Features

Africa’s invisible sector: caught in the complexity

Oct 28, 2015

Having faced nasty bill shocks at month end, or struggled to get out of onerous mobile contracts, many consumers have long since made the switch to prepaid SIM cards. From high-powered executives to cash strapped students, prepaid has proved a popular option for...

Addressing SA’s automotive threats

Oct 28, 2015

South Africa is known for its high level of vehicle theft but losses to consumers and the industry don’t stop there – the ease with which stolen vehicles are effectively re-registered and re-enter the system perpetuates the cycle, writes Kriben Reddy, director:...

Apple to push biometric transactions to 5bn

Oct 28, 2015

Currently only Apple Pay and Samsung use fingerprint scanners for authentication, limited to the US, UK and South Korea. But both services will be launched in multiple additional markets during 2016.

Gijima on the comeback trail

Oct 20, 2015

Gijima, which for many years was one of South Africa’s leading IT service companies, hit a rocky patch a couple of years ago when it lost a number of key contracts, and underwent some key staff changes. The company has been off the radar for the last few years, but...

Investing in Africa: it’s about the people

Oct 20, 2015

When big IT companies look at new venture capital investments, you’d expect them to scrutinise the financials of target companies, along with the strategy, business plan and market outlook, before making a decision on whether or not to fund them. It’s not the job you...

Can tech improve public safety?

Oct 20, 2015

What is the impact of violence and of fighting it? It’s obvious for the victims and there is no price tag for their suffering. But is there significant impact beyond? Impact that can be expressed in money, expressed as cost? Yes, there is. The Institute for Economics...

How can mobile empower customer retention and growth for banks?

Oct 20, 2015

Globally, mobile banking users are set to exceed 1.75 billion by 2019 – that’s 32% of the world’s adult population – as per a report published by Juniper Research. The firm also projects the number of mobile users in the Middle East and Africa are expected to grow to...

All the new research from Gartner Symposium

Oct 2, 2015

Gartner Symposium, held this week in Cape Town, was the first on the research company’s world tour. Brand new research findings were presented for the first time, with concepts like the bimodal business, algorithmic business and the digital workplace about to become...

Come together with DevOps

Sep 20, 2015

DevOps is a new term that’s taking the IT world by storm. But what exactly is it, and how can South African companies take advantage of it to develop better applications quicker? Kathy Gibson found some answers The term DevOps has been kicking around for some time,...

Worldwide enterprise application spending set for growth

Sep 20, 2015

Most spending going towards modernising, functionally expanding or substituting long-standing business and office applications with cloud-based software-as-a-service