Worldwide spending on edge computing is expected to be $176-billion in 2022, an increase of 14,8% over 2021. Enterprise and service provider spending on hardware, software, and services for edge solutions is forecast to sustain this pace of growth through 2025 when...

2021 was a year of readjustment marked by a slow economic recovery, still engulfed by the Covid-19 pandemic, which continues to spread across the nation. In this climate, the retail sector has adopted a flexible strategy that makes it easier to adjust to new consumer...

Kathy Gibson reports from Samsung Africa Forum in Cape Town - Samsung is re-inventing itself in Africa, embarking on what it calls the new leg of its journey. YY Kim, president and CEO of Samsung Africa, says the company is shifting to a new paradigm, where it will...

Dell is helping to keep the oceans free of plastic and has announced the technology industry's first shipment of ocean plastics packaging, the result of an innovative, commercial-scale pilot programme. Dell recycled plastics collected from waterways and beaches for...

The GSMA has launched a new report that encourages governments to pursue policies that incentivise investment and promote development of digital economies, building an inclusive digital future for their citizens. The report, "Embracing the Digital Revolution: Policies...

A new Gartner mobile apps survey shows that the number of consumers using messaging apps and personal assistant apps is continuing to grow. The survey showed that 35% of respondents said they used virtual personal assistants (VPAs) in 2016, up 4 percentage points from...

Uber South Africa aims to improve safety and security with new partnerships with multiple security response services. These new partnerships will see security and medical services dispatched in emergency situations in a reduced time, in an effort to improve the safety...

Almost half of all phishing attacks (fraudulent email messages or copycat websites that appear legitimate) registered in 2016 by Kaspersky Lab's heuristic detection technologies were aimed at stealing their victim's money, according to an analysis of the financial...

As eyes turn to the Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona this month (27 February - 4 March), Ovum's analyst team have gathered their views regarding what they expect to see at the world's largest and most highly regarded mobile industry event. A key theme, which...

Sage has launched Sage Foundation's $1-million Enterprise Fund, open to non-profits in Africa with enterprising ideas to help improve the lives of military veterans, young people or women and girls. Every day, across Africa inspiring non-profit leaders, volunteers and...