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Banking Africa’s unbanked with mobile
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - Mobile money is a complex area, and players must engage the full eco-system of players in order to be successful. That’s the word from Wizzit’s Brian Richardson, who quips that “if mobile money was easy, everyone would be doing...
Radio Dot extends connectivity
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - Ericsson is showcasing its new Radio Dot technology at AfricaCom this week, demonstrating a new way of extending the mobile network indoors. The device is a disk-shaped cellular radio that is small enough to fit into a person’s...
SA consumers ready for next-gen networks
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - South Africa is leading the region in terms of smartphone penetration, and a broader segment of the population is starting to access mobile data services. Shiletsi Makhofane, head of marketing and strategy at Ericsson South...
HP LaserJet reaches 200m milestone
HP attained a major industry milestone yesterday when it shipped its 200-millionth HP LaserJet printer – an event made possible, it says, by nearly 30 years of continuous innovation in the printer category. “With the introduction of the first LaserJet in 1984, HP...
Smartphones to outwit owners by 2017
Gartner predicts that by 2017 smartphones will be smarter than their owners - and will be predicting the consumer's next move, forecasting their next purchase and interpreting their actions based on what it knows. This insight will be performed based on an...
Fraudsters hide in plain sight
A KPMG International report reveals that fraudsters are often employees colluding with others inside and outside their organisation. Most commonly, they are employed by the victim organisation (61%) posing as something of a Trojan Horse. In 70% of frauds, the...
SA companies lead the way in innovation
A new report released today by Sonus Networks shows that 74% of local IT decision-makers want to spend more time on innovation and transformation projects. The Removing the Barriers to Business Transformation report is based on current research conducted by Research...
Internet of Things to reinvent industries
The Internet of Things is set to significantly change the technology market, according to Gartner. While IT spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) will show an average annual growth rate of 2.2% through 2017, the Internet of Things (things, people,...
European firms trapped in digital Dark Ages
European business leaders are not yet fully equipped for the digital age, with 63% saying they are far from ready for digital transformation, according to a new research commissioned by Ricoh. The research also reveals that while an overwhelming majority of business...
BlackBerry appoints new MD for Africa
BlackBerry has announced the appointment of Yudi Moodley as MD for Africa. With this appointment, Yudi Moodley will be responsible for overseeing and driving the overall business strategy and growth for BlackBerry across Africa. Yudi Moodley is replacing Alexandra...
iLiveIT introduces video streaming platform
iLiveIT has recently partnered with SPB TV to launch a video streaming platform which will enable mobile network operators (MNOs) and corporate customers to deliver video content to multiple devices at low cost. Riaan Groenewald, iLiveIT COO, says a key element of...
Nashua stalwart Coutinho resigns
After more than 25 years at the company, Nashua MD David Coutinho has resigned to “pursue other interests”. Coutinho joined Nashua in the late 1980s as national sales manager under then-MD Jac Moolman. He later succeeded Chris Scoble as MD of the company. In a brief...
Bitcoin: disrupting mobile money in Africa
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - Bitcoin has generated a lot of international press over the last few months, but so far the system has not really gained traction in Africa. Pelle Braendgaard, co-founder of Kipochi, believes that Bitcoin is a truly disruptive...
Banking Africa’s unbanked with mobile
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - Mobile money is a complex area, and players must engage the full eco-system of players in order to be successful. That’s the word from Wizzit’s Brian Richardson, who quips that “if mobile money was easy, everyone would be doing...
Radio Dot extends connectivity
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - Ericsson is showcasing its new Radio Dot technology at AfricaCom this week, demonstrating a new way of extending the mobile network indoors. The device is a disk-shaped cellular radio that is small enough to fit into a person’s...
SA consumers ready for next-gen networks
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town - South Africa is leading the region in terms of smartphone penetration, and a broader segment of the population is starting to access mobile data services. Shiletsi Makhofane, head of marketing and strategy at Ericsson South...
HP LaserJet reaches 200m milestone
HP attained a major industry milestone yesterday when it shipped its 200-millionth HP LaserJet printer – an event made possible, it says, by nearly 30 years of continuous innovation in the printer category. “With the introduction of the first LaserJet in 1984, HP...
Smartphones to outwit owners by 2017
Gartner predicts that by 2017 smartphones will be smarter than their owners - and will be predicting the consumer's next move, forecasting their next purchase and interpreting their actions based on what it knows. This insight will be performed based on an...
Fraudsters hide in plain sight
A KPMG International report reveals that fraudsters are often employees colluding with others inside and outside their organisation. Most commonly, they are employed by the victim organisation (61%) posing as something of a Trojan Horse. In 70% of frauds, the...
SA companies lead the way in innovation
A new report released today by Sonus Networks shows that 74% of local IT decision-makers want to spend more time on innovation and transformation projects. The Removing the Barriers to Business Transformation report is based on current research conducted by Research...