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kulula.com steps up again to inspire start-ups with Primestars in 2018
South Africa’s low-cost carrier, kulula.com is proud to announce that it has for a fifth year in a row partnered with Primestars to launch their Step Up to a Start-Up campaign for 2018, together with South Africa’s Minister of Small…
Public cloud – what’s holding SA back
The 2018 Right Scale State of the Cloud report says that 81% of all surveyed enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy. It also predicts that 66% of cloud users intend on growing their cloud spend by 20% of more, this year.…
Nigeria’s mobile payment system, mCash relaunches
The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement Systems together with MTN Nigeria, sixteen banks and major mobile telcos have partnered to relaunch mCash. First launched in 2016, mCASH is a mobile payment platform for making low-value retail payments designed to extend e-payment options…
Phantom menace: mobile banking Trojan modifications reach all-time high
Mobile banking Trojans hit the list of cyber-headaches in Q2 2018. The number of installation packages for mobile banking – modifications which help attackers avoid detection by security solutions and to expand their arsenal – peaked at over 61,000. This…
Nigeria: Galaxy Backbone completes phase one of fibre deployment
Galaxy Backbone, Information and Communications Technology Services provider has announced that the phase one of National ICT Infrastructure Backbone (NICTIB) Project has been completed. NICTIB is a government project delivered through Galaxy Backbone and financed by a China Exim Bank…
Machine learning to discover and block spam
Spam: the bane of the user’s existence and the cyber criminal’s friend. We’ve all, at some stage, received these unwanted emails advertising products and services we most certainly have no interest in. Early attempts at blocking spam in the early…
eHosting DataFort builds Microsoft Cloud Competency through LiveRoute acquisition
eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the region’s leading Cloud Infrastructure, Managed Hosting and Security Services Provider, today announced that it has acquired LiveRoute, a leading Cloud Solutions Provider in the Middle East. This acquisition is aligned with eHDF’s strategy to accelerate the…
Bitcoin-funded charity in Africa? Yes, says Paxful
Paxful, the global crypto-marketplace, launched #BuiltWithBitcoin to encourage the cryptocurrency sector to contribute funds for humanitarian projects. The International non-profit organization, Zam Zam Water, is the implementation partner for the program. Paxful has always believed in the potential of bitcoin to…
Fintech could fuel Africa’s next big growth and jobs explosion
The African continent is poised to experience its next big growth phase. While previous growth phases on the continent – which helped birth the ‘Africa Rising’ narrative – were fuelled by the continent’s natural resources and young population, this one…
Virtual Card, a new benchmark in the world of digital payments
Standard Bank, one of Africa’s largest bank by assets, is setting a new standard in digital payments with the launch of Africa’s first virtual card ecosystem. This launch comes in tandem with a partnership with Samsung to support and enable…
Africa’s challenger banks are set to surge ahead
The ability of challenger banks in Africa to leapfrog through technology, unencumbered by legacy systems, will cause a banking revolution on the continent that will leave traditional banks with a less forgiving future than what they could hope to expect.…
Surveying the shift in customer experience within retail
Price has always been the most vital differentiator for consumers, when choosing between competing offerings. In the digital era, however, customer service and experience is fast replacing price as a way for retailers to distinguish themselves from the competition. Within…
The Redstor guide to effective, robust corporate security
There is a heightened sense of cybersecurity in the corporate world. Companies are now more aware than ever before of the level of risk they are exposed to and the real danger that sophisticated cyber threats pose. Cyber-criminals are using…
Corporates pilot to start testing new multi-bank payments tracking on SWIFT gpi
SWIFT, along with a number of corporates and banks, announced plans to start testing an enhanced multi-bank standard to further improve the cross-border payments experience for multi-banked corporates. This enhanced standard, designed and built in conjunction with 10 multinational corporates…
Amidst the hype, 5G still needs to prove its worth, says GlobalData
The ‘race to 5G’ has moved beyond the telecoms industry and become a priority for governments around the world, but it remains unclear whether the end result will ultimately be worth the effort, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics…
The risks mobile payments present to financial service
It’s no secret that the financial services industry is a top target for cybercriminals looking to steal valuable data. In fact, data shows that financial firms face daily attacks that attempt to bypass defences protecting a growing number of attack…
