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The World Cup is here, stay ahead of potential cyber threats
Sophos, a network and endpoint security company, reminded football fans of how cybercriminals have used people’s interest in the sport to launch cyber attacks. Football has been targeted before by those who want to turn international community events into attacks.…
SA must embrace emerging technologies to unleash manufacturing potential
South Africa’s manufacturing sector is capable of thriving, but only if it adopts Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies such as 3D Printing, Advanced Robotics and cognitive automation, Artificial Intelligence and IoT. That’s the stark warning Schalk Laubscher, Production Manager at Etion…
Namibian ride-hailing web-based app goes to Vivatech Paris
Getting a start-up off the ground is difficult, its especially difficult as money is always an issue. However, sometimes something amazing comes along exactly because I decided not to take the easy route when creating a technology and innovation driven…
MTN helps the South African workforce of tomorrow
The corporate sector has an important role to play in giving the young workforce of tomorrow the skills and support to compete in an increasingly complex digital economy. Exposing this future workforce to a multitude of ICT-related opportunities and career…
Study shows that intra-Africa payments clearing and trade is increasing
Research conducted by SWIFT indicates that intra-Africa payments clearing and trade is on the rise. SWIFT’s “Africa Payments: Insights into African Transaction Flows” further indicates that there has been a reduction in the number of foreign correspondent banking relationships in…
Grundfos’ Sustainable Intelligence Hub brightens the future of water management
Last week, as part of an industry open day, Grundfos South Africa hosted the Sustainable Intelligence Hub exhibition, a high-tech showcase on how intelligent technology and digital solutions can play an important role in solving the world’s water and climate…
Microsoft introduces a secure platform for doing business in the digital era
In the digital era, cybercrime has evolved to become a global plague, slowly sucking the life out of businesses and national economies. According to a recent report from McAfee entitled Economic Impact of Cybercrime — No Slowing Down, it is…
5 Most Innovative startups in Kenya
Kenya has positioned itself as one of the most prominent startup destinations in Africa. With the rise of innovation hubs and accelerator programs in Kenya, there has been great growth for entrepreneurs with over 600 hundred start-ups in the country.…
Investec and RMB looking to sell Vox
Shareholders of Vox Telecom, a South African fibre-network provider, are said to be looking to sell the company for about R3-billion to take advantage of consolidation in the industry, according to two people familiar with the matter. Owners FirstRand’s Rand…
Global Industrial Distributor launches e-commerce website for Sub-Saharan Africa
RS Components, the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, the global distributor for engineers was founded as Radiospares, in 1937. The company started as a supplier of parts to the burgeoning radio market that has evolved into a global distribution enterprise,…
Entries open for tt100 technology awards
The search is on for South Africa’s finest role models in the management of innovation and technology. With that being said, the Da Vinci tt100 Business Innovation Awards have become the country’s foremost business awards programme. Da Vinci’s tt100 Awards programme…
Kaspersky Lab reveals industrial organisation pain points
The trend for digitalisation, including increased connectivity and IoT, is growing among industrial organisations such as power plants, manufacturers, and water treatment centres, which rely on industrial control systems (ICS) for their operations. It’s a trend that comes with acknowledged…
IT News Africa: Top Stories of The Week
We’re well into the second quarter of the year, and with that being said this week there has been much activity within the IT space. From new innovations and digital transformation, growing economies to emerging startups, here is a round…
LG G7 ThinQ Review
South Korean multinational electronics company recently introduced their highly anticipated latest flagship – the LG G7 ThinQ and we must say, LG pulled out all the stops with this device. The G7 has some impressive features that include the fastest…
Datacentrix takes Africa Partner of the Year title at OpenText 2018 Innovation Tour
Datacentrix, a provider of high performing and secure ICT solutions, has clinched the ‘Africa Partner of the Year’ award at OpenText’s 2018 Innovation Tour conference, which took place in Johannesburg recently as part of the enterprise information management (EIM) firm’s…
5G networks have paramount role in Autonomous Vehicle connectivity
5G networks may be as much as 10 times more efficient than 4G networks. With this new level of network capability, communications service providers (CSPs) can secure future market opportunities with manufacturers of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in the fields of…
