Just trade needed for Africa’s just energy transition
The President of the African Development Bank Group Dr Akinwumi Adesina has reiterated his warning that the introduction of a carbon border tax by the European Union could push Africa back into exporting raw commodities and undermine its industrialisation gains. The...
COP28 leaves Greenpeace cautiously optimistic
Agreement reached at COP28 represents a hopeful stride in the world’s collective journey limiting warming to 1,5 degrees. This is according to Dr Oulie Keita, executive director of Greenpeace Africa, who adds: “However, its true value will be measured by the tangible...
AI, cybersecurity drive M&A activity
In the first six months of 2021, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the tech, media and telecom (TMT) sector totaled $555-billion, according to GlobalData - that's a huge 169% rise from the same period in 2020. The data and analytics company notes that, in H1 2021,...
SA sees 42% increase in financial malware
A combination of increasingly sophisticated propagation technologies and continued economic uncertainties resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic have seen the number of financial malware attacks reported in South Africa during the first half of 2021 increase by more...
Chinese threat actors compromise telecoms providers
Security specialist Cybereason has discovered several previously unidentified cyberattack campaigns infiltrating major telecommunications providers across Southeast Asia. Similar to the recent SolarWinds and Kaseya attacks, the threat actors first compromised...
AI sheds new light on Parkinson’s research
IBM Research is working with the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF) on a new AI model that groups typical symptom patterns of Parkinson's disease. The research is detailed in the paper "Discovery of Parkinson's disease states using machine...
Does South Africa need an economic CODESA?
The recent civil unrest throughout various parts of the country indicates the harsh reality that the needs of South Africa's majority are not being met. This is according to former Chief Negotiator to end apartheid and lawyer, Roelf Meyer, who says that for those...
Chia cryptocurrency drives HDD sales
The European hard disk drive (HDD) market continued to soar in the second quarter of 2021 with its largest ever total addressable market (TAM) size, thanks to the impact of the Chia cryptocurrency, according to research group Context. Unlike regular cryptocurrencies...
Telkom posts overall Q1 growth
Telkom has posted group revenue of 3,5% year on year to R10 618-million, mainly driven by the mobile business, for the quarter ended 30 June 2021. Mobile data revenue grew 11,1%, supported by growth in mobile broadband customers; and mobile broadband customers up...
High-speed fibre takes over from DSL
High-speed fibre Internet subscriptions surpassed copper-wire DSL connections across Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for the first time in 2020. The need to move work and home life activities online during the Covid-19 pandemic...
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Nelspruit Africa Print Expo pays off for BDS
Bytes Document Solutions, a platinum sponsor for the 2014 Africa Print Expo, showcased the IJP 2000 wide format printer, as well as the Xerox J75 colour press at the Africa Print Regional Expo, held on 12 February 2014 at Emnotweni Arena in Nelspruit. The expo, which...
NetApp delivers new unified storage solution
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Samsung launches Smart Trade programme in SA
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Symantec appoints new country manager
Symantec announced it has appointed Nick Christodoulou as its new country manager in South Africa. Nick will be responsible for growing Symantec’s consumer, commercial and enterprise business, while strengthening cooperation with partners. The recent appointment...
How to monetise business data
As mobility, big data and mobile broadband continue to grow in significance, they are changing the personal and enterprise computing landscape. At the same time, data monetisation is emerging as a major topic of discussion, because each of these trends has potential...
Schneider holds counterfeit products survey
Schneider Electric, global specialist in energy management, has announced that it is behind the largest ever survey into counterfeit electrical products in Africa. This unprecedented survey involved 37 interviewers over a two-month period. Over 300 professionals were...
MTN Nigeria uses Ericsson managed services
Ericsson has signed a five-year managed services agreement with MTN, a leading telecommunications company with presence in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, for its Nigeria operations. MTN Nigeria is the largest mobile operator in Nigeria and West Africa...
Teraco helps businesses connect to Africa
Despite uncertain economic times globally, Teraco, Africa’s first vendor neutral data centre, celebrated excellent growth during 2013. CEO Lex van Wyk says that Teraco is the fastest growing colocation provider on the continent and the company’s strong operational...
Netiq offers disaster recovery solution
Taking the guesswork out of estimating the infrastructure required to protect virtual and physical server workloads reduces back-up costs and improves operational efficiency. Most enterprises size their virtualised environments for optimal consolidation and...
Link acquires majority stake in Esop Shop
Link Market Services (Link), a leading provider of share registry and associated value-added services in Australasia has acquired a 70% equity stake in South Africa’s The Esop Shop, a company that provides expert advisory services on the design and establishment of...
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