Fortinet appoints Southern Africa sales director
JOHANNESBURG – FORTINET the cybersecurity company, has appointed Doros Hadjizenonos as the Regional Sales Director for Southern Africa. The appointment is with effect from July 1. The appointment bolsters the Fortinet Southern Africa team, which is seeing increasing local demand for Fortinet’s next-generation network and content security More...
Vodacom View+ connects passionate fans to soccer
JOHANNESBURG – VODACOM is offering customers the opportunity to live stream the inaugural Shell Helix Ultra Cup between South African football giants Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundonws on Saturday. The More...
Rising concern over Kenya SIM swap fraud
NAIROBI – KENYA mobile network operator, Safaricom, has expressed concern at the prevalence of social engineering and theft of customer information leading to fraudulent subscriber identity module (SIM) More...
Why ethics must be at the heart of AI
By ZOAIB HOOSEN Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are more than trendy or futuristic topics – they are real computing advances that are playing out in homes and businesses today. In simple More...
Cloud and partnerships key to existence for finservs
by RON RAFFENSPERGER While financial services institutions have been able to collect huge volumes of data on customers and their behaviours, they need to turn to new technologies and strategic partnerships to improve More...
Mobile app to address Ekurhuleni service delivery issues
Dinah Kheswa, Managing Executive for Vodacom Business Public Sector JOHANNESBURG – THE Ekurhuleni Municipality in Gauteng is set to efficiently and effectively manage service delivery issues faced by citizens More...
Huawei Upgrades Devices’ Gaming Performance with GPU Turbo Update
Arriving at Huawei devices starting in August, the innovative solution is Huawei’s answer to surging demand for greater graphics processing power Huawei Consumer Business Group revealed the release schedule More...
Infrastructure sharing to boost Zimbabwe fibre footprint
Never Ncube CFO-Dandemutande HARARE – MOBILE network providers that embrace calls by authorities for sharing of infrastructure are set to reap the benefits of vast opportunities in Zimbabwe’s telecommunications More...
Dell transforming SADC for new digital era
JOHANNESBURG – DELL EMC South Africa has appointed prominent technology expert, Brad Pulford, as its new Channel and Distribution Lead. Already active in his new role, he will oversee the company’s local More...
Half of Africa’s population to be connected by 2025
KIGALI – MORE than half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by 2025. This is according to the GSMA’s Mobile Economy report series, published at the GSMA ‘Mobile 360 More...