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Samsung aims to digitise classrooms in West Africa. (Image Source: openghana.com) Samsung Electronics West Africa has commissioned the Samsung Smart School Project for teachers and students in Calabar. The initiative, which is an integral part of Sam [Read story...]
Watch 16 minutes of Titanfall 2 multiplayer gameplay. Titan Fall 2 is currently being developed for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and the PC by Respawn Entertainment. The game will be published by Electronic Arts, and is expected to release on October [Read story...]
FNB has launched its own brand of smartphones in South Africa which, according to the company, is expected to redefine mobile banking and customer mobility. “For FNB, mobile banking is more than just having the best banking app,” says Jan Kleynha [Read story...]
Cyberattacks targeted at the corporate world continue to be on the increase. Terms like cyber espionage and corporate hacktivists are being thrown around over many boardroom tables these days, with decision makers expressing massive concern. The real [Read story...]
Nigeria: MainOne deploys anti-cyber attack service. MainOne has launched a counter cyber-attack service in Lagos for Nigerian businesses to check for internet attacks. According to a report via TelecomPaper, MainOne revealed that the service has bec [Read story...]
Cybercrime is a threat to everyone. (image credit: inspireinsurance.co.uk) The recent high-profile credit card fraud suffered by one of South Africa’s major banks, which netted hundreds of millions of rand, has once again thrust cyber-security into [Read story...]
High-speed connectivity – Key to economic prosperity in Africa. (Image Source: http://theanglergame.com/). A country’s capacity to connect its economy to the internet, and make these services available and accessible to its citizens and busines [Read story...]
Veeam Reports Record Q2’16 Results and Accelerated Growth. Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise, has announced a 38 percent year-over-year (YoY) growth in total bookings revenue [Read story...]
Ransomware is a prevalent threat for all organisations and the Healthcare sector is no exception. In 2016 alone we have seen a number of Hospitals targeted by Malware, causing huge financial loss and putting patients at risk. Panda Security’s malwa [Read story...]
Seedstars World reveals top 10 startups to pitch in Maputo. Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes, is continuing its tour through Africa to scout for the best startups in Maput [Read story...]
Will Artificial Intelligence disrupt business? (Image Source: amazonaws.com). The once-futuristic predictions about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact the world are becoming reality. Legendary futurist Ray Kurzweil has imagined advanced tec [Read story...]
Rocket League receives retail release. 505 Games and developer Psyonix have released the highly addictive Rocket League on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The Rocket League: Collector’s Edition features 4 brand new vehicles. In addition to this, t [Read story...]
While slow speeds and high costs dominate most discussions about South Africa’s broadband, a survey at the MEF Johannesburg Seminar revealed that business now rates fast and agile set up and modification as its top priority. This is according to Ga [Read story...]
Brexit: Britain leaves European Union Twitter reacts. (Image Source: grandtravelplans.com). According to a report via aljazeera.com, Britain has voted to leave the European Union. The official results were announced on 24 June 2016 with the leave [Read story...]
Umoyair, Riovic and Sortd to advance to Seedstars final. Seedstars World, the global seed-stage startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup ecosystems, brought its third pre-selection round to a successful close during Seedstars [Read story...]
Huawei P9 Smartphone launches in South Africa. (Image Source: digitaltrends.com). Huawei Technologies has unveiled its latest device, the Huawei P9 Smartphone. According to the company the Huawei P9 is the world’s first co-engineered Leica dual-ca [Read story...]
Data opens the door to the Digital Business. (Image Source: pnrsoftsol.com) Data. It’s a word used so often that it risks losing all of its impact, especially the King Kong silverback of such jargon, ‘Big Data’. Yet constant conversation about [Read story...]
(Image Source: sciencedaily.com) There is a huge difference between mobile money and mobile payments… People are confusing the two technologies and although they are very similar, the difference is huge. Mobile Money is the ability to store mo [Read story...]
Ericsson appoints new President for Sub-Saharan Africa. (Image Source: cnbc.com) Ericsson has revealed the appointment of Jean-Claude Geha as Head of the sub-Saharan Africa Region effective from July 1, 2016. Jean-Claude replaces Fredrik Jejdling who [Read story...]
Mafia III set to launch October 7, 2016. 2K and Hangar 13 have announced that Mafia III, the next installment in the game series, will launch on October 7, 2016. The title will be launching on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC. 2K revealed that [Read story...]
Gilles Pommier, vice president of Channel & Cloud, EMEA, at Veeam. Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise, has announced an expansion to its EMEA ProPartner Program, building u [Read story...]
Huawei P9 Smartphone Unveiled. Huawei Consumer Business Group has unveiled the company’s latest device, the P9 Smartphone. The latest device from Huawei has been created in partnership with Leica Camera AG and is, according to Huawei, the wor [Read story...]
The LG G5 Modular Smartphone is expected to launch on 15 April 2016 in South Africa. As revealed by LG Electronics (LG) at a press conference held in Johannesburg, the company is expecting to launch its latest device – the LG G5 Modular Smartph [Read story...]
Nigeria’s government and economy has come under enormous pressure recently, due principally to the cratering of oil prices. (Image Source: afritramp.fr) Nigeria’s government and economy has come under enormous pressure recently, due principally t [Read story...]
SAP South Africa appoints new Managing Director. SAP Africa has revealed the appointment of Lawrence Kandaswami as Managing Director of its South African business. Kandaswami brings to the role almost two decades of management experience, having held [Read story...]
We take a look at Remedy Entertainment’s latest Xbox One exclusive, Quantum Break. Quantum Break, which is set to release of April 5 2016, is an upcoming action-adventure third-person shooter video game developed by Remedy Entertainment and pu [Read story...]
Brian Wafawarowa: Executive Director of Learning Resources at Pearson South Africa. The 2016 Education Innovation Summit, which has been organised by IT News Africa and sponsored by Telkom and Mwabu, will see education and technology executives co [Read story...]
Gary de Menezes at NetAppPhotography for H&K in August 2015 by Jeremy Glyn. What if IoT was just a catch-all term for ways of using machine-generated data to “create something useful”? For example, a bus tells my bus stop and my phone how far [Read story...]
The Android KitKat statue unveiled by Google’s Senior Vice President Sundar Pichai (image: Google) Smartphones have given everyone the opportunity to unlock their creativity. Though it’s easy to snap a picture, it takes some technical suss an [Read story...]
The first edition of the New African Woman Forum Awards sets out to honour extraordinary women who have made significant achievements in their countries and communities. The first edition of the New African Woman Forum Awards sets out to honour extr [Read story...]
The latest Far Cry title, which comes in the form of Far Cry Primal, has been released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The latest Far Cry title, from developer and publisher Ubisoft, sends players back in time to 10,000 BC (The Mesolithic Per [Read story...]
Doros Hadjizenonos, Country Manager of Check Point South Africa. Check Point Software Technologies has revealed that a rising number of people using video-on-demand services, as well as an increase in e-commerce over the festive season, could be why [Read story...]
Digital insurance distributor Hepstar has received USD $2 million in funding from UK-based technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners. (Image Source: http://www.travelstart.co.za/) Digital insurance distributor Hepstar has received USD $2 million i [Read story...]
Vodafone building (image credit: newscrest.co.nz) 75 per cent of companies worldwide have now introduced flexible working policies to enable employees to vary their hours and use the latest technologies to work from home or on the move according to o [Read story...]
Video game developer Capcom has released Street Fighter V exclusively on the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. Through a strategic partnership between Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and Capcom, the latest game in the renow [Read story...]
SA startups triumphant at regional Get in the Ring Finals. South African startups Newtech Rail and Adfire Creative M3dia’s iMORPH3D app beat down the competition from the rest of central and southern Africa at the Get In The Ring entrepreneurship c [Read story...]
Donald Farmer, VP of Innovation and Design at visual analytics company Qlik. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) responsive, and multi-device are just some words that today are part of our lives. Multi-device strategies are devised and policies are prepare [Read story...]
Netflix comes to Africa. The arrival of Netflix in South Africa promises an alternative to current and expensive TV services on offer – that of being able to stream hundreds of popular movies and TV shows in real time, on demand, whether it be from [Read story...]
Nigerian gift card company SureGifts has revealed the launch of its newest product SureCredit. (Image Source: afritramp.fr) Nigerian gift card company SureGifts has revealed the launch of its newest product SureCredit. According to the company, the [Read story...]
For decades organisations have had machines connected to networks. For decades organisations have had machines connected to networks, for instance in mining and manufacturing as well as other sectors, which through automation continue to streamline p [Read story...]