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Interview: Virgin Money’s CEO, Andre Hugo – The benefits of going cashless
Want to send, or request, money? Add a recipient. Enter an amount. Press send. Boom. It couldn’t be easier. Virgin Money has launched a peer-to-peer payment app called Spot. The app lets you transfer funds from your linked bank account…
Lenovo launches ThinkPad P1 and Thinkpad P72
Lenovo has announced the launch of a new addition to its ThinkPad mobile workstation portfolio – the ThinkPad P1. According to Lenovo, the ThinkPad P1 fulfills the desire for workstation performance and reliability in a thin and light design. The…
Spotify is testing a ‘skip ad’ feature for free users
Spotify is testing a new feature in Australia that’ll let non-paying users skip ads (both audio and video) as many times as they like. The digital music streaming service has begun testing a new feature dubbed ‘Active Media’ that will…
Safaricom partners with WorldRemit for digital money transfers
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has signed a direct partnership with Safaricom to enable instant cross-border money transfers to 28.6 million M-PESA mobile money accounts in Kenya. The direct partnership marks the culmination of years of rapidly growing volumes of…
78% of African countries will offer 4G services by the end of 2018
A study conducted by data and analytics company, GlobalData reveals that by the end of 2018, a total of 43 out of 55 African countries (or 78%) will offer 4G services. In spite of this, there are a few laggards,…
Westcon partners with vendors Ruckus, Avaya at upcoming IAUG showcase
Westcon Sub-Saharan Africa, the value-added distributor, is partnering with vendor’s Ruckus Networks an Arris company and Avaya, at the annual IAUG event to be held in August 2018. Here it will showcase to customers and reseller partners, the full length…
How hackers use WhatsApp to spread scams and fake news
Check Point researchers have discovered a vulnerability in WhatsApp that allows a threat actor to intercept and manipulate messages sent by those in a group or private conversation. By doing so, attackers can put themselves in a position of immense…
5 Reasons why modern businesses need chatbots
Far more menial tasks are being handed over to machine automation. Perhaps one of the greatest examples of this is chatbots. More and more companies are using chatbots to handle customer service issues that tend to go unanswered and subsequently…
Twitter Lite now available in over 45 countries
Twitter announced on Monday, 13 August 2018 that it has expanded Twitter Lite to 21 more countries including five countries in Africa. The company also reveled that Lite now supports push notifications and threaded Tweets. Twitter Lite was launched in…
Connecting Citizens: The building blocks required for a bright digital future
Connecting citizens enables the public sector to communicate effectively with the population, pre-empting certain events and making sure citizens are notified of critical information. But the opportunity goes further than just being able to send and receive information. As the…
Shippers get serious about Cyber Threat
The NotPetya cyber-attack of June 2017 affected some 2,000 organizations across 65 countries, causing estimated economic losses of $2.5 billion to $3 billion and exposing vulnerabilities in the marine supply chain. The virus led shipping group Maersk to suspend operations…
Safaricom to introduce finger biometrics to curb SIM card fraud
Kenya’s biggest teleco Safaricom, is in the process of developing a framework that will deal with the sim card swap fraud. This comes after ongoing sim card fraud that plagued users in the country in recent months. Safaricom CEO Bob…
SQream and Moyo to Turbocharge South African big data analytics market
Big data analytics which together with artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise of radically changing the world by making sense of the vast amounts of data that is being collected on daily basis around the world is about to radically…
BankTech 2018 Southern Africa Conference: 3 – 4 October 2018
Trade Conferences International brings industry professionals another informative, interactive and innovative conference on the 03 & 04 October 2018 at the Indaba Hotel, Fourways in Johannesburg. The BankTech 2018 Southern Africa Conference will address issues regarding challenges, regulations and trends…
Three ways AI can help with communications service providers
With the arrival of the fourth industrial revolution, “the possibilities of billions of people connected by mobile devices, with unprecedented processing power, storage capacity, and access to knowledge, are unlimited”. This puts artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) firmly…
Microsoft Kaizala Pro now available in Nigeria
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Kaizala Pro is now available in Nigeria. Microsoft Kaizala is a mobile app that aims to improve the way businesses communicate and collaborate. The mobile app is designed for large group communication, workflow management, reporting…
