African apps shine at Ericsson awards
South African Team WorkMode has won the Student category of the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards. The team won the award for an app that helps workers collaborate by allowing them to see the real-time work context and tasks of colleagues. The jury motivated its choice...Emerging markets are less competitive
Swiss business school IMD has released its annual world competitiveness ranking of 60 economies. The IMD World Competitiveness Centre also looks at perceptions of each country as a place to do business. “The overall competitiveness story for 2014 is one of...Gemalto selected for Algerian e-passport
Gemalto has been chosen to help Algeria roll out its ambitious e-passport strategy. The Algerian governmental agency, Hôtel des Monnaies de la Banque d’Algérie, has selected Gemalto’s Sealys eCover for e-passports and embedded e-travel software to support its...Mobile payment app from Standard Bank
Standard Bank has launched it mobile payment app, SnapScan – the bank’s first mobile payment offering that allows merchants to receive payments from their customers through a combination of a QR code and a secure PIN number. According to Standard Bank’s head of...