Technology News
MoneyGram reaches 25 000 locations in Africa
MoneyGram, a leading global money transfer company, announces today that its agent network in Africa has now reached 25,000 locations, following a strategic expansion initiative across the continent. Recent technology advances and new agent and sub-agent signings,...
GoMetro launches e-mail service
In another move to help South African commuters by using mobile technology, GoMetro has launched a service for commuters to initiate an e-mail to their employers from a delayed train – no matter their device type. This button has been designed for the South African developing environment for users who do not have e-mail addresses and are accessing train times and delays on older phones – they don’t even need an Internet connection.
LG helps South Africans gear up for Netflix
Not too long ago, not even a decade actually, the TV watching experience was a different ritual altogether. It was predictable, everyone knew what day and time their favourite shows were on, and families and friends gathered together in the living room to tune into...
Guma plans to buy, delist Gijima
Yebo Guma Investments has made an offer to acquire all of Gijima’s shares, following which it plans to delist the company from the JSE Securities Exchange. Guma has made an offer to acquire all of the remaining shares in the issued ordinary share capital of Gijima, being 6 930 389 Gijima shares.
SAP’s HANA brings live World Cup info home
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has partnered with SAP as its exclusive analytics and cloud partner for the Cricket World Cup tournament, using the in-memory HANA platform to power live match experiences across the ICC’s network of Web sites.
Tech sector boasts the most valuable brands
Technology companies once again dominate the list of the world’s most valuable brands. Apple is the most valuable brand in the latest listing by Brand Finance. Although not quite on a par with Ferrari or Lego in terms of brand strength, Apple still has a very powerful...
Lower oil price means new approach in Africa
Oil and gas explorers must rethink their capital expenditure on exploration activity across the African continent in the wake of the significant drop in the global oil price, according to an analysis on the oil and gas industry in Africa released by PwC. “Oil and gas...
Mobile still top of retailers’ priorities
As more consumers take to smartphones and tablets to shop for their favourite brands, retailers agree that keeping mobile at the top of their marketing priority lists is a smart move. According to the 2015 Shop.org/Forrester Research State of Retailing Online, mobile...
Is yours a truly analytic business?
Gartner research director Lisa Kart believes true analytic businesses are concerned with more than just transaction data. Instead, they use correlations and patterns from disparate, linked data sources to yield the greatest insights and transformative opportunities...
New personal cloud service from MTN
MTN has launched a cloud service that provides customers with unlimited storage capacity across a range of devices for a monthly fee of R99. And, in an industry first, the service is available to both prepaid and post-paid customers and is payable with airtime.
Gemalto expands Trusted Services Hub
Gemalto is growing again the capabilities of its Allynis Trusted Services Hub that permits an easy deployment of security-sensitive applications by enterprises, banks and other digital service providers, adding the reach to more than 350-million additional mobile...
Proactive unstructured data management
Rampant growth in unstructured data is not a new phenomenon, however, this type of data has typically proven to be challenging to manage effectively, says Chris Hathaway, director at Soarsoft International. This challenge is only exacerbated by the risks and...
Cisco launches Meraki, ONE software in SA
Fast IT is a transformational new model that Cisco is using to help South African customers and partners simplify IT operations and make the most of the digital economy. The model evolves and unifies infrastructure, platform, and applications to reduce complexity,...
MoneyGram reaches 25 000 locations in Africa
MoneyGram, a leading global money transfer company, announces today that its agent network in Africa has now reached 25,000 locations, following a strategic expansion initiative across the continent. Recent technology advances and new agent and sub-agent signings,...
GoMetro launches e-mail service
In another move to help South African commuters by using mobile technology, GoMetro has launched a service for commuters to initiate an e-mail to their employers from a delayed train – no matter their device type. This button has been designed for the South African developing environment for users who do not have e-mail addresses and are accessing train times and delays on older phones – they don’t even need an Internet connection.
LG helps South Africans gear up for Netflix
Not too long ago, not even a decade actually, the TV watching experience was a different ritual altogether. It was predictable, everyone knew what day and time their favourite shows were on, and families and friends gathered together in the living room to tune into...
Guma plans to buy, delist Gijima
Yebo Guma Investments has made an offer to acquire all of Gijima’s shares, following which it plans to delist the company from the JSE Securities Exchange. Guma has made an offer to acquire all of the remaining shares in the issued ordinary share capital of Gijima, being 6 930 389 Gijima shares.
SAP’s HANA brings live World Cup info home
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has partnered with SAP as its exclusive analytics and cloud partner for the Cricket World Cup tournament, using the in-memory HANA platform to power live match experiences across the ICC’s network of Web sites.
Tech sector boasts the most valuable brands
Technology companies once again dominate the list of the world’s most valuable brands. Apple is the most valuable brand in the latest listing by Brand Finance. Although not quite on a par with Ferrari or Lego in terms of brand strength, Apple still has a very powerful...
Lower oil price means new approach in Africa
Oil and gas explorers must rethink their capital expenditure on exploration activity across the African continent in the wake of the significant drop in the global oil price, according to an analysis on the oil and gas industry in Africa released by PwC. “Oil and gas...