Digital payments continue steep growth trajectory
The global digital payment market size is anticipated to reach $361,3-billion by 2030, expanding at a CAGR of 21,4% from 2025 to 2030, according to a new report published by Grand View Research. The market’s growth can be attributed to the increasing number of...
NASA engineering sparks battery innovation
Battery technology that has powered the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, and numerous satellites is now storing energy on Earth, enabling intermittent renewable energy sources to provide steady power. These extremely durable batteries were made...
PC sales through distribution return to growth
Distributor revenue remained flat year over year at $19,5-billion in the second quarter of 2024 (2Q24), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) North America Distribution Tracker (NADT). As expected, Network Infrastructure sales saw a double-digit...
Duxbury reaches 40-year milestone
Duxbury Networking celebrates its 40th birthday tomorrow (26 July 2024). The distributor, founded by CEO Graham Duxbury, a motor racing Hall of Fame inductee, has seen a number of changes and challenges over four decades in the IT industry. "This milestone wouldn't be...
A quarter of Paris open WiFi spots unsafe
Kaspersky experts have analysed nearly 25 000 free WiFi spots in Paris prior to the opening of the Summer Olympic Games and Paralympic games. Their analysis has revealed that almost 25% of these networks had weak or no encryption, making users vulnerable to personal...
Bright young minds showcase their talents
A total of 262 learners from Johannesburg recently gathered at Wits University to showcase their innovative science and engineering innovations for the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists Regional Science Fair. The fair was one of 38 regional science fairs planned in all...
The rise and rise of AMD
Intel's market share has shrunk by 20%, while AMD has gained significantly - controlling nearly 22% of the global processor market by Q3 of 2024, according to new analysis from Stocklytics.com. "Intel's manufacturing fumble in recent years has resulted in long delays...
Visa, Absa roll out women advocacy programme
Visa, in collaboration with Absa, has rolled out its advocacy programme, She's Next, across South Africa. The initiative, which spans across the globe, aims to create an inclusive and equitable environment for women-led businesses with networking, mentoring and...
AI and accelerated computing drive energy efficiency
AI and accelerated computing are delivering energy efficiency for many industries. It's progress the wider community is starting to acknowledge, writes Dion Harris, head of data centre product marketing at Nvidia. "Even if the predictions that data centers will soon...
AI tackles real-world issues, sparks inspiration
Kathy Gibson reports - Artificial intelligence (AI) looms large in Google's product strategy. And it's no longer a future technology, but something that is being delivered right now. That's the word from Yvette Baez, director of business strategies at Google, who...
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Just 18 months after the launch of its WomenThinkCode= initiative, WeThinkCode_ has achieved its target of recruiting at least 50% women in its student intake. "The success of this initiative reflects an intentional effort to identify and recruit talented women into...
Capitec migrates client care and helpdesk call centres to the cloud
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Versus Africa raises funds for expansion
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Cash is king – but digital payments are coming for the throne
Even with a high banked population and a multitude of electronic payment options available, the average South African still use cash for daily purchases and payments with an estimated 78% to 80% of transactions being in cash. Anton van der Merwe, the...
Digital devices, services are improving Kenyans’ lives
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Driving digital transformation in Africa
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Westcon-Comstor to distribute Zscaler
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Future-proof data centres key to digital transformation in Africa
According to a recent report, Africa needs 700 data centre facilities to meet growing demand for capacity and density in today’s digitally-driven operating environment. This is easier said than done given the power, land, and water requirements of modern data centres....
How business can lead a revolution in education
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5G: the future, the present and the channel opportunity
There was a time, not so long ago, when 5G was only talked about in relation to ‘the future’. But as the first 5G networks are deployed around the world, with higher bandwidth and faster speeds, applications such as high-definition video, ultra-low latency gaming and...
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