. "While...
Good growth in global telecoms services but future is uncertain
Worldwide spending on Telecom Services and Pay TV Services reached $1.566 billion in 2021, an increase of 1.6% year over year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. IDC expects worldwide spending on...
In future, B2B sales organisations will base decisions on data, not intuition
By 2026, 65% of B2B sales organisations will transition from intuition-based to data-driven decision making, using technology that unites workflow, data and analytics, according to Gartner. The market is growing rapidly with the rush to virtual selling due to the...
Buy now pay later gets twice as many recommendations as banks
South African customers who have used buy now, pay later to purchase goods would overwhelmingly recommend it as a payment method. In contrast, customers of South African banks aren't even half as likely to recommend financial services from their banks. This emerged in...
QR code payments set to reach $3trn by 2025
A new study from Juniper Research predicts that the global spend using QR code payments will reach over $3-trillion by 2025; rising from $2,4-trillion in 2022. This growth of 25% will be driven by the increasing focus on improving the level of financial inclusion in...
Currency risk a major challenge when investing in Africa
Although currency risk is present throughout the investment process, it was most impactful for both fund managers and limited partners (LPs) at the time of portfolio exit. This is among the findings of a special report series exploring the "Currency Risk Management...
Ukraine war set to hamper SME growth
2022 was set to be a year of growth and recovery for South African small businesses, however, the war in Ukraine is beginning to thwart this projection. The World Trade Organisation has recently slashed its global growth forecast to 2,8% from 4,1% before the war....
Valuation of Top 100 fintechs nears $3trn
Data presented by Tradingplatform.com indicates that the global value of the Top 100 fintechs is $2,8-trillion and is steadily approaching the $3-trillion mark. Commenting on the data, Tradingplatform.com's Edith Reads says: "The fintech industry has grown from...
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A service desk is not service management
IT has become an essential component of practically every business today, underpinning the basic functioning of the enterprise, Edward Carbutt, executive director at Marval Africa. As such, providing effective IT services is critical to the efficiency and...
QlikView SA debuts Qlik Sense
QlikView South Africa used its annual user conference at Vodaworld, Midrand on 11 November to introduce the latest member of the Qlik product family – Qlik Sense. The next-generation data visualisation and analytics application wowed the audience of 700 users and...
Shop in the US with PayPal, USaddress.com
PayPal is partnering with USaddress.com to make online shopping in the holiday season even easier. Why should only Americans enjoy the amazing holiday discounts? PayPal has launched a partnership with USaddress.com to enable customers in the majority of sub-Saharan...
RS Components stocks new Raspberry Pi model
RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents, the global distributor for engineers, is now stocking the new and improved Raspberry Pi Model A+, which combines enhanced value and ease of use with smaller size and lower power consumption for applications...
First Distribution wins VMware award
First Distribution has been awarded VMware Service Provider Programme (VSPP) Aggregator of the Year for the Southern Africa and WECA region. The company, a value added distributor for both VMware's perpetual and service provider licensing, received the awards at the...
DCC enhances security portfolio
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) has announced the addition of globally acclaimed FireEye Cyber Security and Malware Protection solutions and services to its comprehensive portfolio of security tools and software. FireEye is the world leader in addressing...
Understand how to comply with POPI
With the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) now in play, and the appointment of the Information Regulator and subsequent commencement imminent, businesses and professionals need to know how POPI will impact them. It is with this that Innovatec Africa in...
Ultra HD to revolutionise entertainment
Many years ago, the television ruled supreme as the centre of the home. Families would gather in the living room during the evening to experience entertainment and laughter together in the comfort of television’s soothing glow. The advent of computers, mobile devices,...
Motorola expands public safety portfolio
Motorola Solutions is expanding its Public Safety LTE device portfolio by introducing a new mission-critical handheld device. The LEX L10 features a new hardware and software platform that addresses the unique requirements of public safety personnel by providing...
Kaspersky wins PC Security Labs award
Kaspersky Internet Security for Android took first place in a test of Android security products conducted by PC Security Labs, an independent Chinese company. According to the test results published this November, Kaspersky Lab’s product successfully countered 99.959%...
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We are looking for a highly skilled, analytical Cloud Database Engineer. You will play a critical role in migrating on-Prem workloads to databases hosted on OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure), Azure and AWS platforms. As a Cloud Database Engineer, you will design and...
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