Africa still attractive as innovation hub

As the second largest continent in the world, and having the second highest population after Asia, Africa is a lucrative destination for innovation activities. The extended period of political stability and favourable demographic dividend has attracted billions of...

Significant African opportunities for M2M

While machine-to-machine (M2M) opportunities may be limited across the African continent, significant potential for growth exists, particularly in respect to the deployment of M2M energy, utility and security services. That’s the opinion of global ICT consulting...

UJ researcher warns about toxic leadership

There is a growing incidence of toxic leadership in organisations in South Africa, as deduced from anecdotal and research evidence. If this cancer of toxicity carries on growing unabated, it would endanger in no uncertain terms people’s and organisations’ wellbeing,...

Nomanini takes mobile payments to Africa

South African company Nomanini has created a mobile point of sale terminal and cloud-based distribution platform that is fundamentally changing the nature of the prepaid voucher industry in informal markets. This is according to the latest case study from the GSMA,...

DevOps a key contributor to the bottom line

Having a DevOps strategy helps drive tangible business benefits to enterprises, according to a new study released by CA Technologies, entitled DevOps: The Worst-Kept Secret to Winning in the Application Economy. Vanson Bourne conducted the survey with 1 425 senior IT...

DA welcomes STB decision

The DA has welcomed reports that the ANC has opted for encryption for subsidised set-top boxes (STBs) that will enable the roll-out of digital terrestrial television (DTT). Shadow Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services, Marian Shinn, says the roll-out will...