Companies flag GenAI as privacy, data security risk
Privacy is much more than a regulatory compliance matter, and businesses are increasingly concerned about the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). This is among findings in the Cisco 2024 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, an annual review of key privacy...
SA kicks off AfCFTA shipments
The first shipment of products from South Africa to other African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) countries has embarked from the eThekwini port. President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed it as the start of preferential trade by South Africa under the AfCFTA. "African...
SA users bullish about cryptocurrencies
A significant 82% of South Africans who hold cryptocurrency on the Luno platform expect the bitcoin price to rise significantly, some believe as high as $100 000. Bitcoin is trading at around $43 600 currently after reaching $50 000 at the end of August. More than 1...
Medical scheme customer satisfaction, loyalty at a six-year low
The pandemic has brought no reprieve for medical schemes, even with heightened consumer consciousness of the need for access to private, quality healthcare and the role that medical scheme membership plays in providing such access. Overall customer satisfaction of...
Roll up your sleeves for a Vooma Vaccination Weekend
South Africans and people who live in South Africa will have an opportunity on Friday and Saturday, 1 and 2 October 2021, to protect themselves against Covid-19 in a nationwide mass vaccination drive hosted by government and civil society. The public and private...
Young people urge leaders to protect the most vulnerable against climate change
More than 2 000 young leaders and youth-led organisations from across the Commonwealth are urging governmentts to respect the needs and contributions of the world's most vulnerable groups, in the lead up to global climate talks in Glasgow in November. The Commonwealth...
Mobile Internet now connects more than half the world’s people
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, more than half of the world's population is now using the mobile internet, with just over 4-billion people now connected - 225-million more compared to 2019, and up from a third of people globally just six years ago. Even with this...
Bank customers under fire from digital, online threats
Covid-19, in conjunction with the implementation of regulations of the Disaster Management Act had a notable influence on financial crime trends in 2020. It triggered changes in human behaviour, human movement, and policing, creating new opportunities for criminals...
SA faces post-Covid skills gap
South African ICT employers and practitioners appear to have adapted well to the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, with little to no negative impacts on working conditions or ICT skills demand and supply. However, significant digital skills gaps remain. This...
Millions of Africans lack basic facilities to curb Covid
An international study involving the University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers reveals that hundreds of millions of Africans don't have access to the most basic facilities to prevent the spread of the virus that causes Covid-19. The results show, for example, that...
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Revenue to change under new accounting rules
A new accounting standard is expected to result in significant change in the way in which companies record revenue, says PwC. The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) will issue IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts withCustomers, on Wednesday this week, which...
BPS, DRS partner to grow electronic marking
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Attix5 provides backup service to Hamptons
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WD My Cloud EX4 available from DCC
Get ahead of your data storage needs with up to 16Tb of Network Attached Storage (NAS) as well as personal cloud functionality with WD’s new My Cloud EX4 from distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC). The My Cloud EX4 is a high-performance, four-bay NAS for your...
Canon partners on scan-to-cloud capabilities
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Pamoja promotes server hosting in the cloud
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Local businesses to see greater cloud cover
South Africa’s cloud services space has reached a new level. A reduction in the cost of data and reliability of data on fixed line and wireless media has driven more widespread utilisation of cloud services. Technology experts now believe the market has arrived at a...
Pitney Bowes South Africa offers MYpbVerify
South African consumers are relying more and more on credit. According to the National Credit Regulator (NCR), the number of credit-active consumers is now at 20,29-million, an increase of 0,4% compared to the previous quarter. Based on the growing number of...
Africell Holding acquires Orange Uganda
Africell Holding has signed an agreement with the Orange Group to acquire its majority stake in Orange Uganda. The transaction upon completion, following regulatory approval, would bring Africell’s portfolio to four operations with a total market potential of over...
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