Cyber-attacks: not if but when

The cost of phishing attacks in South Africa amounted to about $320-million in 2013 alone – and it’s no longer a case of “if” your company is going to be a target, but rather “when”. This is according to Drew van Vuuren, consulting services partner at 4Di...

Orlando Pirates kids score

School kids attending the Orlando Pirates Learning Centre, supported by Acer for Education, have seen significant improvements in their marks for the critical subjects of maths and English. The centre celebrated its second birthday yesterday, with news that more...

Used gifts are OK in SA

South Africans are quite happy to receive second-hand goods as Christmas gifts, according to a poll by Gumtree. In the survey, 51% of participants said that they didn’t mind whether a gift was bought second-hand, while 17% said it was not acceptable and gifts should...

MTN the top African brand

MTN is Africa’s top brand, with a value of more than $5,4-billion – the only African brand valued at more than $1-billion. This is according to a survey of Africa’s most valuable and admired brands carried out by African Media Agency (AMA)/African Business magazine in...

ICT urged to invest in youth

The ICT industry should stop wasting its money on top-heavy events like GovTech and rather invest in developing South Africa’s untapped youth market. This is the word from Prof Barry Dwolatzky, who says companies with foresight would rather support events like the...

Mobile not that easy to roll out

It takes three weeks for the average IT department in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) to equip staff and get them up and running with the mobility tools and applications they need to do their jobs. This time lag increases to four weeks when it involves...