Newsletter Subscribe
Enter your email address below and subscribe to our newsletter
tech news
Share your love
Is it Time for South African SME’s to Flick the Switch to Solar?
The economic challenges in South Africa are daunting for most businesses. When coupled with the impact of load-shedding, there are compelling reasons why many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are actively seeking out alternatives to the current reliance on a…
South African Philip Belamant Champions Local Investment As Double-Unicorn Zilch Continues Growth
Many people know of Philip Belamant, the South African serial entrepreneur who is best known for co-founding Zilch, one of the most impactful fintech companies to have disrupted, strengthened, and supported the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) market. Zilch has made this industry…
ICT Skills Registry Launches in South Africa
The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), in partnership with the Wireless Access Providers Association of South Africa (WAPA) and the Wireless Application Service Provider Association (WASPA), announces the launch of phase 1 of the ICT Skills Registry, a searchable database…
Commvault Appoints Data Protection Veteran as CPO
Commvault, a global enterprise leader in data management across on-premises, cloud, and SaaS environments, today announced that data protection industry veteran Alan Atkinson has joined the company as Chief Partner Officer (CPO). Atkinson will report to Riccardo Di Blasio, Commvault’s…
The Ethereum Merge: A Landmark Moment for Crypto?
The Ethereum Merge, a key upgrade to its blockchain ecosystem is complete. This will go down as a “landmark, historic moment” for the entire cryptocurrency market that will be a “major catalyst” driving prices higher in the long term, predicts…
Open Access Data Centre Joins Digital Finance Africa 2022 as Gold Sponsor
Open Access Data Centres (OADC) – a WIOCC Group Company – has been established to transform the provision of data centre services for Africa. The company is implementing a world-class, carrier-neutral, pan-African data centre footprint that will deliver an unparalleled…
Vipaso Announced as Diamond Sponsor for Digital Finance Africa 2022
VIPASO is a Vienna/Austria-based start-up company and aims for establishing “horizon” as a uniquely positioned mobile payment solution on the world market, based on unrivalled propositions and differentiation: Horizon is independent, end-to-end mobile payment, that replaces the physical components, such…
90% of SA Business Leaders looking to Adopt More Automation Tech – Study
There is new evidence of growing trust in automation and RPA – particularly among business leaders and knowledge workers. In fact, Blue Prism’s Impact of a Digital Workforce on Business Agility & Survival global study in 2020 found that 90%…
MTN Group Partners B2B Marketplace Dooka
MTN Group, Africa’s largest mobile network operator, today announces the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Dooka, one Africa’s first business-to-business (B2B) marketplace to automate the sourcing process of MTN’s long tail of indirect local spending. The partnership promises…
The Incoming Tech Helping SMBs Deal with Cyberattack Threats
The cyber threat landscape for businesses of all sizes is terrifying. According to the World Economic Forum, risks are increasing exponentially, while the rate of detection and prosecution is frighteningly low at a rate of below 1%. Organisations, especially small…
Bankingly Joins Digital Finance Africa 2022 as Branding Sponsor
Founded in 2015, Bankingly is a fintech company with the vision of transforming the way in which financial institutions in emerging markets promote their digital channel and, therefore, facilitate the financial inclusion of millions of people around the world. The…
Oracle Announces MySQL HeatWave on AWS
Oracle has announced that MySQL HeatWave is available on Amazon Web Services (AWS). MySQL HeatWave is the only service that combines OLTP, analytics, machine learning, and machine learning-based automation within a single MySQL database. AWS users can now run transaction…
Why Digital Tech Skills Need to Be Included at All Levels of Education
Education is, without a doubt, a fundamental human right. And today, digitalisation enables us to improve education and provide equal access to all. But where do we even begin? In a world where everything is online and any business that isn’t…
Liquid Cloud Named AWS Delivery Partner in its African Markets
Pan-African cloud computing provider Liquid Cloud has today announced that it has been approved by Amazon Web Service (AWS) as a Direct Connect Delivery Partner. Liquid Cloud will now be one of four partners in Africa to secure this certification…
Cellulant Teams Up with Orange to Expand Payment Options in Bostwana
Orange Money, the mobile money service of Orange and leading Pan-African payments company, Cellulant have announced a new partnership to enable card-to-wallet transfers for eight banks in Botswana. The Orange Money Card-To-Wallet service in Botswana enables customers to transfer money…
Online Shopping Surges in SA, but Not All Shoppers are Equal
The retail industry in South Africa remains a major contributor to the economy, employing more than a million people, which makes it the second largest employer after the government. It is also the third biggest industry sector and contributes some…
