The Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor, has appealed to South African women leaders to harness the benefits of science and technology to advance their communities.
Speaking at the 8th Annual Leadership Development for Women Conference in Johannesburg yesterday, Minister Pandor urged her audience to marry science with humanity...
In a study run by Via Afrika, less than 35% of South Africa’s teachers had been trained in basic digital and ICT skills in 2011. Five years later, the landscape had not changed much until now. Eiffel Corp, role players in education technology across Africa have been accredited by...
Veeam is shining the light on the unsung superheroes that keep businesses of all shapes and sizes running 24.7.365. This System Administrator Appreciation Day (July 29th), it’s time to put aside preconceptions and share some love for the vital technicians who are tasked with keeping the Always-On Enterprise running…...
Angola Cables has opened its carrier-neutral data centre, AngoNAP Fortaleza in Fortaleza, Brazil. The Tier III designed data centre will cater for the growing demand in content and data transmission in the Southern hemisphere.
This interconnection point will enable African entities to develop and expand their businesses in Brazil, Latin...
On Thursday, 25 July 2019, Huawei announced that its YP Prime 2019 is officially set to launch in South Africa on 1 August 2019. The company said ‘as part of our promise to constantly improve its products, this new device will flaunt some great new elements. These features include...
Lexmark International has revealed the arrival of its next generation A4 colour lasers and smart MFPs featuring seven new series.
“Many of the new colour laser devices in this series deliver one of the highest toner capacities in their class and industry-leading long life imaging components, resulting in fewer user interventions...
With many insurers looking at business expansion into Africa, the opportunity exists to embrace cloud-based solutions more fully to deliver solutions for these new markets. Patrick Ashton, managing executive of Cirrus, a subsidiary of the SilverBridge Group, examines if this must be an all or nothing approach.
“In recent years,...
Bharti Airtel has revealed a new application challenge for startup developers. According to the company, the drive behind the challenge is to attract the ‘next big app developers’ into the Airtel group of companies.
The challenge - a partnership between Bharti Airtel, Singaporean Telecommunications Company, Singtel and smartphone company Samsung...
For many South Africans, buying a TV can be an overwhelming process. Even before you start looking at models and features (like is there a difference between HD, FHD, UHD and HDR?), there’s the question of which brand to choose when hitting the nation’s favourite stores. Is it much...
Digitalisation is considered to be key an economic driver and one that will allow countries within Africa as well as around the world to grow GDP, create employment and reduce spending. This is according to South Africa CEO for Siemens, Sabine Dall’Omo, who spoke at the inaugural IoT Africa...
Earlier this month, while the majority of South African business owners were still enjoying their summer holiday, the global technology industry suffered a rather devastating blow. Two major security vulnerabilities, dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, were discovered in the Central Processing Unit (CPU) chips that power most of the computers...
Telkom is expected to launch a new streaming platform called TelkomONE in November 2020. The video service will host a variety of local South Africa content including music, education and series.
“TelkomONE is a proudly local and South African service and naturally, we want to host and showcase outstanding content...
From blockchains to mobile wallets and robo advisers, the financial realm is a veritable hotbed of technology innovation and development. Unlike many other large and established sectors (legal, medical, insurance), the financial sphere has proved to be willing to rapidly adopt and test new, tech-driven solutions to age-old problems.
In...
Johannesburg-headquartered pan-African fintech enablement partner, Ukheshe Technologies, has announced the appointment of Darryn Botha as its Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Botha’s role will include overseeing data security, maintaining a stable IT infrastructure, while enabling Ukheshe's business strategy and improving its ability to engage and collaborate with clients.
Botha has spent over...
KPMG in South Africa has launched a Learnership Incentive Tax Tool (LITT), an app that provides an additional tax deduction for registered learnerships. The objectives of this tax incentive are to encourage the creation of jobs by reducing the cost of hiring new employees, offering learnerships and to encourage...
The high court in Cape Town, South Africa has blocked the construction of the new Amazon Africa headquarters to be built in the city, saying the tech titan had not undergone the proper process to acquire the land as it did not consider the indigenous habitants of the area.
Over...
