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Breaking the Kill Chain: Protecting against the known and the unknown
Data theft is big business. More than 1.3 billion records have been exposed in the last two years. The threat evolution is faster than ever– we are, on average, discovering more new threats every day than identifying already known malware.…
Millions in Nigeria and Kenya embrace Facebook on mobile
Facebook has shared new statistics revealing that 2.2 million Kenyans use Facebook every day and 4.5 million each month, while 7.1 million Nigerians use Facebook daily and 15 million are active every month.  Almost all these people are coming to…
What does it take to succeed in IT?
In terms of potential for excitement and career advancement, few industries hold as much promise as the IT industry. With the millions being invested in the industry every day, the change is so rapid that those who live on the…
Cell C invests R427 million into Western Cape network
As part of Cell C’s ongoing network projects across the country, the company will have invested R427 million into its Western Cape infrastructure between June and December this year. “Cell C has had ongoing capacity upgrades and new infrastructure rollouts…
Can small cells meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services?
Be it developed telecom market or developing one, Small cells offer a cost-effective way to meet the growing demand for mobile broadband services, complementing conventional macro capacity. However, operators need to set the right strategy to ensure they are getting…
Game changing in the African Ethernet space
In many ways, Africa can be seen as the Wild West of network services, though not so much an outpost as a boomtown. Large global operators have woken up to the fact that this continent is the last remaining growth…
Finding the balance between IT governance and IT restriction
In the move towards a hybrid enterprise IT environment, where users can access applications, data and the underlying infrastructure located on-premises in data centres and private or public clouds, the way IT is managed has to change. The world is…
Gemalto unveils findings of 2015 Breach Level Index
Gemalto has unveiled the findings of the Breach Level Index for the first six months of 2015, revealing that 888 data breaches occurred, compromising 246 million records worldwide. Compared to the first half of 2014, data breaches increased by 10% while…
CIOs face risks and opportunities in a changing IT landscape
African CIOs certainly have their work cut out for them. In a changing IT landscape CIOs cannot wait for instruction. They need to break new ground. Most businesses regard their IT department as a cost centre and not as a…
Do Telco APIs affect the migration of services to the cloud?
If you work in the tech/telco industry you can probably give a fair description of what an API is. For those who don’t know, API stands for Application Programming Interface and is used by developers of software solutions to expose…
Why Fast Moving Virtual Goods are fueling Informal markets
While there has been much hype around the mobile payment revolution in various informal markets in Africa and elsewhere, the reality is that these are still cash-based markets. In fact, cash still accounts for over 85% of consumer transactions globally.…
Total offers free Wi-Fi to customers in SA
Total South Africa has revealed that it will be offering free Wi-Fi at its services stations. According to Total, its customers can now check email messages as well as perform other internet-based actions of their device’s via the to the free…
7 ways cloud can help African manufacturers enhance competitiveness
Whatever the size or specialty, manufacturing companies across Africa are under pressure to grow revenues, reduce costs and increase profitability. Yet many of them are constrained from achieving these goals by years of under-investment in technology. Struggling with legacy systems…
The State of Innovation in South Africa
Doing business in the global economy has become far more challenging than ever. Start-ups can generate ideas to disrupt markets and compete for customers against enterprises, whilst the brick-and-mortar store down the road now finds itself competing against international retailers…
Safaricom opens M-PESA API to devs
Safaricom has announced the opening of M-PESA’s API to local and international developers. Safaricom revealed that this will give them the opportunity to develop apps that will work with the M-PESA platform. This move was made possible after Safaricom, in conjunction…
Affordable broadband for Africa: A dream that can be realised
Africa can achieve affordable and widespread broadband access, if the public sector takes the lead in creating a competitive environment, and partners with private organisations to stimulate capital spending on necessary infrastructure. There is a polytechnic university in Koforidua, a…
