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As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. News this week was tinged with stories about the ongoing unrest in South Africa. The widespread rioting and looting stemming…

When it comes to Internet connectivity, it’s important to know the basics, so you can understand what you’re paying for and what you should be getting, but with so much jargon and so many acronyms used to describe Internet connectivity,…

Ransomware attacks have increased in volume, morphing and evolving through the years, especially recently, into the debilitating attacks we see today. According to a recent Global Threat Landscape Report from FortiGuard Labs, ransomware attacks increased sevenfold in the last half of 2020…

Digital transformation is a business imperative, yet many industries have struggled to put this into practical effect. Thanks to COVID-19, lockdown and forced work from home (WFH) restrictions, remote employees and clients’ expectations needed to be met in an unrestrained,…

As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. A robotic assistant joins ICU teams in Steve Biko Academic Hospital, Vodafone Ghana and Invest for Africa partner to advance…

2021 has been the year of the Data Cloud. Snowflake estimates that there are still hundreds of millions of data sets isolated in cloud data storage and on-premises data centres globally. The Data Cloud eliminates these silos, allowing a business…

Football is the most-watched sport in the entire world. What used to be purely TV-based entertainment has now moved to other platforms as well. You can live stream football matches on your phone, tablet, and also your PC. The truth…

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…

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…

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,…

In 2020, as countries around the world were forced into lockdown, the number of online gamers skyrocketed. In fact, by the end of March 2020, the number of both active users and concurrent users actively playing games on Steam (the…

The youth of South Africa – now more than ever – is becoming more assertive about the demands and aspirations they wish to see represented in their economy. In fact, the skills and innovation of younger workers are becoming more…

Five key tech sectors will explode in usage, expected to enjoy a combined growth of more than 400% over the next five years, according to market reports. These innovation pacesetters – nanotechnology, AI, Digital Twins, genomics and other biotech life…

As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. After months of planning and preparation, South Africa’s Karpowership deal falls short. “Unicorn” FinTech startups have allowed mobile payments to…

Over the past year, many South African businesses and their employees were thrown head-first into the world of remote working for the first time. Some employers found this new approach has enabled them to reduce operating costs and increase productivity.…

In 2020, the unemployment rate in Ghana was at approximately 4.51% of the total labor force. The unemployment rate is the percentage of a country’s labour force that is without jobs but are available to work and actively seeking employment.…