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Entries open for tt100 technology awards
The search is on for South Africa’s finest role models in the management of innovation and technology. With that being said, the Da Vinci tt100 Business Innovation Awards have become the country’s foremost business awards programme. Da Vinci’s tt100 Awards programme…
Kaspersky Lab reveals industrial organisation pain points
The trend for digitalisation, including increased connectivity and IoT, is growing among industrial organisations such as power plants, manufacturers, and water treatment centres, which rely on industrial control systems (ICS) for their operations. It’s a trend that comes with acknowledged…
IT News Africa: Top Stories of The Week
We’re well into the second quarter of the year, and with that being said this week there has been much activity within the IT space. From new innovations and digital transformation, growing economies to emerging startups, here is a round…
LG G7 ThinQ Review
South Korean multinational electronics company recently introduced their highly anticipated latest flagship – the LG G7 ThinQ and we must say, LG pulled out all the stops with this device. The G7 has some impressive features that include the fastest…
Datacentrix takes Africa Partner of the Year title at OpenText 2018 Innovation Tour
Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, has clinched the ‘Africa Partner of the Year’ award at OpenText’s 2018 Innovation Tour conference, which took place in Johannesburg recently as part of the enterprise information management (EIM) firm’s…
SAP galvanizes the enterprise with intelligent new products and choice
SAP recently announced new products and partnerships to enable enterprises to become more intelligent, with expanded capabilities from advanced technologies such as conversational artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain and analytics. SAP also announced that SAP® Cloud Platform is now available on…
5G networks have paramount role in Autonomous Vehicle connectivity
5G networks may be as much as 10 times more efficient than 4G networks. With this new level of network capability, communications service providers (CSPs) can secure future market opportunities with manufacturers of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the fields of…
Nigerian telecoms subscribers complain less in Q1 of 2018
Telecoms subscribers in Nigeria registered over 13,880 abuses against the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in quarter one, although complaints about poor services dropped during the period. According to a report by the Nigerian Telecoms Consumer Complaints (NCC), Q1 2018, the…
African countries with the fastest mobile internet speed ranked
Much of 2018’s growth in internet users in Africa has been driven by more affordable smartphones and mobile data plans. Mobile phone users in Africa are up by more than 20 percent, with the reported number of internet users in…
Nigerian software startup launches an Artificial Intelligent Bot
KariXchange is a start-up software company that builds Platforms taking into consideration; User design, Ultimate user Experience and User Empowerment. KariXchange has of recent, built a Social and Service Artificial Intelligent Bot, Nyra, which will underlie most of its applications…
Data Breaches vs. Ransomware: What’s the Difference?
It is clear that South African organisations are at risk from the same cyber-attacks that affect major global economies. The cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving in order to get around existing defence mechanisms. Cybercriminals are now using hacking attacks…
What GDPR means for African organisations
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially came into effect on 25 May 2018 and this policy affects every organisation regardless of size or structure. GDPR extends well beyond the borders of the EU, also preventing European organisations from…
Intel CEO resigns over past relationship with employee
Intel, an American multinational corporation and technology company, announced on Thursday, 22 June 2018 that its chief executive, Brian Krzanich, resigned after an investigation found he had a “past consensual relationship” with an employee. This relationship was a breach of the…
GDPR compliance on the African continent
After the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the 25th of May this year, data management all across Europe changed dramatically. The law was designed to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower all…
Africa – a breeding ground for innovation
African innovation is on the rise and the continent could play host to several new technology disruptions in the next few years. According to Darryl Bernstein, Partner and Head of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Practice at Baker McKenzie in…
Smart Security for the SME
The enterprise has traditionally been the first served with a large variety of security services based on bigger budgets and plenty of functionality. It is to those with the large wallets that goes the spoils while the small to medium…
