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Nokia 5.1 arrives in South Africa
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, has announced that the new Nokia 5.1 is now available. The signature aluminium unibody design has been refined to achieve ultimate quality, style and feel in the hand, while still retaining the rigidity…
Hyper-availability: The competitive edge for digital banks
With downtime and unavailability significantly impacting on the reputation of a bank, fintechs are in a prime position to embrace hyper-availability and gain the competitive advantage over the incumbents. We explore the impact it is making in the local banking…
A new phase in fight against financial crime
To build better customer relationships and increase profits, enterprises must converge their fraud and compliance solutions and remove the siloes that allow sophisticated criminals to take advantage. The fraud industry has evolved in the last ten years — from focusing…
Samsung FL!P, an interactive flip-chart display streamlines productivity
The Samsung FL!P is a pixel-rich ultra-high definition, LCD touchscreen, with a super responsive stylus for writing and drawing, making it feel like you’re using a marker on a board. You can take notes, present and distribute ideas in either…
FICO makes artificial intelligence explainable with its analytics workbench
Analytics firm FICO has announced the latest version of FICO Analytics Workbench, a cloud-based advanced analytics development environment that empowers business users and data scientists with sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, data exploration, visual data wrangling, decision strategy design and machine learning.…
Vodacom partners Global Citizen to drive social action through zero-rated website and app
Vodacom has announced a major partnership with international advocacy organisation Global Citizen. Through this partnership, Vodacom is essentially extending an invitation to its customers to commit towards engaging the social issues that currently affect the continent. The initiative will drive…
Businesses and private operators to prepare for stricter drone regulations
Drone legislation will become significantly more stringent over the next decade, and hobbyists as well as businesses that depend on drones for their operations, may need to start planning now for how to manage their resultant increased risks. This is…
How is your business managing social engineering fraud?
Fraudsters are often relentless in their efforts to look for new methods to catch out the unwary. One of the latest is social engineering fraud, a fast-growing type of crime that can lead to devastating financial consequences for a business…
Microgrids economically transform rural communities in Kenya
Renewvia Energy has unveiled that its first two microgrid facilities, outfitted with the company’s innovative new mobile payment platform, are successfully up and running on the Islands of Ndeda and Ringiti in Kenya’s Lake Victoria region. These microgrids are the…
Harness the benefits of AI to benefit your business tomorrow – and today
Job loss. Depersonalisation. Irrelevance to certain industries. When it comes to discussions around the impact of AI (artificial intelligence) and automation on business, the popular narrative tends to be negative. Forward-thinking company owners and decision-makers should brush off these concerns,…
Digital transforming insurance
Digital transformation initiatives have become an important topic of discussion in boardrooms around the world. For insurers, embracing this shift can be especially beneficial as customers become more selective around product offerings and how technology is used to benefit them.…
Female graduates drive Vox skills development programme
Integrated ICT and telecommunications company Vox celebrated an extra special Women’s Month with the graduation of 10 female employees, who have furthered their expertise through the company’s internal skills development programme, and enrolment of the next batch of employees –…
FNB holds strongest reputation in South African banking sector
For a third consecutive year, FNB has claimed the prestigious title of strongest reputation in the 2018 RepTrak Pulse Survey. Conducted by the Reputation Institute (RI), the survey provides a specialised measurement of how stakeholders, namely: the public, investors and…
Google, Facebook agree on EU ‘fake news’ code of conduct
On Wednesday, 26 September 2018 major tech companies including Facebook and Google agreed on a code of conduct to combat online disinformation in the European Union, although critics said the commitments were too weak. According to Reuters, seven months before…
Airtel Nigeria extends 4G network footprint to River State
Airtel Nigeria is currently building the largest 4G network in Nigeria, this is according to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel, Segun Ogunsanya. Ogunsanya who was speaking on Wednesday, 27 September 2018 revealed that Airtel is currently…
FIFA 19 launches today
It’s officially, the latest FIFA title, FIFA 19, has launched on the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. IN FIFA 19 become a Champion through the stories of Alex Hunter, Danny Williams, and Kim Hunter. Each hero will face career-defining…
