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Next edition of Samsung’s Gear VR revealed
Samsung Electronics South Africa has revealed its latest Gear VR device, which is compatible with the Galaxy Note5, Galaxy S6 edge+, Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. According to the company, the latest edition of the Gear VR is compatible with…
Nigeria: Airtel honours outstanding UTME students
Airtel Nigeria, has thrown its weight behind the maiden edition of the Pass.Ng Excellence Award 2015, organized by examination preparatory and e-testing platform, Pass.ng, to honour 10 outstanding students in the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) JAMB examination. The…
Top 5 Threat Predictions For 2016
As 2016 approaches, Fortinet and its threat research division, FortiGuard Labs, have made their annual predictions of the most significant trends in malware and network security going into 2016. As in years past, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud…
WiFi getting big attention in Africa
With the changing telecommunications environment in Africa, not too mention the market dynamics, mobile operators are finding themselves under tremendous pressure to adapt or face getting left behind. The introduction of affordable smartphones and the dominance of social media and…
MTN fine cut to $3.9bn by NCC
According to a report via fin24.com, MTN has stated that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had agreed to cut the fine to $3.4bn and that this penalty needs to be paid by December 31 2015. According to the report, the company has…
Huawei launches BES in South Africa
Huawei recently announced that its latest charging system, part of BES (Business Enablement System) has been launched in South Africa. On the 22nd Nov 2015, Huawei successfully upgraded Vodacom, South Africa’s CCS phase2 data service from OCS3.3 to OCS5.5, which…
Gartner: Worldwide smartphone sales see growth in 2015
Continued demand for affordable smartphones in emerging markets drove worldwide sales of smartphones in the third quarter of 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Global sales of smartphones to end users totaled 353 million units, a 15.5 percent growth over the…
Companies need to evolve and safeguard their algorithms
Data has become the currency of the Always-On world. But on its own, it is not enough. Companies need to make sense of the wealth of data they have. This is where the algorithm economy comes in, says Warren Olivier,…
WeChat Africa plans to invest R50 million in tech startups
WeChat Africa plans to invest 50 million South African Rand in tech startups in Africa, to support local entrepreneurs and technology innovations. WeChat Africa will identify promising tech startups, via an application and selection process, and support their speedy entrance…
DDoS reality check: It can happen to you
What makes today’s DDoS threats more dangerous than in the past is the fact that multiple attack types are being used in conjunction with other attack threats. The Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) threat has changed to one where the…
Inspiring African Women Leading Tech Start-ups in Nigeria
Carmudi, which is a Nigerian online vehicle marketplaces, is currently run by one of Nigeria’s most fascinating Managing Directors, Amy Muoneke. Amy has decided to share her story, detailing what makes her tick, how she got into the start-up business…
Africa to receive free access to French-language Wikipedia
Afrique Telecom is progressively deploying Internet solutions over Sub-Saharan Africa in combination with Eutelsat’s satellite capacity. Its “TamTam” service extends access to the Internet in rural areas using Wi-Fi hotspots for collective access. In a new step revealed, “TamTam” will be…
T-Systems appoints new VP of Sales and Service Management
T-Systems South Africa has announced the executive appointment of Mike Buttner to the position of Vice President: Sales and Service Management (VP:SSM) effective 1 January 2016. This newly created role within the T-Systems organisation is aimed at enhancing the experience…
South African CIOs aware of risk – but haven’t got a plan
The new survey from Fortinet, a provider of cyber security solutions, reveals that insufficient wireless security is a concern for 71% of the Information Technology Decision Makers (ITDMs); hardly surprising given that 29% of the enterprise wireless networks put in…
Philips takes a deeper look at the future of African healthcare
At the Philips Africa Innovation Experience 2015, JJ van Dongen, CEO of Philips Africa highlighted some of the key technologies created by Royal Philips over the last year. The innovations showcased cut across a broad range of uses and industries,…
Overstretched African entrepreneurs can’t find time for innovation
The world’s small and medium business owners are struggling to innovate due to competing business priorities and a lack of appropriately skilled employees. This is according to a new global survey, which was held by Sage. Nearly a third (32%)…
