Debt burden, resource-backed loans hinder Africa’s potential
Africa's immense economic potential is being undermined by non-transparent resource-backed loans that complicate debt resolution and compromise countries' future growth. "I think it's time for us to have debt transparency accountability and make sure that this whole...
Finance professionals divided about the future of finance
A clear divide has opened up between accounting and finance professionals who work as business partners and those who don't. This is among the findings of a new paper from AICPA & CIMA, which have released their 'Re-defining finance for a sustainable world' white...
E-commerce, blockchain drive collectibles growth
A pandemic-driven boom in online sales of collectibles sent the global collectibles market to a record high in 2020. According to the research data analysed and published by MejoresApuestas.com, the global collectibles market was estimated to be worth $372-billion in...
Newly-discovered stealer targets gaming accounts
Kaspersky researchers have discovered an advanced Trojan, dubbed the BloodyStealer, sold on darknet forums and used to steal gamers' accounts on popular gaming platforms such as Steam, Epic Games Store, and EA Origin. With features to avoid analysis and detection, a...
Ransomware looms large in the threat landscape
More organisations are more concerned about ransomware than other cyberthreats, according to Fortinet's 2021 Global State of Ransomware Report. However, while the majority of organizations surveyed indicated they are prepared for a ransomware attack, including...
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...
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SA is still lagging behind in AMM
South African companies like their international counterparts are faced with complex ICT application landscapes which often feature hundreds if not thousands of applications, says Collin Govender, VP of Systems Integration at T-Systems in South Africa. This in turn...
Samsung introduces Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Electronics has introduced the Galaxy Note 3, the latest update to the Note product line. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 adds delight to daily tasks and infuses innovative features that help consumers tell the story of their lives. Samsung Galaxy Note 3...
XON, Procera Networks establish partnership
XON has cemented a partnership agreement with Procera Networks, the global Internet intelligence company, to distribute, implement, and support the OEM vendor’s intelligent policy enforcement (IPE) PacketLogic products that provide actionable network intelligence and...
Cisco release boosts convergence
With Internet traffic rapidly growing amid new waves of cloud, mobile, video and machine-to-machine applications, Cisco introduced the Cisco Network Convergence System (NCS), a network fabric family designed to serve as the foundation of a massively-scalable, smarter...
Protecting profits with risk management
South African executives are well aware of the importance of risk management in every area of their businesses. Unfortunately, most are of the view that reacting to attacks after the fact is an acceptable form of managing risk. “Reacting to risk is simply admitting...
Buy airtime, electricity online with PayU
In their bid to making online payments in South Africa easier and more convenient, PayU, SA’s largest online and mobile service provider has just incorporated online airtime and electricity purchasing into their offering. “We are always looking for innovative ways to...
Symantec appoints Nutt to partner management
Mark Nutt has been appointed by Symantec as VP, EMEA Partner Management, and is charged with developing and executing Symantec’s new EMEA channel strategy. In his new role, Nutt will be responsible for leading a team that ensures Symantec’s partner programmes and...
Metalogix acquires Axceler business
Soarsoft Africa, a specialist of archive, migration, messaging and collaboration solutions and distributor of Metalogix solutions in Southern Africa, has announced Metalogix’ acquisition of Axceler’s highly successful and profitable SharePoint business, including the...
Oracle grows cloud services offering
As organisations of all sizes move more of their information systems to the cloud, Oracle is expanding the number of Oracle Cloud services to strengthen its position as the industry’s most comprehensive public cloud. Oracle Cloud offers a broad range of modern,...
Open source does not always compute
Companies today are faced with a serious decision that can have significant consequences when it comes to choosing a content management system (CMS). On the one hand, there are many open source solutions that are offered free of charge, as well as proprietary...
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