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Is EFT making a comeback in Africa?
Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT) may be one of the older payment methods on the block, but thanks to fraud and crime they are experiencing a revival. As technology platforms evolve to make EFTs more easily managed by users and merchants…
Will the Internet of Things impact banking?
Discussions around the Internet of Things (IoT) are widespread in the technology industry right now, with many analysts suggesting that we are entering the second digital revolution. Gartner is even predicting that there will be 25 billion smartphones, smartwatches, wearables,…
Alcatel brings cost-conscious devices to Africa
Alcated has brought two new cost-conscious mobile devices to the African market, the Alcatel Pop Star and the Alcatel Go Play. According to the company, the Alcatel Pop Star will be set to sell at a recommended retail price of R2299…
Addressing the threat of cyber-crime in the digital era
Many researchers now estimate the scale of the global cybercrime business to be greater than that of drug trafficking. Kaspersky Labs’ recent survey revealed that 9 out of 10 companies have already been a target of cybercrime, in some shape…
Battleborn Review
Development Studio Gearbox Software has always been known for its crazy humour and over the top gun fights… their latest creation Battleborn, has all that. The issue with it is that it is missing the target that it aims for…
Africa’s first Chair in Digital Business revealed
Africa’s first Chair in Digital Business is to be established at the Wits Business School through an initial five-year funding commitment from Telkom. This is in line with leading academic institutions around the world where the digital aspect of business…
Sierra Leone: Digital payments to Ebola response workers saved lives
Mobile phones serving as digital “wallets” for payments to response workers proved an invaluable tool in Sierra Leone’s response to the Ebola crisis, according to a new study from the United Nations-based Better Than Cash Alliance. With economic instability, natural…
South Africa: Gijima to provide Metro Police with comms solution
The City of Johannesburg has commissioned Gijima, NEC System Integration Business Partner in South Africa, to provide – in partnership with Dimension Data – a completely new Unified Communications & Collaboration (UC&C) solution for its Metro Police offices in Martindale.…
Dynamic Unified Communications: Ensure your solution is fully integrated
South African companies in every industry are becoming enchanted by the possibilities of Cloud-based architecture and services. One area of the organisation that is perfectly primed for migration to the Cloud is that of Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) –…
Ghana: Tigo empowers pupils on WTISD
To mark World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), which was held on May 17, 2016, Tigo together with its Digital Change leaders, Marie Godwyll of Young @ Heart and Hayford Siaw of E-Library on Wheels visited two Shelter 4…
Scaling up solar power to meet Africa’s energy needs
In Niger’s eastern region of Diffa in the south of the Ténéré Desert — a vast sandy area across Niger and Chad up in the Sahara desert — are the ruins of a century-old colonial fort. The area around it,…
Nigeria: Vodacom trains 25 schoolgirls in IoT
Vodacom Business Nigeria has trained 25 female students from Clemmy High School, Agodo-Egbe in Lagos, in the Internet of Things (IoT). According to the company, this forms part of its support for the Girls in ICT programme. Related: Africa’s Brightest…
South Africa: Xbox Live Gold sees price hike
Xbox Live subscribers in South Africa have been notified, via Microsoft, that the company will be implementing a price hike. Microsoft revealed that the price of a one-month subscription will increase from R50 to R159. In addition to the month-to-month…
Changing Always-On expectations in the public sector
The public sector has moved beyond a backup-only approach towards embracing true business continuity thereby enabling an Always-On environment. This is according to insights shared at the Veeam V-Club event held in Pretoria recently. Gregg Petersen, regional director for the…
Intel ISEF 2016: UAE students showcase outstanding innovations
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2016), which was held in the United States in Phoenix Arizona, saw approximately 1,700 high school students from over 75 countries in attendance. Among these individuals were two students, Maryam Alhashmi…
M2M technology driving agriculture’s industrialisation
The agriculture and Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sectors are heading for a union that is being brought about by natural calamity, economic developments and changes in the ICT space. Natural disasters such as drought, coupled with farmers’ security and…
