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Fortinet appoints new Regional Vice President in EMEA region
Lizzie Cohen-Laloum, newly appointed regional vice president EMEA region. Fortinet, integrated and automated cybersecurity company, has announced the appointment of Lizzie Cohen-Laloum to the position...
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How SMEs can use mobile marketing to reach the planet’s population
How SMEs can use mobile marketing to reach the planet’s population. In 2018, an estimated 65.9 percent of the world’s population will own a mobile phone. This prediction by the international GSM...
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Artificial Intelligence: Your bot will see you now
Artificial Intelligence: Your bot will see you now. Next time you contact your insurer there is a good chance that you will be dealing with Artificial Intelligence (AI). Insurers are starting to use...
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Facebook partners the Nelson Mandela Foundation in its centenary year
Facebook partners the Nelson Mandela Foundation in its centenary year. Facebook has announced a partnership with the Nelson Mandela Foundation in celebrating Nelson Mandela’s centenary and legacy...
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Using technology to transform information into intelligence that improves...
Using technology to transform information into intelligence that improves cancer care. In the digital age, data are all around us. How these data are captured, formatted and analysed determine if they...
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Vodacom changes customer care numbers due to ICASA regulation
Vodacom changes customer care numbers due to ICASA regulation(Image Source: Darryl Linington) On Tuesday 20 February 2018, Vodacom announced that it will be changing its customer care contact numbers...
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Rwanda: Student discovers prototype that enables Whatsapp calls without internet
Rwanda: Student discovers prototype that enables Whatsapp calls without internet. A third-year Rwandan student has discovered a network prototype that will enable WhatsApp users to make internal and...
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FIFA 2018 and Bitcoin among 2017’s main spam and phishing topics
FIFA 2018 and Bitcoin among 2017’s main spam and phishing topics. On Tuesday 20 February 2018, a cybersecurity firm, Kaspersky Lab released its “Spam and phishing in 2017” report. The report revealed...
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Netflix and OSN partner in North African deal
Netflix and OSN partner in North African deal. Netflix, the SVOD giant, and Dubai-based pay-TV, OSN, announced on Tuesday 20 February 2018 that the companies will enter a partnership which will focus...
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Non-profits need to become tech smart
Non-profits need to become tech smart. (image source: Travel IQ)ch smart, it news, tech news, technology news, news, From savvy millennials to retirees who have time and a wealth of knowledge under...
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Mobile consumers warned to only transact with WASPA members
Mobile consumers warned to only transact with WASPA members. On 20 February 2018, South Africa’s Wireless Application Service Providers Association (WASPA) warned mobile consumers about engaging in...
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Expereo reveals major data center expansion into Africa
Expereo reveals major data center expansion into Africa. (Image Source: Expereo has announced a major data center expansion into the growing African market. Numerous strategically located,...
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How to survive your digital transformation
Paul Williams Country Manager - SADC at Fortinet. 2018 is lining up to be the year of Digital Transformation. Just about every organisation looking to remain viable in the growing digital marketplace,...
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mCoin: First cryptocurrency that does not need Internet access released
mCoin: First cryptocurrency that does not need Internet access released. On February 20 2018 Onem announced the launch of a new cryptocurrency called mCoin. mCoin is a unique first of a kind inclusive...
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Android Pay becomes Google Pay with added functionality
Android Pay becomes Google Pay with added functionality. Google has revealed that it is rebranding its mobile money platform, changing the name of Android Pay to Google Pay. This is not the only thing...
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South African Finance Minister launches online budget data portal
South African Finance Minister launches online budget data portal. South African Finance Minister, Malusi Gigaba announced the launch of an online budget data portal on Tuesday, 20 February 2018 in...
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Huawei's safety expert unpacks the need for mission-critical communication in...
Peter Goulding, Global Public Safety Expert, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies. IT News Africa recently spoke to Peter Goulding, Global Public Safety Expert, Enterprise Business Group,...
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EMEA endured over 51% of 2017 attacks
Martin Walshaw, Senior Engineer at F5. F5 Labs has released new figures highlighting how distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to grow and evolve in EMEA. According to customer data...
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Taxi app for local minibus taxi industry launches in South Africa
Taxi app for local minibus taxi industry launches in South Africa. AftaRobot, a transport management technology platform aimed at every touch point in the South African minibus taxi industry,...
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SD-WAN will showcase more than just cost-savings in 2018
Anton Jacobsz, MD at Networks Unlimited. Software-defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) have been generally known for a value proposition that revolves around cost savings on bandwidth. When businesses...
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