A warning for all travellers
Between June and August this year, Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) discovered a new wave of cyberattacks by a threat group called RevengeHotels which targets hotels to gain access to guests’ payment information. The group has been operating since...
ITU, Google and will.i.am look to bridge the digital divide
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Google, and musician, tech founder, and philanthropist will.i.am have launched an initiative to bring artificial intelligence and robotics training to students across Africa. Announced during the Digital@UNGA Anchor...
Black Friday sees big rebound in consumer spend
Despite coming off the back of a prolonged period of economic headwinds and difficult conditions, South African consumers bounced back during this year’s Black Friday week. Users clocked up massive year-on-year increases in spend on every day of the week, peaking at a...
These are the top business travel tips
A new survey reveals tension among business travellers as cost pressures and other factors create friction in the business travel market. According to the findings of the SAP Concur Global Business Travel Survey, two-thirds of business travellers feel that traveling...
SMEs should get ready to adapt
2024 is ending the year better than it began, with improved consumer and business sentiment largely attributed to the election outcome, a suspension of loadshedding for over eight months and a significant drop in inflation. In October South Africa’s annual inflation...
Matric Live wins FNB App of the Year 2024
The 2024 FNB App of the Year winner is Matric Live, an educational app designed to empower Grade 10 to 12 learners. Announced yesterday (4 December), the winning app impressed the judges with its dynamic approach to learning through interactive video lessons, gamified...
Bitcoin dip expected before it soars further
Bitcoin has breached the $100 000 mark for the first time, driven by expectations of a crypto-friendly regulatory environment under Donald Trump’s incoming US presidency. However, deVere Group CEO Nigel Green predicts a short-term sell-off before Bitcoin rallies...
Black Friday grew conversational customer comms
New data from global communications platform Infobip shows customers prefer conversational experiences on the day of Black Friday, driven by rich channels such as RCS. Infobip recorded new levels of total customer communications interactions on its platform this year,...
Lock down the mobile Web this summer
South Africans familiar with securing mobile devices should also secure their mobile Internet access these holidays. That’s the word from ISPA, SA’s official internet Industry Representative Body (IRB), which says the ability of mobile devices to connect to the...
Uber debuts courier bakkie in SA
Uber has launched its Courier Bakkie product offering to drivers and users of the Uber App, effectively rebranding the “Uber Package” product as “Courier”, to better align with the growing range of transportation services. South Africa is Uber’s first global market to...
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Software developers and ISVs embrace the cloud
A great partnership between Intercept and First Distribution supports Software Development Houses and Independent Software Vendors (ISV) in embracing the cloud. This partnership enables software developers across pan-Africa to leverage the benefits of First...
Corr-Serve adds POPIA compliance software
Corr-Serve has announced a new partnership with PrivIQ, expanding its offering to resellers to make it easier for South African businesses to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). PrivIQ is a suite of automated tools that track how to...
Online service lets you renew and pay for license disks
The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has launched a new payment gateway enabled by First National Bank (FNB) that will allow motorists across South Africa to register, renew and pay for their license discs through the NaTIS online platform. With over...
Better digital payments inclusion is needed
Despite popular belief otherwise, South Africans have become more dependent on cash during the Covid-19 pandemic. "In South Africa, cash has proven to be a resilient medium of payment in uncertain times, but its increased use also indicates a need for greater...
Ensure sensitive data is totally destroyed before discarding IT assets
End-of-life IT assets present critical challenges to all businesses that handle sensitive data. Factory resets and hard drive formatting leave valuable data behind, so any method that fails to verify complete data destruction risks leaving data accessible. By...
Data centres aren’t as bad for the environment as you may think
Despite dire warnings, energy consumption by data centres has largely remained static in the last decade - good news for investors in the sector. By Tom Walker, co-head of global real estate securities at Schroders Data centres are often criticised for their carbon...
New Kyocera solutions enable digital transformation
Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA) has announced the local launch of business optimisation and workflow tools - Kyocera Capture Manager (KCM) and Kyocera Smart Information Manager (KSIM). Despite a strong move towards digital workplaces, most organisations...
Contextual intelligence ramps up fraud detection in a multi-channel world
As a fraud and risk professional, you may feel as though your organization walks a tightrope, balancing minimal customer friction with maximum risk mitigation. By Doug Clare, vice-president: fraud compliance and security solutions at FICO The challenge is magnified in...
Earning a university degree is crucial in today’s economy
Higher education holds the key to improving South Africans' economic prospects, writes Shai Reshef, president of University of the People. Unemployment is the greatest struggle South Africa's youth face today. Youth unemployment (15-34 years) hit a record high this...
Must-have considerations of endpoint protection solutions
In today's connected landscape, there is a growing complexity associated with safeguarding the myriad of endpoint devices accessing the corporate network. By Ralph Berndt, sales and marketing director of Syrex The unpredictability of attacks and threats are...
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