MTN adds new WoW tiers

MTN South Africa has introduced two new WoW tiers for its prepaid customers, in order to give them even more budget flexibility and additional value in their voice and data usage. In addition to already popular WoW bouquet of promotions, MTN is rewarding customers who...

Cross-border money transfers with FNB app

The latest version of the FNB Banking App for smartphones now offers customers the ability to send money across the border from South Africa to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. FNB’s Zimbabwe Money Transfer service was first launched on Cellphone Banking in April 2013 to...

What the cloud means for utility companies

The opportunity for cloud must be looked at differently in the utility industry. The ability for utilities to receive a guaranteed cost recovery on capital investments creates an apparent disincentive for utilities to invest in cloud software. IDC Energy Insights has...

ISIS videos highlight need for protection

The release of a series of graphic videos by terrorist organisation ISIS, which depict the beheadings of US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, as well as UK aid worker David Haines, have again highlighted the need to protect South African minors from access...

Paul Allen adds more to Ebola relief

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has clinched two additional partnerships with Medical Teams International (MTI) and Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres as part of their relief campaign to tackle the Ebola epidemic. More volunteer medical professionals and...