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Sanlam Using Gamification to Teach Kids to Save Through “First-of-its-Kind” App
Sanlam has launched an interactive app that introduces children to the wonder of saving. The company said that its new free, first-of-its-kind app helps children start a journey of financial confidence by teaching them “savvy saving habits.” In the app,…
4 Important Forex Trading Trends to Keep in Mind During Uncertain Times
The world continues to look for ways to negotiate the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions have lost their livelihoods and individuals and companies still face uncertainty. The world’s largest market, the forex market, has also been affected by…
Are Chatbots the Answer for SA’s Service Delivery Woes?
South African Finance Minister Tito Mboweni recently said that communities and businesses are becoming increasingly intolerant of municipalities that can neither deliver basic services nor conduct their administration effectively. With lack of employee capacity being one of the root causes…
Liquid Technologies and Facebook Partner to Build Fibre Network in DRC
Liquid Technologies and Facebook announced a partnership to build an extensive long haul and metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that is expected to improve internet access for more than 30 million people and help meet…
5000 Attack Attempts in 22 Countries Due to REvil Ransomware Campaign
On 2 July 2021, it became known that the REvil ransomware gang perpetrated a large attack against Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and their clients around the world. The far-reaching attack affected firms across 22 countries, including South Africa, the UK,…
7 Compelling Benefits to Letting AI Power Your Business
If you were wondering why Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a popular topic among digital transformation strategies across the industry spectrum, then you may be missing the boat on the tech world’s latest reason to make your business more profitable…
SA Firms Struck by Massive $70-Million Ransomware Attack
Companies in 17 countries, including South Africa, the UK, Canada, Argentina, Mexico and Spain, have been struck by a mass ransomware attack exploiting multiple previously unknown vulnerabilities in IT management software made by Kaseya, an American software company that develops…
9 Super Popular Play Store Apps Have Been Stealing Users’ Facebook Passwords
Google has removed nine Android apps from its Play Store that have been downloaded more than 5.8 million times. These nine apps were found by researchers to be using an exploit to steal the Facebook login credentials of users. The…
Does PoPIA Force Businesses to Rethink Data Strategies for the Better?
The moment has arrived: last week the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) came into force. It hasn’t been sprung on us, the process has been ongoing and businesses have been anticipating their compliance obligations for years. PoPIA, much like…
Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon CEO
Today, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to step down as chief executive of the e-commerce, logistics and cloud computing mega-power, handing over his previous title to Andy Jassy. This ends a more than two-decade run as CEO of Amazon.…
Chinese-Made Sinovac Vaccine Approved in South Africa
The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has authorised the administering of the Chinese-manufactured Sinovac vaccine to South Africans under “certain conditions”. One of these conditions from SAHPRA includes the periodic submission of safety data. Previously, the South African…
Vodafone Ghana Partners with Invest in Africa, Advancing Digital Capabilities for Ghanaian SMEs
Invest In Africa (IIA), an enterprise focused on growing local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa to deliver positive economic impacts and create jobs, has partnered with Vodafone Ghana to support local businesses by enhancing their digital capabilities.…
4 Key Safety Tips to Protect Yourself Against Remote Access Scams
While people and businesses continue to scale the use of digital services in the new normal, cybercriminals also introduce new opportunistic scams. Remote access scams are a new fraud modus operandi, which entails scammers posing as IT department representatives from…
Robot Joins ICU Teams in Pretoria Hospital to Help with COVID-19 Patients
The Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Pretoria (UP) and Steve Biko Academic Hospital have welcomed “Stevie”, a mobile robot that will help improve the treatment of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be done through instant…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. This week in African tech – Lockdown Level 4 in South Africa implemented to curb the spread of COVID-19 Delta,…
Challenges Faced in South Africa Haven’t Stopped Its Race to Join a Digital Future
The health of the IT landscape in South Africa and the country’s position in both the continental and worldwide markets could come into question. But we really need to be looking within our borders as to how South Africa will…
