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|  | McAfee has warned that cybercriminals are selling fake Covid-19 vaccines, fake vaccination cards, and fake test results on the dark web...read |
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| |  | ARIANA ISSAIAS AND DOMINIC INDOKHOMI The regulatory net is closing on Kenya's fintech industry. Fintech is one of the least regulated segments of the country's financial services sector, but the industry's unregulated days are numbered... Read |
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Africa Month |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG During the PayFast eCommerce Virtual Summit, investor and serial entrepreneur Marek Zmyslowski urged African businesses to employ a more level-headed approach to mapping online growth... Read |
Data & Analytics |
 | WALE AREWA The countdown is on, the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) comes into full effect on 1 July 2021... Read |
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Hardware |
 | Research firm Gartner says the worldwide semiconductor shortage will persist through 2021 and is expected to recover to normal levels by 2022... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SA SHARES PC International not only has a range of Acer laptops for sale from its online store but also offers these laptops, and other components, at affordable prices... Read |
Internet |
 | Vuma's 2020 End-User Customer Satisfaction Research Study assessed the fibre internet usage of over 27,000 respondents during the lockdown... Read |
 | ALEX OKOSI Alex Okosi, YouTube's EMEA MD for emerging markets discusses the important role the internet has to play in changing narratives about the African continent. Read |
Mobile & Apps |
 | ISSUED BY CODEHESION Codehesion's streamlined software development process makes it easy for South African businesses to get an Android app developed fast and affordably... Read |
Software |
 | ISSUED BY SILVERSOFT Silversoft is pleased to announce that MetropolitanRepublic has chosen Deltek WorkBook, purpose-built agency software for their business... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SILVERSOFT There are a number of effective strategies you can implement within your teams now to ensure you can harness that collaborative mentality and motivate your team to produce creative work, at a distance... Read |
Technology |
 | COURTNEY RADKE As consumer needs continue to evolve, both as a result of new technology and the Covid-19 pandemic, retailers have been forced to change how they do business.... Read |
 | SEMONA PILLAY Most South Africans do not shop online due to high levels of poverty, high data costs and poor infrastructure, digital inequality, and the impracticality... Read |
 | LAUREN HARTZENBERG During the PayFast eCommerce Virtual Summit held this week, Jonathan Smit said that for businesses seeking growth, "online is where it's at"... Read |
 | New technology and the use of data are impacting every industry, and agriculture is no exception... Read |
 | BRENT HAUMANN Customer expectations are evolving faster today than ever before and that's hardly surprising. In an always-on world where people have devices with them all the time, they're exposed to great digital experiences on a daily basis... Read |
Telecoms |
 | The Top 50 most valuable South African brands were initially forecasted to lose over R65bn in cumulative brand value (15%) during the pandemic. However, resolve and resilience have meant the Top 50 have only recorded a 2% (R8.8bn) decrease in cumulative brand value... Read |
 | Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams announced that R27bn has been pledged by operators and vendors to introduce 5G fibre technologies in South Africa... Read |
 | MTN South Africa said on Wednesday it had entered into a $2m partnership with the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand its mobile money business... Read |
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 | ELSABÉ BRITS Death rates among adults in the 30 days after being admitted to critical care with suspected or confirmed Covid-19 was considerably higher (48%) in 10 African countries, compared to the global average of 31.5%... Read |
 | The goal was to create a commercial iteration of the beverage to be bottled and made available in Southern Africa, where it's previously only been consumed at family gatherings of Africa's diaspora... Read |
 | EMMANUEL MOGAJI In developing economies, many people are excluded in various ways from financial services.Including them is necessary for three main reasons... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE South Africa's marketing landscape has an innovative new player... Introducing Wonder, a new customer experience agency born in the 'new normal'... Read |
 | ANTON GRÜTZMACHER Business-to-business partnerships involves partnering with other brands and companies to achieve various objectives. It ranges from growth through co-selling and promoting to creating entire new revenue streams... Read |
 | ASHLEIGH BLAIR, BERNADETTE VERSFELD AND KELVIN MADEMBO The economic consequences of Covid-19 are continuing to be felt in the form of changed shopping patterns and lifestyles, but also faster innovation and technology adoption... Read |
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