Africa requires $4-billion in annual investment, to provide 250-million with clean cooking energy. This is according to Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), who says developed nations should scale up their funding to provide clean...

The construction industry is on the brink of a profound shift with the integration of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies - advancements that promise a radical redefinition of design, planning, and execution in construction projects. The collaborative...

Recent years have witnessed a surge in the use of cloud computing with billions of private and business users taking advantage of the on-demand technology. However, with people spending more time indoors and online, the Covid-19 pandemic has fuelled the growth of the...

The Covid-19 crisis has triggered a huge shift in consumer spending which directly impacted the consumer electronics industry. With reduced incomes in times of economic turmoil, consumers choose to buy necessities such as groceries and household goods and avoid...

With profitable business models and killer applications starting to emerge, 5G is expected to be one of the largest and fastest-growing future markets, says IDTechEx. By the end of 2020, 125 operators in 52 countries/territories have launched commercial 5G services...

The 2020 KnowBe4 African Report has collated insights from 881 respondents across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana to discover how the continent views cybersecurity and its risks in a world shaped by a global pandemic. The...

People working from home during the pandemic have discovered some guilty pleasures that they would now like to keep, according to new global research commissioned by Kaspersky which studied the behaviours of 8 000 SMB workers. Speaking of the opportunities opened up...

Ransomware attacks - a malicious attack where a criminal encrypts, typically, sensitive files, then threatens to publish them unless a demanded ransom is paid - reached record-highs in 2020 as employees shifted to remote work, in turn creating more attack vectors for...

In countries where coronavirus management rules have been tightened, the demand for privacy tools has gone up which has seen spikes in demand for VPN services around the world, says leading service provider NordVPN. When Japan, for example, announced that Sapporo and...

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has recognised innovative tech solutions with the potential to change lives across the globe at its Virtual Digital World Awards ceremony, following an expert-led SME programme of masterclasses and online pitching....