South Africans under increasing attack by fraudsters

A massive 68% of South Africans have been targeted by email, online, phone call or text messaging fraud in the last three months, with 13% saying they had become victims. Among those who said they were targeted, the most common reported schemes were phishing, where...

Solar Orbiter gets world-first views of the Sun’s poles

Thanks to its newly tilted orbit around the Sun, the European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft is the first to image the Sun’s poles from outside the ecliptic plane. Solar Orbiter’s unique viewing angle will change our understanding of the Sun’s magnetic...

Joburg is still Africa’s top data centre location

Johannesburg officially confirmed its position as Africa’s digital infrastructure powerhouse. The new Cushman & Wakefield 2025 Global Data Centre Market Comparison ranks Johannesburg as the continent’s leading data centre market and places it in the top 10...

IBM unveils scalable, fault-tolerant quantum roadmap

IBM is on track to deliver scalable quantum computing by the end of this decade. Scientists from the IBM Quantum Data Center in Poughkeepsie, New York, believe they have cracked the science for quantum error correction and will be able to build the world’s first...

5G will drive connected vehicle numbers past 367m by 2027

A new Juniper Research study has found that the number of connected vehicles in service will reach 367-million globally in 2027, from 192-million in 2023. This growth of 91% will be driven by the advancement of both ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and...

European shipments of printing consumables declines

One aftereffect of the Covid-19 pandemic is the apparent permanence of hybrid working. Faced with the slow return of workers to offices, along with political and economic uncertainty and high inflation rates -- printing suppliers in Europe are having a hard time....

Data, AI harnessed to drive tourism recovery

The World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) has strengthened its partnership with Telefónica, the Spanish multinational telecommunications company, to advance market intelligence in order to accelerate the sector's recovery from the impact of Covid-19. As it guides the...

Workers are aware of security risks, but most don’t care

Employees are aware of cybersecurity risks and policies - but they are not necessarily changing their behaviours. Nearly two thirds (66%) of remote workers in Nigeria , Kenya and South Africa say they are more conscious of their organisation's cybersecurity policies...

Grim outlook for consumer finances

The impact of Covid-19 on consumer finances will continue for a significant period of time, according to TransUnion's Q1 2020 South Africa Industry Insights Report (IIR). Delinquencies are set to increase as South African consumers struggle to cope with changing...

Vehicle sales recover some momentum

The new vehicle market returned to its first full month of sales in June since lockdown commenced. Nonetheless, that didn't mean a return to the usual levels of sales pre-Covid-19 as the market continues to remain under immense pressure. New vehicle sales for June...

Remote work gives short-term boost to cybersecurity

The worldwide cybersecurity market increased 9,7% year on year in Q1 2020, as investment was boosted at the end of the quarter by organisations securing new remote workers in the early stages of lockdown in response to Covid-19. According to Canalys, total investment...

Social investors needed for Covid-19 research

The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented crisis in South Africa which has resulted in an unparalleled response from all sectors in society including the state, non-governmental organisations NGOs), social investors, foundations, companies, funders, individuals and...

Trade finance during the pandemic is crucial

The heads of multilateral development banks and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have issued this statement on supporting trade finance during the Covid-19 crisis The Covid-19 pandemic has provoked the deepest economic downturn of our lifetimes. In addition to the...

Female-led startups set to shine

Female-led startups are an overlooked asset class which is overperforming. According to Crunchbase 2019, female founders create 152% more revenue per dollar of capital invested on their male counterparts despite receiving 50% less venture capital funding. In addition,...

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Mxit launches Preferred Developer Programme

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Graduate development critical for SA

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PM vital in financial services sector

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HP ENVY x2 hybrid available from DCC

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Unison first to host SAP MMS locally

Unison Communications, the continent’s leading enterprise communications management (ECM) provider. recently became Africa’s first ECM specialists to boast a locally hosted SAP Managed Mobility Service (MMS).  The partnership is an exciting one for the company, whose...

Classifieds boosted by mobile generation

The classified advertising business is busier than ever before, according to Felix Erken of Junk Mail, with new mobile channels bringing a younger audience to a well-established marketplace. Offering users their choice of print, Web or mobile access to the same large...

Windows Phone update for Nokia Lumia

The Windows Phone 7.8 update is beginning its rollout to smartphones running on Windows Phone 7.5. People can now transform their Nokia Lumia device with a host of exciting new personalisation features including resizable tiles, new lock screen options, increased...

Online collaboration aids property transfer

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