Mobile payment adoption on the increase

Small businesses face a number of challenges on their road to becoming sustainable enterprises. Not the least of these has been the problem of accepting card-based payments for services rendered at customer sites or at venues such as local markets, due to the...

Use of biometrics in financial applications

Biometric identification in financial applications is a relatively young and experimental business. In this conservative industry, where security flaws can lead directly to major branding and monetary implications, the smart tradition is to stick to the proven old...

Mobile computer training for rural areas

Transport company Imperial is making computer training accessible to hundreds of people in remote rural areas. The vehicle, which will serve as a mobile computer laboratory providing computer skills training to people in remote disadvantaged communities across South...

Cell C kicks off Epic summer campaign

Cell C has launched its summer marketing campaign under the heading of “Believe and Make It Epic”. “We generated a lot of excitement last year with our Believe campaign, giving over R2-million in prizes away. Prizes that changed people’s lives and allowed them to live...

DFA gets Msunduzi network go-ahead on appeal

The Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled in favour of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) to continue with the building of a fibre optic network in the Msunduzi municipality. The case was filed by Msunduzi Municipality against Dark Fibre Africa in February 2014, after the company...

Summer surprises for MTN users

MTN South Africa has kicked off a summer promotion that will reward customers with daily surprises in the form of free MTN-to-MTN voice minutes, data or content, valued up to R1-million a day from 1 October 2014 until 15 January 2014. Every day, MTN will send its...