Call to bury the password once and for all
All signs point to the average password being hopelessly insecure. Let's drop the poor passwords and protect our data and organisations in other ways, writes Anna Collard, senior vice-president: content strategy and evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa. Today (2 May) is World...
Canal+ ups its Mutlichoice shareholding to 42,47%
Canal+ has acquired a further 3 868 391 Multichoice shares, in on/off market transactions. This brings the French media group's shareholding in Multichoice to approximately 42,47% of the issued share. Canal+ has disclosed the acquisitions to to the Takeover Regulation...
Sustainability dominates data centre trends
Conversations around efficiency and utilisation in the data centre are evolving to reflect a more comprehensive and aggressive focus on sustainability. This movement recognises the urgency of the climate crisis, the relationship between resource availability and...
Black Friday data shows SA is maturing in e-commerce
A stable technical performance along with a more than 30% increase in first-time online shoppers and strong growth in both transaction volume and value, all point to a maturing e-commerce market. This is according to Peter Harvey, MD of DPO South Africa, who adds:...
NFC-ready PoS shipments reached 67,2m in 2021
According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the market for NFC-ready point of sale (PoS) terminals continued to show strong momentum in 2020 with annual shipments reaching an estimated 67,2-million units worldwide. The attach rate for NFC was highest in...
Poorest of the poor are still offline despite Covid connectivity boost
An estimated 37% of the world's population - or 2,9-billion people - have still never used the Internet. New data from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), also...
Online Cyber Week sales hit record highs
In 2021, global online sales hit an all-time high of $275-billion, up 2% compared to 2020. This is among the findings from Salesforce's annual Cyber Week report, which analyses shopping data from over 1-billion shoppers on the Salesforce Customer 360 platform and...
Black Friday drives buy now pay later shopping
Buy now pay later online sales this Black Friday and Cyber Monday were triple those recorded in 2021, driven overwhelmingly by South African women. "By 10am on Black Friday, sales value had already surpassed Black Friday 2020. By the end of Cyber Monday, sales value...
How African governments can ignite innovation-based growth
The digital industrial revolution has the potential to unleash a surge of innovation that could transform industries and improve well-being across the Africa region. However, for nations to compete in the new globalisation environment, they need to set their sights on...
2021 Africa Investment Forum postponed
The three-day 2021Africa Investment Forum, scheduled to start today in Abidjan, has been postponed until further notice. The President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, comments: "The Africa Investment Forum is the premier investment...
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The race to POPI compliance begins
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Goods, services must move easily in Africa
A key topic of discussion among global leaders at the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa was the need for free movement of talent and goods across Africa, in order to significantly strengthen businesses and boost intra-Africa trade on the continent. This sentiment is...
Broadband price war soars to new level
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