Cryptocurrency is going through a turbulent time. With many rates unstable, crypto scammers have turned to new ways to hook their victims. Kaspersky experts have witnessed one such unusual scheme, in which attackers promote fake crypto services on YouTube. They are...

Of the top 20 IT service providers by revenue, four companies - Samsung SDS, NetEase, Wipro and Intuit - reported an increase of more than 25% in their year-on-year (YoY) revenue due to increasing digital transformation. Around 90% of the top 20 companies recorded...

The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI), a broad indicator of South Africa’s economic activity, increased in January at its fastest rate on a year-on-year basis since August 2013. The actual number of transactions that underpinned the BETI increased by...

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has set its sights on regulating the budding financial technology (fintech) and cryptocurrency sectors. It is also investigating the uses and application of blockchain-based distributed ledger technology in a national context. The...

While headlines focus on negative news, Bill and Melinda Gates believe the world is getting better. In their 2018 annual letter, the couple point out that the number of children who die every year has been cut in half since 1990 and extreme poverty has declined by...

South Africa’s IT resellers are urged to name their favourite vendors and distributors, giving them the opportunity to win one of the coveted titles in the Channelwise Awards. The annual awards recognise the vendors and distributors who best met the needs of their...

Epson is supporting future entrepreneurs and start-up companies in South Africa with its newly-launched #EpsonEntrepreneur campaign. The campaign calls for South Africans to self-nominate or nominate budding entrepreneurs and start-up business owners by submitting a...

Kathy Gibson at IDC Directions in Sandton – The Internet of Things (IoT) will come of age in 2018. This is the word from George Kalebaila, research director for telecoms and IoT: sub-Saharan Africa at IDC, who says the environment is right for IoT to flourish. “The...

Kathy Gibson at IDC Directions in Sandton - The digital economy is at a tipping point, as organisations around the world use technology to fundamentally change their businesses. Globally, we will see moderate growth in IT spending,, but it will be transformative...

Kathy Gibson at IDC Directions in Sandton - Africa is a unique and very different market to do business in, but there as many challenges as opportunities. “We live in a fast moving and dynamic political and social environment, says Mark Walker, associate...