Category : Tech

The future of property technology

The opportunities of the internet are set to open many doors for estate agents to think outside the box when selling property. As technology continues to drive new ways for property sellers and buyers to interact, the market is slowly progressi...

Digital transformation to boost local jobs and IT sector performance

A new study by data analytics firm IDC is finding that digital transformation in the era of intelligent cloud and intelligent edge will enable organisations to create new jobs, with the IT sector in South Africa expected to create as much as 11...

Cloudbanter partners with L&T Technology Services

Mobile technology provider Cloudbanter announced a new partnership with L&T Technology Services (LTTS), a leading global pure-play Engineering and Development services company, effective immediately. LTTS will become a sales and implementat...

Fundi announced as Gold sponsor of Education Innovation Summit 2018

Fundi has been announced as a Gold sponsor of The Education Innovation Summit taking place in Johannesburg on 31 May 2018. Under the theme “Transforming Education With Technology” the event will feature education policy development representati...

97 percent of Kenyans use online video service

The latest study from GfK shows that 97% of Kenyan adults with Internet access are using some form of online video service, with nearly two-thirds paying to view digital online content. The international ViewScape survey covers Africa (South Af...

GirlCode empowers tech startups with AWS CloudStart program

GirlCode, a non-profit organisation (NPO) that aims to empower girls through technology recently announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to launch a nationwide competition which will award 30 Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterpr...

SatADSL and Camtel team up to connect Cameroon

SatADSL, a provider of professional VSAT services via satellite, and Camtel – Cameroon’s national telecommunications provider – today announced a new partnership to provide satellite connectivity across Cameroon. The formal agreement follows a...

EdgeConnect and what it can do for your SD-WAN

While most SD-WAN (software defined wide area network) solutions promise to save money and improve network agility, it is possible to help customers build a better WAN to deliver higher levels of application performance, business productivity a...

The impact of digital disruption on ICT companies

Technology companies spend a vast amount of their energy on advising clients, in various sectors, on the ways that they can smartly adopt new technologies, business models and mindsets in order to survive the onslaught of digital disruption. It...

2018’s top IT challenges that keep IT execs up at night

Many South African CIO’s today are stuck. This is the view of Nick Truran, CEO of AgileIT, a lean consultancy which assists corporate IT shops to transition from legacy and vendor commitments to highly effective partners able to deliver on the...

Design Thinking – the key to digital business success

In an interconnected world that is constantly changing, we have come to expect businesses, especially of the digital variety, to offer personalised products and seamless services that improve the way we live, work, and play. To keep up with a s...

ICASA To Protect Customers Against Data Bill Shock

ICASA has taken the first step in addressing the high cost of data in South Africa. A number of new regulations are making networks unhappy. ICASA (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) recently published its End-User and Subscr...

Siemens introduces iCitizen: The day in the life of the digital nomad

Siemens customers are no strangers to the innovation and ground-breaking technologies that the company invests to ensure a seamless life created effortlessly with the extraordinary features. Consumers only had to follow the trends and announcem...

Cryptocurrency-ATM launches in South Africa

Vendibit, a South African blockchain company, has announced the re-opening and rebranding of Africas very first "VTM", a "cryptocurrency-ATM", also called a BTM, upgraded with Vendibit blockchain technology. The machine originally launched in 2...

Google Chrome to remove the ‘Secure' button

Google's Chrome browser will see the removal of the "Secure" indicator in the web address bar as more websites adopt HTTPS. But users of the browser will see a flashing red “not secure” if the site is uncertified. Chrome users will probably hav...