Software promises multi-lingual education

A new learning system could soon be providing school children with easy access to multi-lingual education materials. Called M-Thuto, the system works on mobile phones and allows children to switch between English and Setswana language versions of educational materials...

Sacci calls for electricity tariff review

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) is concerned about electricity tariff changes and the costs of doing business at a municipal level. Sacci CEO Neren Rau says: “Sacci calls upon government and stakeholders to review the structure of local...

Signs of life in MEA PC market

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) PC market (including Turkey) is tipped to end a dismal run of seven consecutive quarters of year-on-year declines in Q2 2014 by posting long-awaited growth of 3,2%, according to the latest forecasts from research and advisory services...

Slow but sure for security software

Worldwide security software revenue totalled $19,9-billion in 2013, a 4,9% increase from 2012 revenue of $19-billion, according to Gartner. The lower-than-expected growth was due to commoditisation of key sub-segments and the decline in growth for two of the top five...

Soccer fans under fire from cybercrooks

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup due to kick off this evening, Brazilian cybercriminals are already at work, and Fortinet’s FortiGuard team is warning Internet users against online scams that they may face. With a population of approximately 201-million in 2013, Brazil is...