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 | Statistics South Africa indicates that almost two-thirds of South African households now have at least one person who accesses the internet and with that comes the ever-increasing risk of cyber fraud... read |
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 | NICK DURRANT Mobile app usage increased by 40% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2020 and in-app spending hit a record high of $27bn...read |
|  | | Digital payment specialist Ozow and AfricArena are challenging tech talent across the nation to help deliver a new wave of fintech innovation leveraging the new Ozow API...read |
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 | RYAN FALKENBERG With all the hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation, you'd expect most industries to have embraced it by now, especially when you consider the benefits it can provide... Read |
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 | JOHAN SCHEEPERS In a post-Covid environment, efficiency has become a top priority for business, along with enabling a remote workforce and tightly managing the user and customer experience... Read |
| Cyber Security |
 | The Africa Cyber Security Culture Conference, an event that explores cybersecurity culture in Africa and shares best practices for organisations and individuals on the continent, returns on 11 November 2020... Read |
 | Advocate Tertius Wessels of Strata-g Labour Solutions says that while the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has been in effect for a while, most employers are still not grasping the far-reaching consequences the Act poses on how they collect, store and dispose of information... Read |
 | With the lockdown leading to business being run almost exclusively on email, fraudsters are increasingly using email-based scams to catch unsuspecting businesses off-guard... Read |
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| Hardware |
 | Xperien has launched a CSI initiative to support forgotten students at middle-class independent and private schools... Read |
| ICT |
 | Cape Town is home to almost 60% of South African tech startups. This is according to data released by Invest Cape Town... Read |
| IoT |
 | RONALD RAVEL With discussions around automation having moved up the global business agenda in recent years, supply chain companies have been looking at how this technology can help to revolutionise their sector... Read |
 | The IoT Industry Council of South Africa (IOTIC) is advocating for faster uptake of IoT technology by business and government in small, focused use cases... Read |
| Mobile & Apps |
 | ISSUED BY PRAEKELT LUMA and Praekelt.com have co-created a chatbot that makes legal help available and accessible to all South Africans... Read |
 | Zapper has completed its integration with three of South Africa's largest parking management systems... Read |
| Tech Startups |
 | Pick n Pay has concluded an agreement to purchase on-demand delivery startup Bottles. The acquisition is expected to be completed by November this year... Read |
 | The Global Startup Awards (GSA), an independent startup ecosystem awards platform, will now be expanding across Africa... Read |
| Technology |
 | Dion Chang, founder of Flux Trends, interviewed Lindile (Li) Ndube of Digital Fanta at the Alinea Marketing Master Class to find out how brands can connect with customers in a world where trust is a scarce commodity... Read |
 | From a concept considered to be an excessive and unnecessary spend just a few short years ago, Machine Learning (ML) has grown to have a significant impact not only on people's daily lives, but also on the ability of enterprise IT to innovate... Read |
 | The 2020 edition of the Rage Expo will be held digitally from 6 to 8 November 2020... Read |
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 | ZUNEID YOUSUF The buzz and excitement around the continent's trade agreement, hailed as the answer to a fully integrated pan-African economy, has undoubtedly slowed its pace since the secretariat became operational in April 2020... Read |
 | BENEDICT WEOBONG & JUSTICE NONVIGNON More than 13% of the global burden of disease is due to disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and substance abuse. Almost three-quarters of this burden lies in low- and middle-income countries, because of extremely scarce health resources and investment... Read |
 | IMC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IMC) and Africa Business News (CNBC Africa) recently concluded an MOU to host the first virtual India-Africa Summit 2020... Read |
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 | Singapore-based, VResorts has launched a virtual reality booking platform, which enables travellers to choose their destinations and purchase their vacations from within the virtual reality space... Read |
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 | If South Africa is to adopt the right localisation policy at a larger scale, about 3.2 percentage points could be added to the country's annual GDP, says President Cyril Ramaphosa... Read |
 | Globally, the pandemic has seen consumers making an accelerated shift to subscription models instead of opting for ownership... Read |
 | Doing business with women entrepreneurs has never been more vital, as South Africa grapples with the ripple-effect of the extended lockdown and economic crisis... Read |
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