Technology News
Investors introduced to tech start-ups
More than 140 potential investors were introduced to eight tech ventures in Seed Engine’s Business Accelerator Programme at its first demo day at GIBS University in Johannesburg last week. “Raising capital is currently a Seed Engine priority following the positive...
EMEA consumers buying fewer printers
Consumer markets for printers continue to slide, but business markets show some early signs of recovery, according to research conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). The overall hardcopy market declined by 14,5% in the first quarter of 2013 to just over...
Spam rises, phishing down
The amount of unsolicited correspondence in e-mail traffic during the first quarter of 2013 grew slightly (+0,53 percentage points) and averaged 66,55%. According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report, the increase in the proportion of e-mails with malicious...
Etisalat’s m-banking in line for award
Etisalat’s mobile commerce offering, which is bringing financial services to millions of consumers across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been shortlisted for a prestigious award by the Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation, a member of the...
LAW Holdings acquires shares in AIS
LAW Holdings recently confirmed its purchase of a controlling stake in Assimilated Information Systems (AIS). As such, the LAW Group of companies, which combined provide secure Web-based workflow solutions to a wide-range of industries, now incorporates AIS following...
Connect to Learn reaches more Malawians
Ericsson has joined forces with Airtel to expand the Connect to Learn ICT solution to two schools in the Malawi Millennium Village of Mwandama, located in the southern region of Malawi’s Zomba district. Building on the launch of 50 scholarships awarded to students in...
NATIVE launches cashless fashion boutique
The world's first cashless fashion boutique, The Exchange, has been opened by NATIVE at Cavendish Square in Cape Town. Stocked with clothing and accessories from more than 25 of South Africa's top designers, nothing in the store can be purchased with cash or credit...
SatADSL increases capital for African growth
SatADSL, a Belgian company providing satellite Internet access and communications service in sub-Saharan Africa, has announced the successful completion of a capital increase aiming at financing its development over the next five years. SatADSL completed this last...
Samsung to launch UHD Smart TV
Designed to provide the ultimate entertainment experience, Samsung Electronics South Africa will be launching its new 85-inch ultra HD (UHD) Smart television, offering four times the resolution of full HD, at the end of June 2013. Apart from its size, the new model...
Vodacom Mozambique deploys e-centre
Flexenclosure, a specialist developer of intelligent power management systems and pre-fabricated data centres for the ICT industry, has deployed an e-centre – an energy efficient and pre-fabricated data centre – in response to an order from Vodacom Mozambique. The...
African innovation must include the poor
Involving low-income communities in markets and businesses across Africa is essential for economic growth to translate into sustainable development, according to a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report. Realising Africa's Wealth - Building Inclusive...
Afrihost adds services, drops cloud costs
Afrihost has extended its cloud hosting services. The company will be offering a more expansive range of dedicated cloud solutions, as well as revising their current offerings to cater for a wider range of options from personal to corporate requirements. Its new...
Bytes reports strong performance
Bytes Technology Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Altron Group, was the strongest performer and the largest earnings contributor to the Altron group for the year ended 28 February 2013. Its overall revenue increase of 15% to R7-billion confirms Bytes as the...
Investors introduced to tech start-ups
More than 140 potential investors were introduced to eight tech ventures in Seed Engine’s Business Accelerator Programme at its first demo day at GIBS University in Johannesburg last week. “Raising capital is currently a Seed Engine priority following the positive...
EMEA consumers buying fewer printers
Consumer markets for printers continue to slide, but business markets show some early signs of recovery, according to research conducted by International Data Corporation (IDC). The overall hardcopy market declined by 14,5% in the first quarter of 2013 to just over...
Spam rises, phishing down
The amount of unsolicited correspondence in e-mail traffic during the first quarter of 2013 grew slightly (+0,53 percentage points) and averaged 66,55%. According to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report, the increase in the proportion of e-mails with malicious...
Etisalat’s m-banking in line for award
Etisalat’s mobile commerce offering, which is bringing financial services to millions of consumers across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, has been shortlisted for a prestigious award by the Financial Times and the International Finance Corporation, a member of the...
LAW Holdings acquires shares in AIS
LAW Holdings recently confirmed its purchase of a controlling stake in Assimilated Information Systems (AIS). As such, the LAW Group of companies, which combined provide secure Web-based workflow solutions to a wide-range of industries, now incorporates AIS following...
Connect to Learn reaches more Malawians
Ericsson has joined forces with Airtel to expand the Connect to Learn ICT solution to two schools in the Malawi Millennium Village of Mwandama, located in the southern region of Malawi’s Zomba district. Building on the launch of 50 scholarships awarded to students in...
NATIVE launches cashless fashion boutique
The world's first cashless fashion boutique, The Exchange, has been opened by NATIVE at Cavendish Square in Cape Town. Stocked with clothing and accessories from more than 25 of South Africa's top designers, nothing in the store can be purchased with cash or credit...