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Africans can buy and sell multiple cryptocurrencies with newly launched platform
Africans can buy and sell multiple cryptocurrencies with newly launched platform (Siliconangle.com) On 18 January 2018, Coindirect.com, a way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies online, announced the...
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CCTV cameras - Big Brother or the guardian angel for businesses?
Mark Chertkow, Managing Director at Graphic Image Technologies. Millions of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras have been installed in public spaces and businesses across the globe with the clear...
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Cybersecurity Trends 2018: The Cost of our Connected World
Cybersecurity Trends 2018: The Cost of our Connected World. According to a recent ESET report, incidents and risks are predicted to grow even further in 2018. The report titled “Cybersecurity Trends...
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WhatsApp launches business focused app
WhatsApp launches business-focused app On Thursday 18 January 2018 WhatsApp announced via its blog that it launching WhatsApp Business, a free-to-download Android app for small businesses. The new app...
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Digital Health Cape Town announces finalists for Accelerator Programme
Digital Health Cape Town announces finalists for Accelerator Programme. On 19 January 2018, South Africa’s first dedicated digital health accelerator, Digital Health Cape Town (DHCT), announced their...
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South Africa: Tshimologong and BCX launch digital innovation programme
South Africa: Tshimologong and BCX launch digital innovation programme. On Friday 19 January 2018, Wits University’s, Tshimologong Digital Innovation Precinct, announced the launch of the BCX...
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Vodacom voice services down, users share frustrations on Twitter
Vodacom voice services down, users share frustrations on Twitter. Vodacom customers in Gauteng, South Africa experienced difficulty making and receiving calls on Friday morning, 19 January 2018, as...
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CONNECT Hackathon Series to run in five cities in Africa
CONNECT Hackathon Series to run in five cities in Africa WhereIsMyTransport a provider of public transport data service provider has partnered with Facebook for Developers to host the 'CONNECT...
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South African top Google searches this week
South African top Google searches this week. South Africans generally tend to search for topics related to sports and news, and this week was no different. Some of the most searched topics this week...
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Using cyber intelligence to catch cybercriminals
Using cyber intelligence to catch cybercriminals. (Image Source: ). The story of a local bank being taken for R300 million by cyber criminals who had 100 people withdrawing money from ATMs in Japan...
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IT News Africa: Top Stories Of The Week
IT News Africa: Top Stories Of The Week As millions around the world have begun getting over the festive rush and are heading back to work, technology related stories have yet again graced the...
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Execution is key to digital success
Monique Williams, Hyland Southern Africa Regional Manager. Many companies have enjoyed significant efficiencies from partial digitisation in recent years, but there’s still a lot of paper flying about...
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Watch 30 minutes of Monster Hunter World gameplay
Watch 30 minutes of Monster Hunter World gameplay. The third and final beta for Monster Hunter World had begun on Friday, January 19, 2018, at 2 a.m. (UTC) and will conclude on Monday, January 22 at...
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Samsung scraps Nigerian manufacturing plant plans
Samsung scraps Nigerian manufacturing plant plans. On Thursday 18 January 2018, Samsung revealed that the company will no longer look to establish a manufacturing plant in Nigeria because its market...
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How telcos can use technology to address #Datamustfall
How telcos can use technology to address #Datamustfall The South African telecom industry is marked by high SIM card penetration (160%) due to the popularity of broadband services. According to GSMA,...
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Bitcoin is not really money and Visa wont touch it says CEO
Alfred Kelly, CEO of Visa. In an interview with CNBC, Alfred Kelly, the CEO of credit card giant Visa, revealed that he believes that Bitcoin - the world's largest cryptocurrency - is not really money...
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User lock-down or education? Cybersecurity issues in a rapidly evolving...
User lock-down or education? Cybersecurity issues in a rapidly evolving landscape. According to the recent PwC report, The Global State of Information Security Survey 2018, companies around the globe...
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Gemalto to launch biometric EMV card for contactless payments
Nassir Ghrous – Senior Vice President Banking and Payment for CISMEA Region. Gemalto, a digital security company has announced that it will now supply the world’s first EMV biometric dual interface...
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5 Ways to avoid Shadow IT
Brendan McAravey, Country Manager at Citrix South Africa. What is Shadow IT? It is technology used within an organisation without explicit approval — could be aptly termed as the modern Trojan horse!...
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Opera adds Bitcoin mining protection in its mobile browsers
Opera adds Bitcoin mining protection in its mobile browsers. Opera announced on 18 January 2018 that it is adding protection against cryptocurrency mining scripts to all its mobile browsers, which...
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