ShowMax announced today that it has launched a new lower-priced service available exclusively to Vodacom customers on an add-to-bill basis. For R49 per month, subscribers get unlimited access to a comprehensive catalogue of TV shows, movies, kids shows, and documentaries. This new service has a strong focus on local...
2019 is well underway, bringing with it a range of risks and opportunities for startups and growing businesses. Some of the challenges your business will face - a volatile rand, Eskom load shedding, tax and labour laws - are beyond your control. To thrive this year, focus on what...
The premier pop-culture expo of South Africa has been called off in the traditional sense this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in a similar fashion to every other expo or trade show around the world since February.
Show organisers Reed Exhibitions and ReedPOP had been faced with a...
Check Point Software, a provider of cyber-security solutions globally, is bringing together top industry thought leaders at Check Point Experience (CPX) in Johannesburg today. As the African enterprises and governments are an increasing target for cybercriminals, Check Point continues to invest and grow its team throughout the continent.
Even though...
If you believe that the user experience is everything for mobile apps, HPE has a simple question for you: How are you measuring it?
All too often, existing tools do not adequately measure the user experience. Some measure only a few variables or have inconsistent measurement processes; others measure variables...
Veza, a networking and business card replacement app, announced on Thursday 2 November 2017 that the app has launched in South Africa and is aiming to make it easier to follow up with new contacts from business events.
Many business executives who attend regularly attend conferences and networking events understand...
Pan-African cryptocurrency leader, Yellow Card has made another significant stride in the industry, becoming the first cryptocurrency company on the continent to be granted a Virtual Asset Service Provider licence to operate in Botswana. The licence, in accordance with Section 11 of the Virtual Asset Act, 2022, was issued...
Whilst many individuals, companies and manufacturers initially stocked up on disinfectants and sanitisers at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, did they foresee just how long these stocks would last?
There are already many countries stopping exports of raw materials and ingredients needed to manufacture these vital products, of particular...
Mobile technology is without doubt the next great ‘enabler’ in healthcare in Africa. A mobile phone has become a biosensor, a laboratory, a scanner and a data processor and e-Health is rapidly proving its potential to improve workplace efficiencies, increase patient safety, better co-ordinate care, facilitate payments and engage...
South African network provider, Telkom has delivered a solid top-line performance in the year to 31 March 2020, with revenue increasing 3.0% to R43.0 billion, mainly driven by a 54.4% increase in mobile service revenue. The company says its performance was underpinned by capital investments of R7.8 billion within...
Instagram and Facebook are making it a little easier for South Africans to support local businesses in their communities thanks to the new gift card feature. Facebook has created this feature to help local businesses, such as restaurants, fitness studios, salons, bookshops and bakeries as they navigate their way...
‘Slowly, and then all at once’. This eloquent line from author John Green aptly describes the nature of Cloud migration for South African enterprises. For years, we have discussed the Cloud in abstract terms, tested it out in isolated projects and imagined the possibilities it enables.
Today, as organisations race...
Africa must digitise its economies, broaden its tax base, prevent further deterioration of fiscal and debt positions, and aim for double-digit growth to achieve the UN 2030 global goals (SDGs), and the AU Agenda 2063 according to the 2019 Economic Report on Africa released today at the Conference of...
On Wednesday 14 February 2018, the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, addressed the media at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. During the address, Jacob Zuma announced that he has resigned as the President of the Republic of South Africa.
According to a report via EWN, Zuma stated that: “I have...
An international team led by a young South African researcher and UKZN alumnus, Dr Kenda Knowles, has just announced a comprehensive overview paper for the MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey (MGCLS).
The paper to be published in the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal presents some exciting, new results, and is accompanied...
Google has announced that applications for Class 2 of the Launchpad Accelerator Africa program are open. Google also announced it is extending the program to include startups from a further 12 African countries. This means it is now accepting applications from startups in 18 countries across the continent including...
