by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Features
The gazetting of the long-overdue draft policy on rapid deployment of electronic communications networks and facilities is good news for a South African economy that shrank 51 percent in the second quarter of 2020. That’s according to the Internet Service...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Features
Anyone can use cash to transact – important in a country where one in five people do not have a bank account. Cash doesn’t discriminate according to whether you own a smartphone, can get a card from a nearby banking branch or have an ID book for a FICA or Know Your...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Features
As Africa works towards negotiating and ratifying the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) next year, there are some challenges around the practical implementation of the agreement. Standard Bank Head of Trade Product Management Kevin Holmes points out...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Features
Electric vehicles are expected to include solid-state batteries as an innovative approach, according to IDTechEx’s research report “Solid-State and Polymer Batteries 2020-2030: Technology, Patents, Forecasts, Players”. Since commercialized in 1991,...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Features
The recent Experian data breach saw close to 800 000 businesses along with over 24 million South Africans’ information left on the internet exposed to cybercriminals. After Experian’s earlier announcement that the stolen data had been retrieved and accounted for, the...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
Standing beside a rutted red dirt road at about 5 000 feet up in the jungled mountains of northern Rwanda, Intel’s Adam Schafer explains in four words why he and a teammate had traveled from Oregon to this especially remote part of Central Africa. “We’re here to...
