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
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...
3 days ago
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
When you design for mobile, consider who you're building for. For the small percentage with beautiful, high-end phones, or for 61% of the market?
Lauren Hartzenberg 22 Mar 2019
Africa is set to be the next big mobile market and the mobile economy is expected to generate more than $150 billion by 2022 to Africa's GDP...
Josephine Wawira 19 Mar 2019
Just what is the fourth industrial revolution? No really, what is it all about beyond the hype and jargon?
Garth Williams 11 Mar 2019
While the telco industry may have seen its traditional revenue streams decline further in 2018...
Mariam Abdullahi 27 Feb 2019
Beginning in April 2019, Orange customers in Africa will have access to a new category of smart feature phones, Sanza...
27 Feb 2019
For as long as we can remember, screen time has been widely regarded as a very bad thing...
22 Feb 2019
Headlines keep telling us that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is coming. But, if you step away, you'll notice that AI is already here...
22 Feb 2019
Mobile technology has transformed the way we live and work, and it can be expected to rapidly change the ways in which children learn as smartphones and tablets become more widely accepted at primary and high schools...
Ernst Wittmann 13 Feb 2019
By 2022, Gartner predicts that 70% of organisations using biometric authentication for workforce access will implement it via smartphone apps...
11 Feb 2019
Seven of the top ten fastest growing internet populations in the world are in Africa, and there is an 81% mobile penetration rate on the continent...
Mike Higley 31 Jan 2019
Innovation in smartphones seems to have hit a ceiling, with most manufacturers releasing new products that feel like incremental improvements ...
Ernst Wittmann 30 Jan 2019
Mobile is currently the second-largest ad medium and will overtake TV this year if current growth rates are maintained...
24 Jan 2019
Airbus and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit have announced the top 10 African tech startups that will take part in the latest Airbus Bizlab #Africa4Future accelerator programme...
21 Jan 2019
