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Absa starts NFC trials for retail

Absa has become the first bank in South Africa to roll out their NFC (near-field communication) trials for mobile phones. The trail will initially start with just 500 users, and should get underway in the middle of December. “Absa is...

SA might get Microsoft retail store

At Microsoft’s Tech-Ed and Partner Summit in Durban, Microsoft’s Customer and Partner Lead Leane Hannigan hinted to the fact that South Africa might be getting a South African Microsoft store. The company has dedicated stores in a number of...

Using tech to add value to retail banking

With the growing popularity of the Internet, coupled with the fact that the branch is a high cost centre for any bank, an increasing proportion of banking has been migrated over to the online channel in recent years to...

Safaricom taps into retail chains with M-Pesa

MOBILE telecoms firm, Safaricom, has scored yet another first by signing a partnership deal with local supermarkets that will see it tap into the high turnover retail chains’ business using its money transfer service, M-Pesa. The deal, which will...

SAP supports Ghana’s oil and mining industries

SAP has partnered with GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit) GmbH, acting on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development to support Ghana in meeting the global standard for transparency in the oil and mining...

De Beers Begins Mining the Web

De Beers and its diamonds are entering cyberspace. This month, De Beers Diamond Jewelers, the joint venture between South African mining firm De Beers SA and luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is launching e-commerce on its Web site...
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Google & Mercedes-Benz Transform In-Car Navigation with AI

Google and Mercedes-Benz have announced a pioneering partnership to expand the MBUX Virtual Assistant with AI-powered conversational search capabilities. Built...
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