Category : Tech

Founders Factory Africa selects 5 fintech startups to scale across Africa

Roo Rogers, CEO, Founders Factory Africa. Founders Factory Africa (FFA) and Standard Bank have announced that they have selected and invested into the first five fintech startup businesses in Africa. Founders Factory Africa is a South African company...

Standard Bank addresses cybercrime with WalletWise programme

Standard Bank teaching South Africa how to be more WalletWise. Standard Bank has launched a consumer education programme, WalletWise which aims to empower consumers with knowledge that enables them to make more informed decisions about their finances...

nCipher, Credence Security to offer data protection solutions across Sub-Saharan Africa

Simon Campbell-Young, Managing Director, Credence Security Africa. nCipher Security, the provider of trust, integrity and control for critical business information and applications, and Credence Security, an IT security, forensics and incident respon...

Global marketplace credits African consumers’ feedback for security advances

Dmitry Moiseev appointed as Information Security Manager at Paxful. Peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace, Paxful announced that they have teamed up with Jumio, a digital identity and address verification company in order to improve Anti-Money Laundering...

Centbee closes Series A round funding

Centbee, SA based Bitcoin wallet and merchant payment ecosystem raises £1 million from Ayre Ventures. South African-based Bitcoin company, Centbee, announced that it has closed its Series A round with entrepreneur Calvin Ayre, founder of Antigua-base...

How companies are personalising health

The app will see you now. From shopping to hailing a ride, with the click of a button or a swipe of a screen, technology has revolutionised our everyday lives. But can it change the way we address the global issue of declining health? More and more p...

Another food delivery app launches in South Africa

Kauai launches a new app. KAUAI, a company that operates under the multi-brand food group, Real Foods, launched its new app. “We’re seeing a growing trend of customers who don’t want to compromise on healthy eating, but that are also extremely busy a...

Game of Thrones phishing scams and how to avoid them

The long night has finally ended. Game of Thrones fans can finally come in from the cold and, like a starving dragon, start devouring the latest and final season of the massively popular TV show. But unlike the fantasy series, what is far more real i...

Dimension Data, Cisco announce co-innovation partnership

Dimension Data and Cisco offer solutions from the cloud to the data centre. Dimension Data and Cisco have announced a new co-innovation agreement, to develop a deeper collaboration environment and framework to jointly solve clients’ business needs. D...

The age of intelligence is the future of of data

Sabelo Dlamini, Senior Research and Consulting Manager, International Data Corporation (IDC) South Africa. The new age of intelligence is defined as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics to improve enterprise efficiency in the er...

South African FinTech company offers SMEs financing in hours

Bridgement offers SMEs financing in hours. FinTech company, Bridgement offers invoice financing to SMEs in a record time of 2.5-hours. Bridgement’s speed is due to its use of machine learning for credit analysis and decision making. “When...

Fintech startup to offer affordable healthcare medical schemes

& Shivani Ranchod, Victoria Barr and Dr Linda Holding. Alignd, an all women-led fintech start-up, aims to bring alternative and affordable healthcare models to the South African market. & With an intention to provide alternative, more patie...

How automation is creating jobs

How automation is creating jobs. Robot workers replacing human jobs – the debate of the decade. In reality, the opposite looks true. Recent research carried out by ManpowerGroup shows that more employers than ever – 87 per cent – plan to...

The social impact of the fourth industrial revolution in Africa

Jon Foster-Pedley dean and director of Henley Business School Africa. We have had three industrial revolutions and we’ve just crossed the threshold into the fourth. Here in Africa, we have been victims of the first three. The question we have to ask...

South African top students to display skill at 2019 MiWay Hackathon

South African top students to display skill at 2019 MiWay Hackathon, The stage is already set for this year’s MiWay ‘by invitation only’ Hackathon. The event will see Honours and final-year students from leading South African univer...