Cash holds back African tech development

As long as cash still dominates the payments landscape in Africa, it remains a stumbling block to much-needed technological progress and innovation, particularly for SMEs. According to Andrew Springate, CEO of tech and financial gateway service provider PAYM8, things...

What happens inside a cybercrime war-room?

South African businesses are most affected by crypto mining attacks by self-spreading malware, coin miner modules, and infections spread via users downloading a ‘cracked’ version of legitimate software. ‘Living off the land’ attacks are also on the increase, with...

Successful entrepreneurs share these traits

Amidst record-high unemployment, especially amongst our country’s youth, entrepreneurship has never been more important. By Arnoux Mare, CEO of Innovative Solutions Group Yet as a 2020 study by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (UBS)  revealed an alarming...

Tap into the art of imagination

When I was young I dreamed that I could fly and everyone would realise how amazing I was: the only human being who could fly. It turns out that I did not have the superpower of flight. But I did have another power; the power of imagination. By Jake Sheperd, Synthesis...