Vodafone and Project Kuiper - Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite (LEO) communications initiative - have announced a strategic collaboration through which Vodafone and Vodacom plan to use Project Kuiper's network to extend the reach of 4G/5G services to more of their...

The shipments of smart devices in learning and education has mushroomed together with their capability, applicability, and value, says IDC, adding that the ecosystem now plays an increasingly important role in the market development with improved interoperability and...

According to the latest release of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide ICT Spending Guide Industry and Company Size, European IT spending (including software, hardware, and IT services) will decline 4,7% in 2020 and reach $487-billion as the Covid-19...

Thirty-eight percent (38%) of South African consumers say they are happy for the government to monitor social media activity to keep its citizens safe. This is according to Kaspersky's latest report, Social credits and security: Embracing the world of ratings, that...

Public cloud spending in the Middle East, Turkey, and Africa (META) will increase to $2,8-billion this year as demand increases following the spread of Covid-19. That's according to the latest research update from International Data Corporation (IDC), which expects...

Online payment gateway PayFast has seen a 226% year-on-year increase in new business account registrations in the food industry since Covid-19 led restrictions were put in place in mid-March. In order to continue trading during the lockdown, many businesses have...

Peach Payments, a leading electronic payments platform for entrepreneurs, SMEs and large enterprise businesses in South Africa, has raised growth funding to drive its expansion into Africa. UW Ventures, in partnership with Allan Gray, has led this latest round of...

The University of Cape Town (UCT) will follow a four-phase approach to students' return to campus. Three groups of students - final-year medical students, academically vulnerable students and those needing to access campus labs to complete their 2020 studies - will be...

Kathy Gibson reports from a virtual Ericsson briefing – Telecommunications has proved to be incredibly important during the Covid-19 pandemic, helping people to stay in touch, keep entertained, and work remotely. This is according to Chafic Traboulsi, vice-president...

In 2019 and 2020, enterprise blockchain solutions reached minimum viable product (MVP). Since then technical barriers are falling fast in the building of a new network of networks. Hot spots of development are now making visible the shape of things to come and the...