Seacom expands presence in Uganda

Seacom has moved to strengthen its pan-African presence with the direct deployment of two points of presence (PoPs) in Uganda. With the Uganda Communications Commission giving its clearance to Seacom Uganda by issuing the Public Infrastructure Provider licenses,...

Super-fast broadband for business parks

Internet Solutions has announced that 50 sites across Gauteng will benefit from super-fast broadband as part of its planned roll out of fibre to selected sites by the end of this year. The company is also conducting commercial trials in Cape Town and Durban with the...

FNB aims to reward innovative companies

FNB Business, in partnership with Endeavor South Africa, has announced the launch of the FNB Business Innovation Awards, which aims to recognise and celebrate companies that continue to innovate. “The purpose of these Awards is to recognise the growth that the...

Rockefeller grant drives BPO development

The Rockefeller Foundation has provided the South African BPO and contact centre industry association, BPeSA, with a grant of R3,7-million for a skills development initiative set to provide training to thousands of disadvantaged youth across the country. Known as...

Financial phishing attacks on the increase

Over the past few months, Kaspersky Lab’s experts have reported a substantial increase in the amount of financial phishing in spam. There was a 7.9 percentage points increase in the amount of scam e-mails exploiting the names of reputable banks, payment services,...

Philips and UJ open medical simulation lab

Royal Philips, in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg (UJ), have inaugurated a state-of-the-art medical training simulation lab on the University premises during the Johannesburg stopover of Philips’ fifth consecutive pan-African Cairo to Cape Town...