Security is key to building trust
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco – As African businesses shift to digitalisation, it’s important to build trust. Security is a vital element in the hyperconnected world, says Dr Pascal Andrei, chief security officer at Airbus. And, along with physical...
5G FWA key to connecting the continent
Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco – When we talk about using technology to unlock Africa’s potential, we can’t lose sight of the fact that this simply won’t be possible without better connectivity across the continent. Fixed wireless access (FWA) on 5G...
Digital holiday shopping fraud continues to increase
A significant 17,5% of all global e-commerce transactions - and 7,8% of South African transactions - made between 25 and 29 November were potentially fraudulent, according to findings from TransUnion around global e-commerce fraud trends that occurred during the...
Notebook revenues still going strong
Notebook revenues through European distribution have continued their impressive performance in the first few weeks of Q4 2021 as organisations look to support the new hybrid workplace and consumer sales are up, according to new data from Context. The latest analysis...
Beware of online shopping delivery scams
Cybersecurity researchers are urging consumers to be on the lookout for delivery scams following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and in the lead up to the holidays. This comes after Mimecast's threat hunting team detected malicious emails and spoofed web pages...
Opt-out rate for mobile app tracking to decline by 2023
The opt-out rate for mobile app tracking will decline from 85% in 2021 to 60% by 2023 as consumers gain experience with untargeted ads, according to Gartner. While Apple has added new privacy features in iOS for consumers to manage how they are tracked, marketers must...
Software-defined infrastructure software revenues hit $6,5bn
According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Software-Defined Infrastructure Tracker, the worldwide software-defined infrastructure (SDI) software market reached $6,5-billion during the first half of the year in 2021, a 10,7% increase...
Massive growth ahead for mobile money transactions
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of mobile money transactions in emerging markets will exceed $870-billion in 2026, up from $555-billion in 2021; respresenting growth of almost 60%. Mobile money in emerging markets includes...
Standard Bank introduces Covid-19 vaccine policy
Standard Bank South Africa has introduced a Covid-19 vaccination policy, which requires all employees of the Standard Bank Group who work from the premises to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The policy will be implemented in South Africa in the first instance and will...
Critical infrastructure organisations can expect more security breaches
By 2025, 30% of critical infrastructure organizations will experience a security breach that will result in the halting of an operations- or mission-critical cyber-physical system, according to Gartner. Critical infrastructure security has become a primary concern for...
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NSE enhances Trade Alert notifications
Investors in the Nigerian Capital Market are in for good times as The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has commenced the reduction of the cost of its Trade Alert service by about Naira 1,24-billion from March 2014 via the scrapping of the current charge of 0,06% of every...
BT launches new voice solution
BT has announced it is launching BT One Voice Radianz, a new service that unifies voice, mobile and data services and delivers them to members of the BT Radianz Cloud, the world’s largest secure networked community for the financial services industry. While BT has...
Westcon-Comztek offers Linksys products
With Linksys’ announcement that the company is once again entering the business market, Westcon-Comztek partners will have immediate access to its recently unveiled WiFi Access Points, switches, VPN routers and IP surveillance products. Partners and resellers will,...
Infor announces equipment industry solution
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70 000 customers, has announced the availability of Infor M3 13.2 for the Equipment industry, an updated enterprise resource planning (ERP) application that works to streamline equipment...
DCC offers Huawei LTE routers, modems
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is gearing up for LTE with Huawei’s range of LTE routers and modems, offering up to 150Mbps download speeds and delivering fast wireless Internet to consumers and business. Models available include the E3276, the E5776 and...
Gemalto creates Mobile Trust Net
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions to enable customers to offer trusted services at every point throughout the mobile value chain, together creating the Mobile Trust Net. As part of this Mobile Trust Net range...
Miro builds a new head office
Since its inception in 2001, Miro has grown into one of South Africa’s leading distributors of IP communication products, including wireless networks, voice over IP, data networking and IP video products. Miro’s growth has resulted in an expansion of its workforce and...
Sage ERP honours AccTech Namibia
AccTech Namibia, a regional alliance partner of Sage Premier Partner AccTech Systems, was recently crowned Namibia’s top business partner at the Sage ERP Africa’s annual partner conference. It received awards for Best Achiever for Africa for the Sage ERP X3 product...
Cloud levels the playing field for SMEs
While technology has long been regarded as the great leveller of the business playing field by enabling small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to compete more effectively with corporate giants, there is a widespread belief that much of the most advanced business...
BLE versus NFC in mobile payments
There’s a new kid on the block in the payments environment that promises to deliver even greater convenience and practicality. It’s called Bluetooth Low Energy, or BLE, and it’s based on technology which is over a decade old, says Adrian Hope-Bailie, product...
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