Over the past five years, more than 1,6-billion people worldwide have embraced digital payments, pushing the total user count in this market to a whopping 4,44-billion, or more than half the world`s population. This massive user base has helped the total transaction...

interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider Teraco has announced a 30 megawatt (MW) expansion of its CT2 hyperscale data centre facility in Brackenfell, Cape Town. The expansion is scheduled for completion in early 2025 and will incorporate the latest...

Vertical farming is growing quickly. The concept of vertical farming, the idea that crops can be grown far more efficiently indoors under controlled environmental conditions than would be possible on conventional farmland, has captured the imagination of entrepreneurs...

Despite an extremely challenging year, South Africa's mining companies remained resilient and performed on all fronts. Stakeholders benefited from the improved profitability with mining companies strengthening their true social licence to operate in supporting their...

Sales of enterprise security products in Europe continue to be impacted by the Covid crisis, with businesses updating endpoints and networks to make sure employees can work securely from home, according to the latest data published by Context. After remarkable growth...

John McAfee, the cybersecurity entrepreneur and crypto personality, has been arrested in Spain and is awaiting extradition to the US. Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E Zuckerman of the Justice Department's Tax Division and US Attorney D Michael...

The Covid-19 pandemic is one of the largest economic loss events in history for companies and insurers alike. However, it's not only the magnitude of the impact which is unprecedented: claims trends and risk exposures are likely to evolve in both the mid- and...

Allied Electronics (Altron) has won its appeal against an earlier judgement for the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. The Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday overturned with costs the previous judgment of the High Court in Pretoria in its entirety. According to...

Rand Merchant Investments (RMI) startup incubator AlphaCode has taken another step to find the next unicorn in financial services when it chose Oyi Medical Card and awarded it R450 000 at its first virtual demo day. Oyi is one of seven startups that were awarded...

Nvidia is building the UK's most powerful supercomputer, which it will make available to UK healthcare researchers using AI to solve pressing medical challenges, including those presented by Covid-19. Expected to come online by year end, the "Cambridge-1"...