UWC, government and private sector to tackle cybersecurity threats with Gov-X Innovation Challenge
By Staff Writer 17 December 2020A public-private sector collaboration that aims to inspire the next generation of tech entrepreneurs and cybersecurity specialists will launch in February next year, and offer prizes of up to R100... FULL STORY >
Africa Photo Awards 2020 winning images announced
By Press Release 3 December 2020With entries received across Africa, the Africa Photo Awards 2020 awards ceremony recently took place at the Keyes Art Mile in Johannesburg, South Africa. FULL STORY >
Technology can help in the fight against corruption
By Industry Contributor 1 December 2020Nonduduzo Mkhize from SAS South Africa explains how technology, and more specifically, data analytics, can help fight the scourge of corruption. FULL STORY >
Black Friday 2020 breaks ecommerce records
By Staff Writer 30 November 2020The number of new shoppers introduced to ecommerce over lockdown boosted South Africa's Black Friday weekend total online transaction volumes by 50% FULL STORY >
Scaled down SD-WAN – delivering corporate quality connectivity to SMBs at consumer prices
By Industry Contributor 10 November 2020By Hein Witte, Specialised Sales Executive for Telecommunication Services at T-Systems South Africa FULL STORY >
AfricArena and Ozow launch Hackathon challenge
By Staff Writer 30 October 2020Ozow has teamed up with AfricArena to launch a Hackathon Challenge across South Africa, with entrants standing a chance to win R100 000. FULL STORY >
Microsoft announces the best technology-based solutions to tackle gender-based violence
By Staff Writer 27 October 2020Some seriously bright minds are lending their talents to the fight against the scourge of Gender Based Violence, with Microsoft revealing the winning tech solution emerging from its Safe@Home Hackathon. FULL STORY >
Global Startup Awards expands across Africa
By Press Release 7 October 2020The Global Startup Awards (GSA), the largest independent startup ecosystem awards platform with a mission to find, recognise and connect the futureshapers of the digital age from all around the world, will now be expanding across Africa. FULL STORY >
Is 2020 the year Africa takes charge of its destiny?
By Industry Contributor 5 October 2020Cathy Smith, MD of SAP Africa, unpacks her viewpoint on transforming leadership and business, digital transformation as a survival tool, the growing skills crisis and the potential to unlock social enterprise. FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - Modernising data protection to meet the challenges of an evolving threat landscape
By Industry Contributor 29 September 2020Commvault's Johan Scheepers makes the case for why data protection is more important than ever. FULL STORY >
Africa needs ethical leadership to attain inclusive and sustainable growth
By Press Release 29 September 2020Africa’s future growth and prosperity hangs in the balance, as corruption erodes the basic fibre of economies, organisations and communities, according to human capital and strategy expert Buyani Zwane. FULL STORY >
Empowering SME growth a main focus for upcoming SingularityU Online Summit
By Staff Writer 25 September 2020SingularityU details speakers lined up to address the challenges and opportunities facing SMEs. FULL STORY >
South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria saw millions of cyber attacks in 2020
By Staff Writer 22 September 2020While calculating interim results of threat landscape activity in African countries, the researchers noticed that PUAs attack users almost four times more often than traditional malware. FULL STORY >
Curro Online learner wins major African news award
By Press Release 21 September 2020It is not often that at age 11, you can already boast about winning a prestigious digital award because of your innovative robot graphics. FULL STORY >
Public-private partnerships hold the key to future development
By Industry Contributor 17 September 2020Ryno Rijnsburger, Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft 4Afrika, elaborates on the critical role that public-private partnerships will play to achieve Africa’s ambitions to compete in the digital economy. FULL STORY >
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