Finalists for Verto Awards 2025 announced
Financial technology company Verto has announced the list of companies that made it to the final stage of its Verto Awards 2025. Started on 6 February, applications were open to early-stage startups that have been operating for about two years in South Africa,...
New cloud platform looks to transform global air traffic
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Developing AI solutions is anything but simple
Developers across industries have seen their job descriptions expand to include a common phrase: “generative AI”. As enterprises rush to adopt the technology, they are tasking their developers with building, customising, testing and deploying generative AI...
Holiday shoppers spend a record $1.2trn online
Holiday retail sales surged to a record $1,2-trillion globally, and $282-billion in the US, according to new data from Salesforce. However, high returns could dampen overall profit margins. The report indicates that the better-than-expected holiday shopping season was...
Mobile gaming leads with $92,6bn sales
The gaming landscape has changed drastically ever since the smartphones have arrived in the market. So much so that in under two decades, mobile gaming has become the biggest source of revenue in the industry. According to the numbers presented by NoKyc.com, mobile...
Crypto helps drive DeFi market up 137%
After struggling through multi-year lows in 2022 and 2023, the 2024 crypto bull run breathed new life into the decentralised finance (DeFi) market. The surge in crypto prices propelled asset values in DeFi, attracting more users and liquidity. Investors flocked to...
Phishing threats target Telegram Premium
Kaspersky has warned that fake Telegram Premium offers have been spreading globally, targeting users with phishing scams and malware disguised as alternative app versions. These attacks aim to steal account credentials or compromise devices. The scams capitalise on...
Airline passenger demand is rising
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for November 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 8,1% compared to November 2023. Total capacity, measured in...
HPC hardware market set for sustained growth
High-performance computing (HPC) systems, including supercomputers, outclass all other classes of computing in terms of calculation speed by parallelising processing over many processors. HPC has long been an integral tool across critical industries, from facilitating...
Retail brands embrace AI, drive surge in spending
Retail and consumer product executives are dramatically shifting their focus toward artificial intelligence (AI), with a new global study from the IBM Institute for Business Value indicating that participants’ project spending outside of traditional IT operations...
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CompariSure secures R15m in funding
CompariSure has raised R15-million from HAVAÍC and 4Di, with HAVAÍC leading the Pre-Series A funding round. Founded in November 2017 by CEO Jonathan Elcock and CFO Matt Kloos, CompariSure is a financial services provider that distributes financial services products...
Shifting analytical gear in the contact centre
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Five trends shaping Africa’s future
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Payment trends to watch in 2022
There is an ever-increasing number of ways for consumers to pay for goods and services. Clinton Leask, business development lead at Pay@, reflects on the trends that took shape in the payments space over the past year and what can be expected in 2022: Of course, there...
Cloud cost optimisation key for business success
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Effective workforce mobility at the heart of hybrid working
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Energy trends for guiding miners to net zero
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LGBTI+ summit examines supplier development
South African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex business owners and entrepreneurs - and their supporters - are urged to register for the SA LGBTI+ Business Network Summit 2021/2022. Hosted by PLUS. The LGBTI+ Business Network, registration is free and...
The delivery of focused, practical education is vital for Africa
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Even Flow wins Yeastar’s global Distributor of the Year award
Leading value-added distributor Even Flow Distribution has won Yeastar’s global Distributor of the Year award. The global P-Series ACE Distributor Award was announced last night during Yeastar’s online Yeah Awards ceremony, and rewards the distributor’s contribution...
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