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OUTsurance launches updated app with new features
OUTsurance launches updated app with new features. On Tuesday, 28 November 2017, South African insurance company, OUTsurance, launched an enhanced version of its app. The new version of the app...
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Ericsson: There will be 1 billion 5G subscriptions in 2023
Ericsson: There will be 1 billion 5G subscriptions in 2023.(Image Credit: ). The November edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report released on Tuesday, 28 November 2017 has predicted that there will be...
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Mobile app launched to aid Deeds Office manual process
Mobile app launched to aid Deeds Office manual process. Software as Service company e4 has launched DeedScanner, a mobile app that works with its Case Management Workflow solution, Deeds, in a bid to...
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Clean your 2017 data to start 2018 afresh
Clean your 2017 data to start 2018 afresh. Widely touted as an organisation’s biggest asset, data is on the minds of a lot of companies. It’s being hailed as the secret to customer satisfaction, sales...
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70 percent of customers take data security seriously
70 percent of customers take data security seriously. (Image source: Specialized Security Services) 70 percent of consumers would stop doing business with a company if it experienced a data breach,...
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Broadening financial inclusion through informal sector innovation
Vahid Monadjem, CEO of Nomanini. In developing markets around the world, it is the informal economies that serve as the quietly humming engines of growth. By way of example, the informal economy...
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IoT innovation in solar powered milling
Jeremy Potgieter, Eseye, Regional Head, SADC. Eseye, IoT M2M connectivity company has helped Village Infrastructure Angels (VIA) to use to open a new chapter on how pay-as-you-go solar technology can...
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Westcon-Comstor Receives EMEAR Award as Africa Distributor of the year at...
Louise Taute, Comstor Director at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa. Westcon-Comstor is delighted to announce that the company was recently awarded the title as Africa Distributor of the Year (2017) at...
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Are travel agents ready for the new payment security standard?
Simeon Tassev, Managing Director and QSA at Galix Networking. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) of South Africa has issued an edict that all IATA accredited air ticket distributors -...
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Adapt IT acquires LGR Telecommunications
Sbu Shabalala, CEO of Adapt IT.(image source: MyPR) SE-listed Adapt IT Holdings Limited “Adapt IT” has announced that it will acquire the business of CDR Live Limited and its subsidiaries “the LGR...
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Fortinet report reveals botnet role in cyber attacks
Fortinet report reveals botnet role in cyber attacks. On Wednesday 29 November 2017, cybersecurity company, Fortinet, announced the findings of its latest Global Threat Landscape Report. The research...
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Nigerians warned of cryptocurrency risks
Nigerians warned of cryptocurrency risks (Siliconangle.com) Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), the country’s financial sector insurance regulator, on Monday 27 November 2017, again warned...
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Routed co-founder Malcolm Siegel appointed as ISPA director
Malcolm Siegel, co-founder of Routed. On Wednesday 29 November 2017, cloud infrastructure providers, Routed, announced that its co-founder, Malcolm Siegel, has been appointed to the board of The...
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Banks that are not ready for digital disruption will struggle
Kele Boakgomo, Managing Director for Financial Services practice at Accenture in South Africa. The banking industry continues to experience disruption – by new players, new opportunities and new risks...
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Making customers central to the digital journey is key for banks, insurers
Adam Ikdal Managing Partner at BCG. For years, the power of digital has seen it placed at the top of strategic plans and interventions to streamline and add value to business processes and the bottom...
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26 percent of ransomware attacks now target business
26 percent of ransomware attacks now target business. (Image Source: CNBC) According to a study by Kaspersky Lab, 26.2 percent of those targeted by ransomware were business users in 2017, compared to...
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FNB awards R10.5 million to employees at FNB Innovators Awards
Yolande Duvenage, Head of Innovation at FNB. First National Bank (FNB) has announced that it has awarded over R 10.5 million to its most innovative employees for radically disrupting and introducing...
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HDMI 2.1 is here and it supports 10K resolution
HDMI 2.1 is here and it supports 10k. On Tuesday 28 November 2017, the HDMI Forum finally released the new HDMI specification, HDMI 2.1, to all vendors who have already adopted HDMI 2.0, according to...
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Bitcoin surpasses the $10 000 mark
Bitcoin surpasses the $10 000 mark. On Tuesday 28 November 2017, for the first time since the creation of Bitcoin in 2008, the cryptocurrency surpassed the USD $10 000 mark and it shows no signs of...
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To build a better customer experience, start with the architecture
Richard Mullins, director at Acceleration Middle East & Africa. Most brands are looking at the customer experience as the most powerful way they have to set themselves apart in a market where it’s...
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