Graduate verification service debuts in SA

A South African private higher education institution has, in a first for the country, launched an electronic verification system to accompany its degrees. In addition to making educational information of students easily accessible, the development will also help to...

Cross-border money service from Airtel

Bharti Airtel, the leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Africa and Asia, has announced the launch of a cross-border money-transfer service for Airtel Money customers between The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...

PayGate offers payment collection service

An e-commerce hurdle for smaller businesses in South Africa has fallen with the launch of a new payment collection service from PayGate. “For a small company that’s turning over less than R100 000 a month, getting an e-commerce merchant account through a bank can be...

Servers versus service

With rolling black-outs and regular load shedding set to become a way of life in South Africa for the foreseeable future – some electricity supply pundits suggest that the current uncertain situation could continue for three years – IT resellers will have to...

MTN launches video on demand service

MTN has launched a subscription-based digital entertainment service called MTN FrontRow Services that gives its customers access to thousands of movies and their favourite television series on their devices, at a launch price of R179 a month. MTN FrontRow Services...