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South African Mining Platinum Group to cut 13,000 jobs
The world’s second-largest platinum miner, is cutting its future production to 520,000oz of platinum and slashing the number of its mines to six from 11, with 13,000 jobs to go within two years. On Thursday, August 1, Impala Platinum announced…
Wirecard launches fully digital payment product in South Africa
Wirecard, a digital financial technology company, announced the launch of secureEFT in South Africa. SecureEFT is an instant electronic funds transfer payment service that allows customers to make secure online payments directly into a bank account and get notified in…
New Black Ops 4 Multiplayer Beta trailer
Begin your dive into the deepest, most-tactical Black Ops Multiplayer to date. The game will be released worldwide on October 12, but the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Multiplayer Beta arrives on August 3rd. The first of two Multiplayer…
FNB launches support for Fitbit Pay
FNB announced that customers can now make payments through their VISA enabled FNB Banking Cards by tapping their compatible Fitbit or Garmin Wearable on any contactless-enabled point-of-sale device. Customers with compatible Fitbit and Garmin wearables will now be able to…
Google developing censor-friendly search engine for China
Google is reportedly gearing up to launch a search engine app in China that will be censorship friendly, blocking websites and search terms that the communist country doesn’t want its citizens searching for. Google withdrew its search engine from China eight years ago due…
Hot, cool, cold: a temperature heat map for big data
The business world is undergoing a total transformation as new technologies enable the rapid processing and analysis of huge volumes of data in real-time, equipping business leaders with unprecedented insight into granular detail of every aspect of their business. A…
Fanatical Assistant will help you find the best Steam game deals
Global digital retailer Fanatical has launched a brand-new web browser extension aimed at shoppers that want to cut out hours of searching for deals on Steam PC games.Fanatical Assistant, which is available now for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, is…
Big Business or SME: We all need 21st Century data security
Technology created and widely adopted in the 21st century has undoubtedly made our lives easier. It means everyday activities like banking are far less tedious and time-consuming, and that complex, more specialised tasks, like managing a company’s finances, are simplified.…
First Skills for Africa programme held in Nigeria
SAP Skills for Africa this week kicked off its first-ever programme in Nigeria at an orientation event held in Lagos. SAP Skills for Africa has trained more than 590 graduates since its inception in 2012, providing public and private sector…
LinkedIn adds voice messaging function
LinkedIn announced that it is adding voice messaging to its social network. LinkedIn is letting users communicate with contacts by recording and sending voice messages of up to a minute long. According to LinkedIn, the function has been developed to…
Is your cloud strategy leaving your business vulnerable?
Businesses are fast adopting cloud, moving towards a multi cloud environment. With this shift, security becomes critical – and vastly more complex. Organisations don’t always have a full understanding of the threats and which cloud security requirements they should concern…
Draw inspiration anywhere with Affinity Designer for iPad
Affinity Designer for iPad brings professional vector graphic design to the iPad for the first time. Developed with input from a team of leading professional graphic designers and based on Apple Design Award-winning technology, Affinity Designer is the most ambitious…
How beverages, beer, and ice cream can improve access to life-saving medicines in Africa
If you can get a Coca-Cola – and many other products – nearly anywhere in Africa, why are medicines not regularly available to patients? This was the question posed by Trip Allport, managing director of the Africa Resource Centre (ARC)…
Stellenbosch University LaunchLab introduces its’ Makerspace to the World
The LaunchLab was born from an initiative called Innovus, the industry interaction and innovation company of Stellenbosch University. In 2015 the LaunchLab opened its new 1200m2 facility on campus thanks to its founding sponsor, Nedbank, and matching funding from South…
Investing in global property? Consider how future-proof your choice is
Many countries around the world are becoming increasingly urbanised and cities are being re-imagined. Rapid regeneration coupled with advances in technology have forced real estate developers to think of innovative ways to embrace the changing needs of residents in cities…
AIMS launches African Master’s in Machine Intelligence
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) has announced the launch of a one-year intensive African Master’s in Machine Intelligence (AMMI) in partnership with Facebook and Google. The master’s will begin this September at the AIMS-Rwanda campus in Kigali. “Machine…
