Mobile media drives economies

Mobile media will be a key advertising opportunity in the next three years, with IHS forecasting that total revenues from mobile media and advertising will pass $90-billion in 2018 – up from $53-billion in 2014. Jack Kent, principal analyst at IHS Technology,...

New ATMs for Barclays Botswana

Barclays Bank of Botswana has partnered with Bytes Managed Solutions, the exclusive distributor of NCR technology solutions in southern Africa, for the installation of intelligent cash deposit ATMs. Last month, the bank launched a new generation of ATMs that provide...

SA security appliances market declines

The South African security appliances market declined 17,1% in value year-on-year to $10,54-million in Q1 2014, according to the EMEA Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker published by international market intelligence and research agency IDC. In terms of market...

Skinstad, McChlery drive Sharp brand

South African Sharp distributor, Seartec, has relaunched with a new vision, an updated look and feel, and new management – with business leader Mark McChlery and entrepreneur Bob Skinstad named as executive directors. McChlery and Skinstad have a history of...

Comstor to weed out grey Cisco products

Local Cisco distributor Comstor is helping customers to address grey imports without breaking the bank, through the support of the Cisco Certified Refurbishment Equipment (CCRE) programme. While the company acknowledges that not all grey products available in Africa...

Quality concerns around Nigerian telecoms

While the Nigerian telecommunications sector has witnessed phenomenal growth since the turn of the millennium, the time has come for operators and government agencies alike to address the varied levels of service quality that continue to plague the industry....