Mobile analytics company, Opensignal has released a report analysing the mobile network experience in South Africa. The report, utilising 105,883 devices and recording over 259,426,348 measurements from 1 May to 29 July 2019, covers everything from 4G availability and download speed to the rate at which networks are maturing in the country. Here are 4...
2K recently announced a partnership with SpringHill Entertainment, a content company created by American businessman Maverick Carter and NBA Superstar LeBron James. SpringHill Entertainment will produce and create NBA 2K20’s MyCAREER cinematic...
On 16 August 2019, ASUS South Africa announced the inaugural ROG Invitation which, according to a rAge press release, will be South Africa’s richest short-form Counter-Strike tournament. The prize pool is $9,900 and will span a period of one month. The...
It’s still Women’s Month and we continue to celebrate women breaking the glass ceiling in technology. These are Women in Tech who persistently empower other women and dominate the industry. For the second segment, we bring you Siphindokuhle...
Women have fundamentally been at the back-burner of hard and soft skills within the workspace and not highlighting their strengths, especially when it comes to technology. In celebration of South Africa’s Women’s Month, IT News Africa will profile...
Nigerian payments technology company, Verve held an event to launch the Verve Global Card on Wednesday, 14 August 2019. The Global Card is said to expand Verve’s existing suite portfolio of payment products and solutions by giving cardholders the...
Money remittance and digital banking provider, Hello Paisa launched its digital bank in South Africa in partnership with Sasfin earlier this year. The bank was developed with the aim to help the unbanked population have access to banking solutions. IT News...
In case you missed it, social networking service, Facebook recently published a blog post entitled ‘Imagining a new interface: Hands-free communication without saying a word’ — and it covers exactly what the name suggests, their research and proposed a...
Chinese technology company, Huawei introduced the world to its latest innovation-in-progress, HarmonyOS, on Friday, 9 August 2019. HarmonyOS is the company’s first in-house operating software — designed to reduce Huawei’s reliance on American technology...
TymeBank revealed at the AWS Summit in July 2019 that it has been onboarding over 100 000 customers a month. The fully-licensed digital bank is owned by African Rainbow Capital (ARC), which falls under the Patrice Motsepe’s Ubuntu-Botho Investments...
Telecommunications provider, TIM Brazil has agreed to allow Nokia AirFrame to virtualise its data centres by the end of 2021. The agreement aims to act as a major step in TIM Brazil’s cloud and digitalisation journey, supported by Nokia, as the operator...
The insurance industry is synonymous with outdated processes, tedious paperwork and slow turnaround times. However, there’s one company that’s attempting to digitally transform their organisation in order to better serve customers. That company is life...
Music streaming service, Spotify, released its 2019 Q2 financial performance report on Wednesday, 31 July 2019. The report shows that, between April to end of June 2019, the platform increased its Monthly Active users Year on Year (YoY) by 29 per cent to...
Digital Transformation Congress 2019 (#DTC2019) took place on 30 July 2019 at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The Chairperson for the event was Dr Michael Mol, Head of Hello Doctor. The event featured engaging fire-side...
August 1, 2019 •
Features, Southern Africa •
Jenna Cook •
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Convenience retail store, FreshStop, launched a Rewards App on Tuesday, 30 July 2019. The app is said to enable customers to earn cash-back simply by shopping at one of its more than 300 stores, located at Caltex garages around South Africa. According to the...
On Wednesday, 31 July 2019, Middle Eastern partner of Philips Monitors, MDD, announced the launch of their new B9 series of B2B Touch Monitors. The range consists of two models; 222B9T and 242B9T with 1920×1080 resolution and Projected-Capacitive...
