Mobile operators are becoming an important provider of, and platform for, a growing range of services. As a result, the ability to verify customer identity is becoming a business imperative for mobile operators...
By Sherry Zameer 25 Apr 2018
"Facial recognition software can potentially recognise a 'Blue Monday' simply by scanning employee expressions"...
Evan-Lee Courie 2 days ago
Today, owning DVDs and CDs seems like a quaint idea - why would you clutter your home with physical media when you can get the music or movies you want over the internet on a pay-per-download or subscription basis?
Alex Thomson 25 Jul 2019
Since 2001, Bizcommunity anticipated the role of company culture as intellectual capital. Biz Press Offices are a "glass box" game changer, offering a window into 18 industry communities...
Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019
The latest hype around the FaceApp application has attracted scammers who want to make some quick profits...
22 Jul 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa will remain the world's fastest-growing mobile region over the coming years...
18 Jul 2019
After years of waiting, South Africans have been promised relief from high mobile data charges...
Greg Chen 15 Jul 2019
The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined 22 other organisations in calling on MTN Group, to end its role in Sudan's internet shutdowns...
Justin Shilad 12 Jul 2019
Digital music service Spotify has introduced a new version of its app for those of us who have old devices, poor network connectivity and data plans...
9 Jul 2019
TBWA\Khanga Rue and Busara Centre for Behavioural Economics partner with TechnoServe to create a virtual business academy for Kenyan "duka" owners...
5 Jul 2019
The 2019 Fak'ugesi Digital Innovation Festival will be held at Wits University's Tshimologong Innovation Precinct in Braamfontein, Johannesburg from 30 August to 8 September 2019...
2 Jul 2019
Globally, 65% of millennials and their younger counterparts, Generation Z, prefer to message rather than call or email, and locally, according to reports, WhatsApp is the leading communication app...
28 Jun 2019
Cryptocurrencies offer a financial lifeline to people excluded from the formal financial economy and to those living in oppressive political or economic regimes...
Bronwyn Williams 20 Jun 2019
The JET8 Foundation, in partnership with the Lewis Pugh Foundation, has launched a social commerce mobile application, called OceansCam, that focuses on saving the oceans...
14 Jun 2019
IBM announced the expansion of its' quantum computing efforts to Africa in a new collaboration with the University of the Witwatersrand...
13 Jun 2019
It is crucial for African organisations and governments to understand the dynamic and significant role that information and communication technologies play in enhancing competitiveness...
12 Jun 2019
Cyril Ramaphosa made it very clear that the inclusion of coding into the national curriculum will be an objective he intends to see come to fruition during his presidency. This is commendable - but is it realistic...?
Jenny Retief 10 Jun 2019
In a crowded music festival setting, losing sight of friends is a common problem - but now there's a solution...
10 Jun 2019
Gokada, the Lagos-based on-demand motorcycle taxi app, has secured a Series A fund raise of $5.3m...
7 Jun 2019
Uber Eats just added a tenth city to its South African operations. As of Thursday last week, Uber Eats is now available in Soweto...
Andy Walker 6 Jun 2019
Accenture Digital MD Wayne Hull presented a keynote on 'Leading in the new' at this year's IAB Summit, which took place on Thursday, 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, looking at digital transformation through three critical lenses...
Jessica Tennant 4 Jun 2019
This National Child Protection Week (CPW), Google South Africa and Media Monitoring Africa hosted a roundtable putting a spotlight on the importance of online safety for children...
Jessica Tennant 31 May 2019
US-based real estate entrepreneur Rokelle Sun's philanthropic mission is to encourage young girls to pursue careers and success in the underrepresented fields, particularly in Africa, where she spent part of her childhood. She explains this, as well as her love of new experiences like aerophotography, and some of the highs and lows of her earlier career as a multilingual broadcast journalist...
Leigh Andrews 21 May 2019
Humanitarian emergencies often strike without warning, destroying lives and livelihoods within a matter of seconds. In the immediate aftermath, the challenge for those responding is to know where to start...
Evan-Lee Courie 20 May 2019
MTN Nigeria has announced that it has received approval to list on the Premium Board of The Nigerian Stock Exchange...
17 May 2019
From being the numberplate prefix for the Western Cape town of Knysna, 'CX' is today popping up all over the web as the marketer's shorthand for 'Customer Experience'...
Devon Meerholz 16 May 2019
The winners of the Digital Lab Africa Pitch competition have been announced and the 10 winners each receive R42,000 in cash and residence period in France...
6 May 2019
Artificial intelligence could transform retail beyond recognition - but only if teaching is part of the rollout strategy...
Jonathan McCabe 25 Apr 2019
Every aspect of life can be guided by artificial intelligence algorithms - from choosing what route to take for your morning commute, to deciding whom to take on a date...
Anjana Susarla 23 Apr 2019
MEST Africa and Microsoft announce 2019 Pan-African tech summit in Nairobi...
16 Apr 2019
