Over the weekend of the 19th and 20th of June 2021, Silicon Cape and the US Mission to South Africa hosted a virtual hackathon aimed at discovering digital solutions to accelerate inclusive economic growth for local businesses in the township economy. This was the...

Although organisations worldwide found their businesses disrupted, projects postponed, and strategies challenged during 2020, South African companies were very adept at coping with business related challenges as a result of Covid-19, says Project Management Institute....

The ongoing war in Syria has seen the number of fraudulent e-mails targeting the international community rise in recent months, according to a Kaspersky Lab report about spam and phishing trends. Widespread media coverage has increased international interest in the...

E-commerce is on the rise in South Africa. According to recent research conducted by Ipsos on behalf of FNB and Paypal, 22% of South African Internet users have made purchases online, and 48% expect to do so in the future. This is clearly a growing and potentially...

As we approach the end of the year, it is once again necessary to be more diligent and aware than normal when it comes to crime, warns the South African Insurance Crime Bureau (SAICB). "People are either more relaxed at this time of the year and are not as diligent,...

There's no doubt that 2015 will be seen as the year wearables went mainstream, the time that beacons became more widespread to truly enable the Internet of Things, and when a white-and-gold (or blue-and-black) dress sent the internet into a frenzy. With analytics...

Star Wars, Telkom and The Walt Disney Company Africa have partnered to celebrate the release of the highly anticipated film, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (in cinemas nationwide from 16 December) with South African consumers. From January you will start to see the...

JSE-listed Allied Electronics (Altron) subsidiary, Altech Autopage has taken note of the Competition Tribunal's referral of the sale of its post-paid GSM subscriber bases back to the Competition Commission for further investigation. Boyd Chislett, MD of Altech...

South Africa's domestic airlines have maintained customer satisfaction in the latest South African Customer Satisfaction Index (SAcsi). At 69.7 out of 100, the score is not statistically different from last year's score. The brands included in the survey were Kulula...

Cell C has announced a proposed restructuring of the company’s capital that will reduce net debt from in the high double-digit numbers to a maximum of R8-billion or less when implemented. The target is to reduce the debt further over the next 12 months. Blue Label...