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Team Domestly: MTN Business App of the Year winner.
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App of the Year Awards winners revealed
MTN Business has announced the winners of its 5th annual MTN Business App of the Year Awards during a ceremony held at Sandton Convention Centre... read


The RetroEpic team.
#CoCreate2Accelerate: The RetroEpic challenge

Lauren Hartzenberg

Meet RetroEpic Software, a Cape Town-based game development company and one of the five high-potential startups selected... Read

Silulo Ulutho Technologies: A franchise built from the boot of a car
Silulo Ulutho Technologies: A franchise built from the boot of a car

Lauren Hartzenberg

Khayelitsha is said to be the second largest and fastest-growing township in South Africa, home to roughly 1.5 million residents... Read

Namibian student's cellphone makes calls without airtime
Namibian student's cellphone makes calls without airtime

A Namibian high school student has made headlines after he invented a phone that does not need airtime to make calls... Read

ICT
SA IT spending sees a spike in software
SA IT spending sees a spike in software
South Africa IT spending is forecast to total R272 billion in 2016, a 3.8 percent increase from 2015, according to Gartner... read

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WOMEN'S MONTH
Technology is not a boy's club
Technology is not a boy's club
Nothing endures but change, mused ancient philosopher Heraclitus. But the poet Maya Angelou said it best: "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude."... read
Empowering the female technicians of the future
Empowering the female technicians of the future
In the electronics repair industry, a field where 99% of employees are men, Samsung Electronics South Africa has begun making inroads... read
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Cyber Security
Internet of Things: big opportunities, bigger challenges
Internet of Things: big opportunities, bigger challenges
Much like cloud and mobility before it, the Internet of Things (IoT) is a topic on everyone's lips, and nowhere is this more true than in the security industry... read
Why Pokémon Go is a security risk to your company
Why Pokémon Go is a security risk to your company

Doros Hadjizenonos

Pokémon GO has taken one of the biggest cultural crazes of the late 90s and turned it into the most popular augmented reality game yet created... read
Cloud data security still a challenge for many companies
Cloud data security still a challenge for many companies
Despite the continued importance of cloud computing resources to organisations, companies are not adopting appropriate governance... read
Hardware
Thulani Khoza. Source: Munghana Lonene FM via Twitter.
SA-made smartphone set for launch

Azizzar Mosupi

The first locally produced smartphone may not simply make significant strides in the technology industry - it will boast greater security... read
Internet
BitCo launches 300Mbps fibre-to-the-business promotion
BitCo launches 300Mbps fibre-to-the-business promotion

Issued by BitCo

BitCo has officially launched its Corporate Fibre Uncapped Internet 300Mbps at only R12,950 (excluding VAT) per month... read
Services
Putting IoT technology at the centre of your business
Putting IoT technology at the centre of your business

Sebastian Isaac

The power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to connect us to everyday objects and allow them to send and receive data has the potential... read
Telecommunications
Vodacom calls for lower licence prices
Vodacom calls for lower licence prices

Thabiso Mochiko

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) should look at reducing its reserve pricing model for smaller spectrum blocks to enable small operators... read
Business
#WomensMonth: More than just the 'chick in charge'
#WomensMonth: More than just the 'chick in charge'

Leigh Andrews

Create a business that exists and even flourishes without you was the knockout lesson from BeingBossZA, a well-attended females-only business event explaining how to survive your first 1,000 days in business and beyond as a womentrepreneur this past weekend... read
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