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Top 5 threats every company needs to pay attention to
ESET’s laboratories constantly analyse and study how cybercriminals propagate their threats all over the world. Looking back at ESET’s trend papers, we can see the evolution and the changes that companies have had to undergo. From a corporate standpoint,…
ITC Global inks $6.5 million USD contract in West Africa
ITC Global has revealed that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide remote offshore communications to two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels in Western Africa. The seven-year, $6.5 million contract, awarded by Saipem, is part…
Mozambique: Nomanini integrates with M-Pesa for merchant cash-in
South Africa-based enterprise payments platform provider, Nomanini has revealed that it has integrated with M-Pesa in Mozambique, enabled via its local country partner, Mozambique Mobile Solutions (MMS), to allow merchants to use mobile money agents as a means of topping…
SEGA Mega Drive returns to South Africa
For those who are into retro gaming, the SEGA Mega Drive will be making its way to selected retail stores – within South Africa – in March 2016. Apex Interactive, distributors of interactive entertainment products in the Southern African marketplace, has…
MTN concerned about inaccurate reporting of financial results
According to a statement issued by Chris Maroleng, who is the Corporate Affairs Executive for the MTN Group, following the announcement of the Group’s full year financial results for the year ended 31 December 2015 on Thursday, 3 March, MTN is…
Mobile phones provide fast track to financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Even as mobile money services become part of daily life for millions in Sub-Saharan Africa, many potential customers face basic barriers to accessing the services on their own mobile phones. Lack of awareness and basic prerequisites, and low appreciation of…
Physical addressing could boost e-commerce in Kenya
Owning a physical address is critical. Not only does it allow a courier from a popular e-commerce website to find your residential home, but it also allows a medical response team to attend to medical emergencies at a faster rate.…
Ethiopia: Gaming for Good to assist with drought relief
Two months ago, G2A Co-founder and CMO Dawid Rozek, announced that G2A would be working together with Gaming for Good to help children from all around the world. Dawid said: “Now is the time to help, to show that G2A, Gaming for…
The Internet of Things: How big is the next big thing?
What if IoT was just a catch-all term for ways of using machine-generated data to “create something useful”? For example, a bus tells my bus stop and my phone how far away it is, and my local cycle-hire station tells me…
Business Connexion scoops top Cisco awards
Business Connexion and parent company Telkom have scooped a number of prestigious Cisco Awards at the Global Cisco Partner Summit in San Diego, California. This premier Cisco Partner event, which took place from 29 February to 3 March 2016, hosts…
Android devices face a new threat
Kaspersky Lab has detected Triada, a new Trojan targeting Android devices that can be compared to Windows-based malware in terms of its complexity. It is stealthy, modular, persistent and written by very professional cybercriminals. Devices running the 4.4.4. and earlier…
Avaya set to drive digital transformation In SA
Avaya has revealed strategic initiatives for its customers and partners in South Africa, which according to the company, have been designed to help them accelerate their digital transformation strategies and deliver growth. At an exclusive Avaya event in Johannesburg, Avaya…
Nominees for New African Woman Awards 2016 Revealed
The first edition of the New African Woman Forum Awards sets out to honour extraordinary women who have made significant achievements in their countries and communities. The awards are given across 11 categories: Business; Politics and Public Office; Education; Science, Technology…
8 tips for taking better photos with your smartphone
Smartphones have given everyone the opportunity to unlock their creativity. Though it’s easy to snap a picture, it takes some technical suss and imagination to create a photograph that will get your friends on Facebook and Instagram talking. The good…
MTN Group’s 2015 financial results detailed
MTN Group’s 2015 financial results reflect the challenging operating environment the business experienced in the year. Weak macro-economic conditions, increased market competition, heightened regulatory pressures, notably in Nigeria, and operational challenges in some of our markets resulted in a lower-than-expected…
Kenya: Doctors develop smartphone app to detect blindness
A new smartphone application, which has been dubbed PEEK (Portable Eye Examination Kit), has been developed in order to help address cases of visual impairment among schoolchildren. Developed by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, in collaboration with…
