Understanding youth unemployment

Between 60% and 65% of young people in sub-Saharan Africa, aged 15 to 35 years, are unemployed or under-employed. Researchers from the University of Cape Town are conducting a study that they believe could help avert this potential time bomb.  Funded by a grant of...

Milestone for Nedbank app

Nedbank has reached a number of milestones in a few short months, exceeding R1-billion in transactional value being processed via the Nedbank app, with no incidents of fraud.  This is a significant achievement in the current area of online fraud. The Nedbank App Suite...

Massive smartphone growth in 2012

The number of smartphone shipments exceeded 200-million in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the annual total reaching 671-million – a growth of almost 42% year on year. This is according to a report from Juniper Research. Samsung continued its phenomenal growth...

Mthatha school gets connected

Vodacom, together with the Department of Communications, has handed over a mobile computer centre and free data to the previously disadvantaged Jonguhlanga Secondary School in Mthatha.  This initiative is the realisation of a partnership between Vodacom and the...

Africa shifts to mobile

Customers have shifted their behaviour online, creating incentives for operators, legislators and the information communications technology (ICT) community as a whole to adapt their business and processes to keep pace.  This was the key message from Ahmad Abdulkarim...

Festive tablet sales surge

A post-festive season sales report by online retailer kalahari.com reveals that tablets were the second most purchased electronic devices on the site. While the e-tailer’s pre-festive season shopping survey predicted the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy tablets as the...