The world's biggest sporting event, the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, kicks off on 20 November and, as well as exciting hundreds of millions of fans worldwide, it's also attracted the interest of cybercriminals looking to make a fast buck. To get a better overview of how...

Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has reaffirmed the foundation's long-term commitment to Africa and to working directly with countries to support breakthrough solutions in health, agriculture, gender equality, and other critical areas....

Huawei's chief technology officer - and daughter of the company's founder - has been arrested in Canada, pending extradition to the US. Huawei has released a statement saying it has no knowledge of the charges against Meng Wanzhou, and has received little information...

A majority of consumers are willing to walk away from businesses entirely if they suffer a data breach, with retailers most at risk. According to the research from Gemalto, two-thirds (66%) are unlikely to shop or do business with an organisation that experiences a...

Approximately 56% of middle income consumers in South Africa spend all their monthly income in five days or less after receiving it. This is according to data from FNB's retail segment, which categorises middle income consumers as those who earn a gross monthly income...

Internet Solutions (IS) has offered a preview of what will be regarded one of the most sustainable and energy-efficient pre-fabricated data centres in Africa. Located in Rosebank, Johannesburg, the Parklands Data Centre is a R500-million investment by IS, which owns...

Debit and credit card transactions reached 4,8-million during this year's Black Friday. This represents a 4% year-on-year growth on 2017's 4,7-million, according to BankservAfrica, Africa's largest automated payments clearing house BankservAfrica's figures, which...

VALR has announced that it is launching a new digital asset trading platform in South Africa, leveraging Bittrex's technology, to offer customers an advanced trading option. VALR is launching with a simple buy/sell feature, allowing customers to seamlessly and...

Multiple apps posing as fitness-tracking tools were caught misusing Apple's Touch ID feature to steal money from iOS users, according to security company ESET. The payment mechanism used by the apps is swift and unexpected, activated while victims are scanning their...

Africa's young civil servants are the key to revitalising governance and delivering more efficient and equitable public services using innovative frontier technologies. This is the word from Maria Ramos, Absa Group chief executive and commissioner for the Pathways for...