Global migration drives remittances to record highs
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched the World Migration Report 2024, revealing significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people and a major increase in international remittances. IOM...
Scalping bots causing price-gouging in H100 GPUs
Resellers of H100 GPUs are earning profits three times the market price, according to new data from Stocklytics. "The emergence of scalping bots - sophisticated software programs designed to purchase limited-stock items online automatically - tilts the scales in...
Digital-only banking set for global growth
Digital-only banking adoption is set to grow considerably over the next five years, according to Finder.com's Digital Banking Adoption Report. Finder polled 41 654 people across 30 countries to reveal the number of people who will have a digital-only bank account will...
South Africans ‘waste’ opportunities to e-recycle
Despite the fact that approximately 95% of e-waste can be recycled, recovered or treated and beneficiated, e-recycling is not high on South African's agenda. This according to Patricia Schröder, vice-chair of the central branch of the Institute of Waste Management of...
Education needed to improve Africa’s low levels of climate change literacy
The average national climate change literacy rate (percentage of population that has heard about climate change and thinks that human activity is wholly or partly the cause of climate change) in Africa is only 37%, with vast differences among countries. This is...
Digital commerce will be impacted by these technologies
Over the next two years, visual configuration, digital wallets, customer identity and access management (CIAM) and virtual customer assistants (VCAs) will have high impact on digital commerce as mainstream adoption of these technologies increases, according to the...
Carrier multi-access edge cloud to reach $16bn
International Data Corporation (IDC) sees 2021 as an accelerated year for multi-access edge cloud (MEC) investments. MEC buildouts are being carried out by a broad cross-section of edge stakeholders (e.g., wireless and wireline communications service providers, cable...
Innovative startups set to disrupt, drive development of edge computing
The market for edge computing solutions is diverse and becoming ever more competitive. Edge computing opportunities are being targeted by IT infrastructure vendors, as well as telecoms network operators, cloud service providers, content delivery networks (CDNs) and...
Commonwealth urges vaccine equity
Countries must have a holistic response to responding to the multiple and interlinked global crises of the pandemic, climate change and its economic fallout. This was the message from Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland speaking at the UN trade conference...
Amazon regains top spot for European smart homes
In the second quarter of 2021 the smart home market in Europe grew 23,8% compared with the same period in 2020, according to research by International Data Corporation (IDC). The market surpassed 24-million units shipped to the region between April and June. "This was...
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Security best practices for local SMB
Cybercrime in South Africa is increasing at epidemic proportions and small to medium businesses have turned into key targets for cybercriminals. Small businesses rarely recover from cyber-attacks, but there are some very simple steps you can take to protect your...
Bad data causes businesses to fail
Gartner says that poor data quality is a primary reason for 40% of business initiatives failing to achieve their targeted benefits. Data quality also affects the overall labour productivity by as much as 20%. Information management and data integration are expected to...
Accsys launches PeopleWare Mobi
Business Connexion Group member Accsys has once again proven the value of its people and technology expertise with the launch of PeopleWare Mobi, the first-of-its-kind employee self-service (ESS) mobile app to the domestic market. Accsys is a national supplier of...
Citrix invests R25m in the channel
Citrix has announced a R25-million investment initiative to train key channel partners and systems integrators in South Africa. There are already over 100 sales professionals and systems engineers undergoing training with more expected to begin training in the next...
Financial institutions and disaster recovery
Business continuity in the payment industry is becoming more important than ever as most companies in Africa are ill prepared when it comes to disaster recovery, says Lionel Slowe, head of the SADC project at BankservAfrica. According to the latest EMC disaster...
Making 3-D Secure work for e-tailers
3-D Secure, the security system for online credit card sales, can help to prevent fraud – and, says PayGate MD Peter Harvey, there are some simple steps merchants can take to ensure they don’t lose sales because of buyer fears. “Online retailers are very vulnerable to...
Mustek to supply new NEC projectors
Mustek, the country’s largest assembler and distributor of personal computers and complementary ICT products, has announced the availability of NEC’s latest projector range in South Africa. The NEC VE series, consisting of two models has been designed to meet the...
Teachers to drive a love of maths, science
More than 130 teachers from across South Africa and Africa will this week meet with government officials and education experts to explore ways of getting more learners interested in studying science and maths at the first Intel Educator Academy to be held on the...
Mobile transactions see R1bn in six months
Mobile transaction enabler wiGroup has facilitated in-store phone transactions worth over R1bn in 2013 – a 500% increase over 2012 - as major retailers, including Shoprite Checkers and Pick n Pay have come on line with applications like EeziCoupon and MTN Mobile...
Key 2014 contact centre trends
Hosted technology provider 1Stream has released a white paper detailing the key trends affecting the South African contact centre industry, including technology providers in the space. “The market has definitely grown dramatically over the last five years,” says Bruce...
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