by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | Features
By Kathy Gibson – The world of money and finance has changed rapidly with the spread of the novel coronavirus. Liao Yong, vice president of Huawei Southern Africa Region, told delegates to the Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Services Industry Online Summit...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | Features
Enabling medical equipment to accurately record the time of diagnostic readings, making it easier to locate connected devices and speeding up the time it takes to develop new apps are just some of the new features to be unveiled as part of the fourth set of...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | Features
Artificial intelligence (AI) will separate winning banks from losers, say 77% of banking executives surveyed during the Covid-19 pandemic. They believe Covid-19 will intensify the use of AI, making effective governance more urgent, according to an Economist...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | Featured Story, Features
The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for June 2020 showed the biggest one-month bounce-back on record, providing the first strongest indication of an economic recovery since the start of the Covid-19 lockdown. However, the organisation cautions that...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | Features
Researchers at the University of Regensburg in Germany are extending their exploration of the origins of the universe boosted by a new Fujitsu supercomputer, the PrimeHPC FX700 underpinned by the new Arm-based Fujitsu A64FX processor. The university’s QPace4 (QCD...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | news
Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, South Africa’s small and medium businesses (SMBs) are optimistic – but there is a long-term jobs crisis looming. These are among the findings from Facebook’s Global State of Small Business Report,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | Trends and Analysis
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in South Africa have surpassed the 200 000 mark and, with more workplaces re-opening, it is inevitable that a worker may present with symptoms related to the virus. It is imperative that employers are prepared for such an event...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | news
Intel has revealed new details about Thunderbolt 4, the next generation of its universal cable connectivity solution, delivering increased minimum performance requirements, expanded capabilities and USB4 specification compliance. For the first time, Thunderbolt 4 will...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | news
In a bid to ensure the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Covid-19 Temporary Employee Relief Scheme does not fall prey to criminal elements as has happened, new and more stringent controls to verify banking details have been introduced. As a result of these changes, the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 17, 2020 | news
A large-scale hack of Twitter accounts, typically those with millions of followers, is part of a bitcoin scam. The hacked accounts asked followers to send bitcoin currency to a cryptocurrency wallet, with the promise that the sender would double it. Many of them...
