African business leaders are expecting the entrepreneurial spirit to take off across the continent over the next three years on the back of an improved environment for business and greater political stability, according to new research from World Mobile. The study...

One of the key insights to come out of the 2022 Sanlam Benchmark Survey - an annual body of research into the state of retirement funds and retirees in South Africa - is the emergence of a new "currency" in South Africa: post-pandemic job security. As many as...

South African companies doing business with European Union (EU) customers need to consider making changes to their data privacy, technology and oversight processes in the wake of new privacy rules. On 25 May 2018 new privacy rules formed by the EU will be implemented,...

There's a new currency on the block -- and it has unexpectedly come from a tiny village in Western Jamaica, Accompong. Announcing the introduction of the Lumi, Accompong's finance minister Timothy McPherson says it is opening new pathways in Africa for a currency that...

In the coming year, the world will see more legitimate software being poisoned by groups targeting wider victim profiles and geographies, with the added advantage that such attacks are extremely hard to spot and mitigate. This is according to Kaspersky Lab's Targeted...

South African Internet users can enjoy a safer, and faster experience online thanks to a free new global DNS service made available by collaboration between Internet research organisation Packet Clearing House, IBM and the Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCA). Dubbed...

The Modex Smart Contract Marketplace, believed to be the world's first app store for blockchain, will be launched through an initial coin offering (ICO) that allows investors to participate in the launch and buy utility tokens which will give them access to the...

South African entertainment platform, black, has signed an agreement with Fox Networks Group (FNG) Europe & Africa to deliver premium linear and video-on-demand content from 21st Century Fox. Black will be available on Android and iOS via apps, will have its own...

Local venture capital firm Kalon Venture Partners has invested in payment service provider, i-Pay. The conclusion of this deal will foster a rapid up-scale and expansion of the i-Pay business, which facilitates bank-to-bank automated and instant electronic funds...

In the coming year, the world will see more legitimate software being poisoned by groups targeting wider victim profiles and geographies, with the added advantage that such attacks are extremely hard to spot and mitigate. This is according to Kaspersky Lab's Targeted...