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Over R3bn expected to be sent via eWallet this festive season
On Thursday, 19 December 2019, FNB announced that it anticipates a 26% increase in eWallet send during the festive season – last year, the Bank’s customers sent over R2.4bn worth of eWallet funds. “Over the years, we have seen substantial…
Rethink that New App Install or Risk Exposing Yourself to Cybercriminals
The Google Play Store has a somewhat checkered history when it comes to apps and malware. Run a quick Google search, and you’ll soon find examples of apps that have been removed because they conceal malware. One such app, CamScanner,…
Huawei announces its HMS Eco system for their New Smartphones
Huawei has announced that their new smartphones will be pre-installed with the Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) ecosystem, which is an alternative to consumers. “We want to ensure that our users will have a familiar and seamless experience when using their…
Top 4 Tech Predictions for 2020 and Beyond
2019 is coming to an end and on Wednesday, 18 December 2019, Lenovo released it’s top four predicted tech trends for South Africa in 2020 – here they are: TECH PREDICTION #1 – 2020 will be the Year of 5G…
Benefits of Magento 2 Order Comment Extension
Magento 2 order comment extension enables you to provide your customers with better service by allowing them to write an order-specific comment about a particular order at the time of checkout. This is one of the best ways of providing…
Huawei Mobile Services launches Developer Programme in South Africa
HUAWEI Mobile Services (HMS) recently launched the Huawei Developer Programme, Shining-Star, in South Africa. This programme is part of a $1 billion global investment that HUAWEI is committing to, to encourage global developer innovation and support. In South Africa, the…
WhatsApp Group Chat Crash Bug Discovered
Security researchers at Check Point announced on Wednesday, 18 December 2019, that they have detected a serious defect in WhatsApp, currently the world’s most popular instant messaging application owned by Facebook and used by over 1.5 billion people. The defect…
Intelligent connectivity = a smart future
Across Africa, rural populations continue to migrate into the cities, seeking out work, education, and better lives. It’s a steady influx of individuals that puts increasing pressure on ageing infrastructure and creaking systems that already battle with the weight of…
Tips for Sending Money Online to Togo
According to the World Bank, Togolese nationals in the diaspora remitted over $500 million in 2018, placing the country in 10th position in Africa in terms of remittances. As a measure of GDP, the remittances accounted for 8.5%, exceeding the…
South Africa on route to keep 50 million citizens connected
Tech solutions company, Synthesis announced on Tuesday, 17 December 2019, that it will soon officially launch its tailored technology platform that will enable millions of citizens to communicate with all arms of the South African government – ‘GovChat’. GovChat has…
Utopia releases a new P2P network with messenger and currency
After years of development and hardship, finally, you can say “Bye Bye” to the fear of being controlled on the Internet. If the presence of “someone else” watching you was real, now it won’t be anymore. Utopia, a new program,…
Important Trends That Will Impact The Future Of Market Research Technology
Technology has been constantly innovating and expanding the market of research technologies that are used for data gathering and analysis. There are many new technologies that are going to shape the future investments in technology. Here’s a look at the…
INTERVIEW: How to be cyber-secure over the festive season
Trends in cybersecurity show that data breaches peak before and during the holiday shopping season. This is due to the extra web traffic and high order volumes. As such, it is imperative for retailers to be prepared to respond to…
HIVSA supports the utilisation of tech to attract funding
The fourth industrial revolution is widely acknowledged as a paradigm shift in how the world does business, but advancements in technology also have a positive social spin-off. Introducing cloud accounting software at community-based organisations implementing HIV education programs in South…
Managing the complexity to harness the power of multi-cloud disaster recovery
As organisations send more and more data into the cloud and adopt multi-cloud strategies with solutions and services from a wide range of providers, the challenge of managing these environments effectively increases. Disaster recovery (DR) in particular needs to be…
Axon AI solution reduces SIM activation to just 90 seconds
On Friday, 13 December 2019, Axon Wireless announced that West African mobile network operators (MNOs) will be able to offer clients 90 second SIM card activations thanks to the rollout of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) enhancement to its Face2Face 4.X…
