Accenture commits $200 million to education
Accenture commits $200 million to education. Accenture has announced its commitment to more than US$200 million over the next three years to help equip disadvantaged people with job skills for the...
View ArticleData protection D-day is here
GDPR is here, and for organisations that deal with any personal information relating to EU member states, non-compliance will be ruinous. The countdown has ended. D-day for enforcement of the European...
View ArticleNetflix: the most valuable media company in the world (for a day)
Netflix: the most valuable media company in the world (for a day) Netflix overtook Walt Disney in market value on Thursday, taking the title of most valuable media company from the film, TV and...
View ArticleMTN reaffirms dividend despite Iran sanctions
MTN CEO Rob Shuter (Image sourced from Biznews) MTN Group CEO Rob Shuter said on Thursday at the telecommunications operator’s annual general meeting of shareholders that it still expects to declare a...
View ArticleThe future for SMEs is online
Thomas Vollrath, 1-grid.com. Research by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) found that small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who have invested in digital technologies showed more growth...
View ArticleCybercriminals homing in on the IoT
Kerry Curtin, Business Unit Manager: Financial Institutions at Aon South Africa. Criminals look to attack businesses embracing the Internet of Things (IoT), targeting small to mid-sized enterprises...
View ArticleMaturing Africa in the Quantum Age
Mimi Kalinda, a key speaker at the African Innovation Summit (AIS) and a thought leader in Africa It takes a village to raise a child, and precisely 54 nations to develop Africa. Our continent has...
View ArticleEnhancing science and IT learning in rural South Africa
Enhancing science and IT learning in rural South Africa. Mochudi Secondary School in Rural North West, South Africa has become the beneficiary of a mobile science and IT Lab which is designed to help...
View ArticleTop 5 security and risk management trends according to Gartner
Top 5 security and risk management trends according to Gartner. Critical data breaches are in the news on a regular basis these days. A single breach can result in massive losses, both in money and...
View ArticleThe meteoric rise of the robot in business
Wynand Smit, CEO of INOVO. The global chatbot market grew from $113 million in 2015 to $703 million in 2016 and is projected to grow in value to $1.23 billion by 2025, according to Grand View...
View ArticleCloud skills impending cloud adoption in Africa
Andrew Cruise, managing director, Routed. The race to the cloud continues as South Africa is slowly transforming into a digital economy. Andrew Cruise, CEO, Routed, a cloud infrastructure provider,...
View ArticleBanking the unbanked: serving the excluded
Matthew Barnard, executive head of banking at BBD Two billion people worldwide do not have a bank account or access to financial institutions. Often referred to as the unbanked, they generally only...
View ArticleSteps to take in the event of a security breach
Steps to take in the event of a security breach. Businesses around the world continue to be plagued by a high number of security breaches. The larger the business, and the more confidential data it...
View ArticlemCoin: The only Cryptocurrency for the 3 billion people without the internet
mCoin: The only Cryptocurrency for the 3 billion people without the internet mCoin is the world’s first Cryptocurrency which works on any mobile with or without the internet. It is supported on ONEm’s...
View ArticleMalware that could cut 500,000 users off from internet
Malware that could cut 500,000 users off from internet VPNFilter, a sophisticated malware program, is said to have infected more than 500,000 routers in 54 countries, and could potentially cut users...
View ArticleSmile Tanzania launches 4G internet services in Arusha
Mt. Meru, Arusha, Tanzania Smile Communications, a company that specialises in providing high-speed Internet services in Tanzania, has introduced its high-speed 4G internet services in Arusha. These...
View ArticleWhy the SA stock trading industry needs customer service
The last two financial years have been tough on South Africans. South African banks are rated globally as sound and strong, with international banking advisory groups applauding the stability of...
View ArticleSmart factories just got smarter
In manufacturing, the rise of ‘smart factories’ has re-invented the way factories operate. The proliferation of data, and the tools technology has given us to make sense of this data, has made...
View ArticleHow to detect a potential insider?
Sergey Ozhegov, CEO at SearchInform Insider attacks – personal and confidential information leaks – are the most concealed and least discovered among cybercrimes. Insider threats can be: Situational:...
View Article“Africa Has Been Blessed But Investing In Youth Needs To Be A Priority” -...
Oulie Keita, ONE campaign regional representative for Francophone Africa. Africa has been blessed, not only with natural resources but also an abundance of youth, yet we fail to adequately invest in...
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