Direct Pay Online receives International Security Certification
Eran Feinstein, the Direct Pay Online (DPO Group) CEO. Direct Pay Online Group (DPO) is the first payment service provider (PSP) in Africa to receive the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard...
View ArticleIFA 2017: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update release date revealed
Microsoft announce release date for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (Source: PCWorld) On Friday 1st September 2017 at the IFA conference in Berlin, Germany, Microsoft announced that the next update of...
View ArticleWhy wearable tech makes sense for any business
Sandra Swanepoel, Vice President for Midmarket Africa & Middle East at Sage. Business owners and managers are sceptical about the hype around wearable computing, and rightly so. After all, the...
View ArticleMobile money platform Alipay enters South Africa
Chinese tourists can now use Alipay in 10,000 merchants across South Africa. Online and mobile payment platform Alipay has announced a partnership with Zapper, a mobile payment, customer insights and...
View ArticleNigerian Police TV to go Live in November 2017
Nigerian Police TV to go Live in November 2017. (Image Source: This Daily Live) The Chairman/CEO of the Nigeria Police Broadcasting Service (NPBS), Ediri Jerry Wesley, revealed - during an interview...
View ArticleTop 8 games to buy this September 2017
Top 8 games to get your hands on this September 2017 Septemeber 2017 is most definitely the month for gaming. With most of 2017's top-tier releases hitting the shelves, it may be hard to decide just...
View ArticleCAT-M1 to bring the next generation of connectivity
Senior Vice President and Head of Market Area Middle East & Africa. Ericsson and Qualcomm Technologies have successfully completed a lab trial for a Cat-M1 solution with MTN South Africa in...
View ArticleSafaricom's Uber/Taxify rival to hit Nigeria in October 2017
Safaricom's Uber/Taxify Rival to Hit Nigeria in October. As the rivalry and competition between the two taxi hailing apps, Taxify and Uber, grows across the continent, a new player is entering the...
View ArticleRectron partners with Intel and OnApp to strengthen cloud solutions
The latest addition to Rectron’s cloud solution stack will enable resellers to offer both private and hybrid cloud hosting services to their clients. Rectron, a South African distributor of IT...
View ArticleHow can banks crowd-source fraud management?
Suresh Rajagopalan, President Software Products, FSS (Financial Software & Systems) With an explosion of digital payment channels, transaction security enhancement has become indispensable for all...
View ArticleInstant application availability for any app anywhere with Rubrik Alta
Anton Jacibsz, MD at Networks Unlimited. Rubrik, the Cloud Data Management Company, recently announced the landmark 4.0 Alta release of its Cloud Data Management platform, which provides instant...
View ArticleNintendo ordered to pay $10 million after losing court case
Nintendo ordered to pay $10 million after losing court case. (Image Source: Amazon) According to a report by the BBC, Gaming manufacturers, Nintendo has been told to pay Medical-device makers, iLife,...
View ArticleVirtual Teacher platform launched in South Africa
Virtual Teacher platform launched in South Africa. Vodacom and the Eastern Cape Department of Education have launched ‘Virtual Teacher’, a platform that allows teachers to deliver lessons to multiple...
View ArticleLowering smartphone costs could drive next African smartphone boom
Lowering smartphone costs could drive next African smartphone boom. (Source: Vanu) For many years, African countries served as the growth engine for the global smartphone market. Recent times,...
View ArticleIn Pictures: Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017
Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa in pictures. The 3rd edition of the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa (#HISA2017) took place on 29 and 30 August 2017 at VodaWorld in Johannesburg, South Africa....
View ArticleTop 10 Android entertainment apps to look out for this Spring
Android apps that will help you stay on top of the best gigs, festivals and local hang out places in your city. Spring is in the air and many consumers are looking for ways to entertain friends,...
View ArticleVodacom releases new range of "affordable devices"
Vodacom releases new range of "affordable devices". On Tuesday, 5 September 2017, Vodacom announced the launch of two new 4G smartphones to bolster its suite of Vodacom Branded Devices (VBD) that are...
View ArticleTop 4 digital transformation priorities for African telecoms operators
Mariam Abdullahi, Telco Industry Lead at SAP Africa. After nearly two decades of uninhibited growth and profitability, African telecoms operators (telcos) are facing the converging forces of digital...
View ArticleShadow IT could be the reason businesses “wannacry”
Shadow IT could be the reason businesses “wannacry”. (Image Source: Forbes) There are mixed opinions about implementing unauthorised, IT applications (apps) within the organisation, a practice known...
View ArticleApple to unveil new iPhone on the 12th of September 2017?
The iPhone 7 launch event in 2016. (Image Source: Applesutra) According to a report by CNN, Apple has sent out invites for their annual product launch, dated for September 12 2017, where it is widely...
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