Understanding youth unemployment
Between 60% and 65% of young people in sub-Saharan Africa, aged 15 to 35 years, are unemployed or under-employed. Researchers from the University of Cape Town are conducting a study that they believe could help avert this potential time bomb. Funded by a grant of...Milestone for Nedbank app
Nedbank has reached a number of milestones in a few short months, exceeding R1-billion in transactional value being processed via the Nedbank app, with no incidents of fraud. This is a significant achievement in the current area of online fraud. The Nedbank App Suite...Massive smartphone growth in 2012
The number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200-million in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the annual total reaching 671-million – a growth of almost 42% year on year. This is according to a report from Juniper Research. Samsung continued its phenomenal growth...Mthatha school gets connected
Vodacom, together with the Department of Communications, has handed over a mobile computer centre and free data to the previously disadvantaged Jonguhlanga Secondary School in Mthatha. This initiative is the realisation of a partnership between Vodacom and the...