Cross-border payments now live between SA and Zambia
BankservAfrica - the licensed regional clearing and settlement operator for SADC cross-border payments - has opened the first payment corridor between South Africa and Zambia to enable instant, low-value digital cross-border payments to communities in these economies...
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The Africa digital health market is anticipated to reach $9.3 billion by 2030 - expanding at a CAGR of 15,4% during the forecast period - according to a new report by Grand View Research. The development of modern healthcare technologies and the increasing burden on...
Malicious apps are disguised as bestselling game
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Check Point Research (CPR), the Threat Intelligence arm of Check Point Software has published its latest Global Threat Index for May 2021. CPR reports that Trickbot, which first entered the list in April 2019, has now taken the top spot, while the established Dridex...
Cellular network stability under fire
Network operators are fighting hard to maintain network stability in the face of the multiple threats posed by high levels of load-shedding, battery theft and the continuous vandalism of network infrastructure. This is according to Ernest Paul, MTN SA GM: network...
Covid and its massive impact on workforce wellbeing
Covid-19 has negatively impacted the health of 55% of the global workforce. This is among the findings of the 2021 Gartner Workforce Resilience Employee Survey, which polled more than 20 000 workers to measure the change in workforce health across multiple employee...
Fake vaccine and test certificates could scupper mobile travel pass schemes
The introduction of Covid travel pass schemes could unravel if measures are not taken to combat the threat of fake vaccination and counterfeit test certificates that are increasingly being sold on the Darknet and via the messaging app Telegram. While African countries...
Lower earnings and debt a real problem for South Africans
Covid-19 and a struggling economy has placed huge financial strain on middle class South Africans, with many dropping into lower income brackets over the last year. Citing credit statistics, wage data and unemployment figures from the period between 1 October 2020 to...
Deloitte SA pledges C4IR support
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Deloitte SA, agree to draw on complementary skills, technical expertise and capabilities to support the World Economic Forum Affiliate Centre for the Fourth...
Analysis of stolen data highlights Trojan danger
A new study has analysed statistical data gathered from 3,25-million Windows-based computers worldwide infected with a malicious Trojan. The recently discovered database hosts 1,2Tb of stolen information, including billions of personal records like passwords, cookies,...
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Location-based services (LBS) have emerged as one of the hottest growth areas for the worldwide mobile applications and telecommunications industries. Market researcher ABI predicts that the global LBS market will grow to a total value of $17-billion by 2016, thanks...
Application security a priority for CIOs
The growth in cybercrime generally is well reported, but South African CIOs are still not taking it seriously enough - particularly when it comes to application security. According to respected research firm Gartner, 75% of attacks are directed at the application...
Solar energy can ease price hikes
Solar energy can help South African companies overcome financial implications of future price hikes. Particularly medium-size businesses can benefit. However, in order for sun-generated energy to become mainstream among the South African private sector, the solar...
Norton encourages users to stay safe online
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Safer Internet Day, which is held to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology, particularly with the increasing accessibility of the Internet on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones, mostly amongst...
Free fibre infrastructure for landlords
Local open-access fibre infrastructure provider, Conduct Telecommunications, will at no cost to the landlord connect business premises to the country’s backbone fibre infrastructure. The company plans to expand its current footprint to 100 business precincts across...
Youth development to shape ICT industry
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The mobile retail revolution
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When it comes to predicting key areas of focus for IT in 2013, most analysts agree on three areas: big data; the cloud; and mobility, says Gary Allemann, MD at Master Data Management. These trends are driven primarily by business’ desire to improve the customer...
BT enhances Contact portfolio
BT has announced innovative new capabilities for its BT Contact portfolio, designed to make organisations easier to do business with, while removing costs and complexity from their contact centre operations and enabling “omni-channel” customer service. Those...
Pay for goods online using M-Pesa
Consumers in Kenya and Tanzania can now use M-Pesa to pay for a range of online goods and services including airline tickets, says Robin Philip, marketing director for South African payment services provider PayGate. “There is very little e-commerce activity in many...
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