Accenture announces winners of the Innovation Index 2017
Accenture announces winners of the Innovation Index 2017. Accenture and partners Transunion and The Da Vinci Institute announced the winners of the Innovation Index 2017 at the Accenture Innovation...
View ArticleDeviare set to advance digital transformation in South Africa
Baxolile Mabinya (left) and Lubabalo Dyantyi (right) co-founders of Deviare. On Tuesday 17 October 2017 Deviare announced that the startup will officially be launching in mid-November 2017. Deviare is...
View ArticleDigital banks are becoming a reality
Digital banks are becoming a reality. The services offered by traditional banks are too restrictive for what smaller retailers require and many of them are looking for alternative solutions....
View ArticleDelivering end-user cyber safety to create new opportunities
Delivering end-user cyber safety to create new opportunities. Cybersecurity threats continue to spiral out of control, putting more companies across the globe at risk of falling victim to data theft...
View ArticleAirbnb's research reveals 10 powerful facts relating to African hospitality
Top 10 stats from Airbnb's African research. On Tuesday 17 October 2017, Airbnb released the findings of their research into the company's dealings in Africa. According to the United Nations World...
View ArticleTop 5 mid-range smartphones for African consumers
Top 5 mid-range smartphones for Africans. Mobile phones have almost become somewhat of an extension of ourselves. These devices, that we rely so heavily upon, can come at quite a hefty price. Not...
View ArticleCould the blockchain enforce PoPI?
Could the blockchain enforce PoPI? The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act is looming on our horizon. South African organisations are busily preparing for it despite there still being much...
View ArticleSouth Africans to get home assistance app in 2018
South Africans to get home assistance app in 2018. Europ Assistance South Africa (EASA) has announced that they will launch the Homio app, which will provide consumers with direct access to reputable...
View ArticleAfrica Code Week 2017 launched in Tanzania
Africa Code Week 2017 launched in Tanzania. (image source: Julian Goldswain) Africa Code Week (ACW) kicked-off in Tanzania in the presence of Government officials and hundreds of pupils from...
View ArticleCompanies who fail to innovate will not survive digital disruption
Ntombi Mhangwani, Africa Director for Integrated Marketing & Communications at Accenture. We are in the midst of a major technology revolution. Digital now dominates every sector of the economy –...
View ArticleTop 5 ways cybercrime can hurt your small business
Top 5 ways cybercrime can hurt your small business. (Image Source: ). While it’s true that smaller businesses may seem like they have less to lose, nearly 43% of cybercrime targets small business....
View ArticleInterview: "It's tough for telcos to address the African market"
Rajesh Mishra, Co-Founder, President and CTO, Parallel Wireless. IT News Africa recently spoke to Rajesh Mishra, Co-Founder, President and CTO, Parallel Wireless, in an interview which looked to...
View ArticleSilver Peak's SD-WAN solution trumps torture test
Derek Granath, vice president of product marketing at Silver Peak. Silver Peak, the global leader in broadband and hybrid WAN solutions, has announced that the company’s flagship SD-WAN solution,...
View ArticleSouth African startup Sun Exchange raises $1.6 million in seed investment
Abraham Cambridge, CEO of Sun Exchange. Sun Exchange, a South African startup which offers a peer-to-peer solar equipment leasing marketplace, announced on Friday 20 October 2017 that the company has...
View ArticleKenyan government launches e-trade portal
Kenyan government launches e-trade portal. The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives has launched an e-trade portal with the aim to help Kenyans interact with trade locally and internationally....
View ArticleCulture trumps technology when it comes to digital transformation
Craig Mitchelmore, Head at Intervate (North), a T-Systems company. Alongside buzzwords like “Artificial Intelligence”, “Internet of Things” and “Cloud”, digital transformation is the catch-all...
View ArticleReport highlights organisations harnessing the cloud for innovation and success
report highlights best organisations harnessing the cloud for innovation and success. A report spearheaded by HotTopics.ht and sponsored by application security and cloud company F5 Networks, has...
View ArticleMining and manufacturing sectors are becoming vulnerable to cyberattack
Sean Duffy, Executive of Security Solutions for MEA at Dimension Data. South Africa’s manufacturing sector is under growing threat of cyberattack, this is according to Sean Duffy, Executive of...
View ArticleTop 5 most affordable laptops for the Kenyan student
Top 5 most affordable laptops for the Kenyan student. Every student needs a reliable laptop to complete school assignments, research papers, and essays. Getting a laptop that is capable of all the...
View ArticleNigeria: NCC reject Telcos plea to regulate OTT
Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta is the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Office (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) revealed on...
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