Africa is one of the fastest growing fintech markets with revenue forecasted to grow 13-fold to $65-billion by 2030. In addition to the revenue opportunity, fintechs play an important role in developing the region's economy and improving the lives of African people by...

At midnight tomorrow (16 November), voting will close for the 2023 survey for this year's Channelwise Awards - the most sought-after and prestigious independent awards in the South African IT distribution channel. We're giving channel players an extra 24 hours to cast...

The relationship between employers and employees has shifted significantly due to the major transformation in the way people work, and how organisations are thinking about the future, according to Gartner. Today's new employment deal centers on positively impacting...

The digitalisation of industrial infrastructure is underway and 55% of organisations globally are confident that the Internet of Things, as one of its key aspects, will change the state of security in industrial control systems (ICS). According to Kaspersky's recent...

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – As the world of work changes, design thinking is driving a new way of developing solutions. Venanzio Arquilla, associate professor at POLI.Design University in Milan, says the role of design thinking is key in the move to...

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – High-performance computing is leading the fight against Covid-19. Research around the novel coronavirus is just one of the tasks being performed by the Fugaku supercomputer, jointly developed by Riken and Fujitsu and ranked as...

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – Innovation is important to Fujitsu’s identity, and this has stood the company in good stead in 2020. Hidenori Furuta, chief technology officer, points out that Fujitsu recently celebrated its 85th anniversary. “During that...

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – Global lockdowns aimed at combating the spread of Covid-19 have given rise to a new and more digital world of work. Martin Schultz, chief policy economist at Fujitsu, says the coronavirus crisis gave rise to what has...

The IoT Industry Council of South Africa (I0TIC), established two years ago to represent the interests of Internet of Things (IoT) technology service providers in South Africa, is advocating for faster uptake of IoT technology by business and government in small,...

The global 3D printing market saw a 24% second quarter sequential rebound in domestic unit shipments of Industrial-class printers in China, and a global surge of 68% in Personal desktop printer shipments, according to latest data published by Context. These trends...