Kidnapping for ransom and extortion is fast becoming a lucrative business in South Africa, with the current tough economic conditions making people increasingly desperate to find ways to make a quick buck. Statistics released in a report by the Global Initiative...

With Africa experiencing the highest volume of cyberattacks in the world last year, according to the Check Point Software 2022 Security Report, organisations and consumers on the continent need to be more aware of the threats they face in the digital landscape. To...

Africa's smartphone market saw a 7,1% decline in shipments quarter on quarter (QoQ) in Q1 2019 to total 21,5-million units, according to the latest insights from IDC. The company's recently published Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker shows the continent's two biggest...

Interest in blockchain continues to be high, but there is still a significant gap between the hype and market reality. Only 11% of CIOs indicate they have deployed or are in short-term planning with blockchain, according to the Gartner 2019 CIO Agenda Survey of more...

AlphaCode Incubate is inviting start-ups with game-changing business ideas in financial services to become part of AlphaCode. Eight businesses will each qualify for a R2-million package. AlphaCode is Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) incubation, acceleration and...

Technology has transformed how we live our lives, but it has come at more than just a financial cost for many of us. A new global Kaspersky survey has found that more than a third (35%) of over 55s would struggle with daily technology challenges if it wasn't for...

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) personal computing devices (PCD) market, which is made up of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and tablets, declined 13,4% year on year in Q1 2019, according to the latest insights from IDC. The global technology research and...

Kathy Gibson is at the E-Learning Summit in East London - There’s a belief that the fourth industrial revolution is coming – but we should acknowledge that it is here already. “There is an idea that we are preparing for it, but this implies we can put it off,” says...

Global cellular IoT module shipments increased by 16% in 2018 to a new record level of 221-million, according to research group Berg Insight. Annual revenues grew faster at 24%, reversing the previous trend of decreasing average module prices. The 3GPP standards for...

The 2019 Sanlam Benchmark research - South Africa's most comprehensive and respected retirement industry study - contains the country's first analysis of how the default regulations were implemented by retirement funds. David Gluckman, head of Special Projects at...