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Leading brands throw their weight behind upcoming HISA 2017
Leading healthcare and technology players have come out in support of the upcoming Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa conference (#HISA2017), set to take place between 29-30 August 2017 at Vodacom World in Midrand, Johannesburg. The summit will gather the who’s who of Africa’s healthcare and…
Machine learning and biometrics: financial services market in the middle of a revolution
Despite the enormous changes in recent years, including the emergence of the plethora of significant new market players – including fintech start-ups, established payment, technology, and information firms, telecoms, and other providers, the financial services market is indeed in the…
New South African destinations launched on Street View
Google South Africa has announced the launch of Discover South Africa, a new gallery on Street View. South African users will now enjoy visual experience of four sites on their smartphones, tablets or computers. The four new sites are in…
Free IOT device scanner solution now available for smart homes
Kaspersky Lab has announced the launch of an internet of Things (IoT) solution for “smart” homes. The Kaspersky IOT scanner scans the home Wi-Fi network and informs owners about the devices connected to it and the level of security. The…
DevOps: What is the Missing Link?
For IT Professionals, the idea of having a more collaborative approach between development and operations is highly appealing. Getting rid of the isolated “siloes”, opening up to feedback and building consorts across the product lifecycle, from design to end of…
Nigeria: Get Free Airtime For Responding To Surveys
A U.S based marketing technology platform, Billaway, revealed in August 2017 polling data which showed that mobile users in Nigeria would like access to more airtime for their mobile devices. The results, which were from a survey targeting smartphone users…
Google rolls out Android 8.0 Oreo
Android users can rejoice as the latest Android software, which has been dubbed “Oreo,” has been placed in the rollout phase. Android 8.0 Oreo will roll out first to Google’s Pixel and Nexus devices. The latest software is expected to…
Digitalisation: Will it take airports to the cloud?
Airports are hives of activity, a-buzz twenty-four hours a day with travellers, staff and other patrons. To give an idea of how busy airports get, OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg – on the smaller scale of International airports when…
South African App Raises R2.3 Million in Funding
Feastfox, an eating out App from Cape Town, South Africa, has revealed that it has successfully closed its Angel fundraising round, raising $175,000 (R2.3 million) primarily from Silicon Valley-based Angels and VC firms. The mobile startup, which originates out of…
Don’t drown in operations data: use your smart devices smartly
IoT (Internet of Things) has been creating a buzz for half a decade. “The information from many IoT devices across their operations offers companies an incredibly accurate picture of what’s happening in their businesses and supply chains,” reports Morné Janse…
Lenovo sets sights on becoming a power player in Africa
At the Lenovo Innovation Summit, which was held in Cape Town at CTICC, Marc Godin – Vice President and General Manager of Lenovo, Middle East and Africa – met with IT News Africa’s Online Editor, Darryl Linington, in order to discuss how Lenovo…
ADATA unveils new Solid State Drive aimed at gamers
ADATA Technology has launched its latest Solid State Drive (SSD), which comes in the form of the XPG SX9000. As revealed by the firm, the SX9000 caters to gamers and PC overclockers. It arrives in an M.2 2280 form factor and…
TerraPay and Instant Cash partner to enable cross-border money transfers
TerraPay and Instant Cash have partnered to enable real-time cross border money transfers to mobile wallets. According to the companies, the partnership will make cross-border money transfer – to all major mobile wallets in Tanzania, Uganda and all mobile numbers in Nigeria…
South Africa Prepares For The Big Data Protection Shake Up
With the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force next year, it is important for South African organisations to identify ways to best manage their data. Yet many companies are still worryingly under-prepared for what will be the…
The Bitcoin Scaling Agreement: A Cryptocurrency Regulatory Parable
The Bitcoin Scaling Agreement was as much a story about technology as Titanic was about a ship. A crash course in the basics of democracy, economic majority theory and self-determination, the Bitcoin Scaling Agreement, which set in motion the Bitcoin…
Twitter Reacts: Guptas Sell ANN7 And The New Age
It was announced in August 2017 that Gupta-owned South African media houses, ANN7 and The New Age, had been sold by the controversial family to a firm owned by former government spokesman Mzwanele Manyi. Oakbay Investments, a Gupta-owned company, said…
