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 | | Total growth for online retail in SA rose to 66% in 2020, exceeding the 25% growth predicted three years ago, and bringing the total of online retail in SA to R30,2bn...read |
|  | | Silverlea Primary School in Athlone, Cape Town has received a 4IR Stream laboratory from the Sakhikamva Foundation and the Polyoak Packaging Group...read |
|  | | South Africa's best up and coming fintech startups sweated it out at a virtual demo day when they had just five minutes each to convince a panel of judges that they should be part of the second phase of the AlphaCode Incubate programme...read |
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| 4th Industrial Revolution |
 | Digital transformation refers to the overall change of organisational activities aimed at leveraging opportunities created by digital technologies and data. This requires companies to profoundly transform their business models, infrastructure, processes and culture... Read |
| Cyber Security |
 | IT security company Sophos has identified 167 fake Android and iOS apps that attackers are using to steal money from people who believe they have installed a financial trading, banking or cryptocurrency app from a well-known and trusted organisation... Read |
| Data & Analytics |
 | NQOBILE DLUDLA South Africa's information regulator said it was seeking legal advice to get messaging platform WhatsApp to revise its privacy policy in the country to align with standards used in the European Union (EU)... Read |
 | HAYDEN SADLER In order to deliver business benefits, data must be transferred to a storage repository quickly to be analysed... Read |
 | HEMANT HARIE Organisations need to ensure their backup strategy has evolved along with their production environment, or risk being unable to recover in the event of a disaster... Read |
| ICT |
 | CECIL MASHAWANA As SA places a spotlight on the urgency to ramp up access to connectivity and the benefits the internet and ICT can bring to our people and economy this World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), more can be done to unlock the potential of digital solutions in transforming our country and economy. Read |
| Mobile & Apps |
 | ISSUED BY SAMSUNG SOUTH AFRICA Africa's social media darling, Bonang Matheba, recently shared her review of the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G - a device that's also grabbing the headlines... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SAMSUNG SOUTH AFRICA The Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, delivers Samsung's most advanced and intelligent pro-grade camera system, brightest and smartest display in a Galaxy and best Galaxy performance in a smartphone yet... Read |
| Software |
 | WeThinkCode_ software programming academy is inviting potential candidates in the KwaZulu-Natal region to apply to its tuition-free, two-year software programming course which starts in July... Read |
 | SIPHESIHLE HLELA With more than 22 million internet users and over 11 million social media users in Kenya, access to digital data is on the rise in the country that continues to be a technological hub on the African continent... Read |
| Technology |
 | The total value of transactions processed by POS terminals will exceed $17.3tn in 2026, from $14.8tn in 2021, according to a new study by Juniper Research... Read |
 | SHAUNE JORDAAN You could certainly be forgiven for thinking that gaming is a niche interest - the reserve of kids, nerds and techies. Because until fairly recently, it was! But that's no longer the case... Read |
 | Apple Inc is facing a class-action lawsuit over claims it overcharged nearly 20 million customers for App Store purchases... Read |
 | GREG GRIFFITH The explosion of digital media has had a major impact on how business is done and how consumers are engaged. It's perhaps not surprising then, that many might believe the future of printing is not that bright. However, they are mistaken. Read |
 | ISSUED BY OMNI HR CONSULTING The market is saturated with conversations around learning, where the jargon of the day is either online, e-learning, digital learning or the latest being hybrid learning. Organisations and learning practitioners grapple with how "effective" the transfer of learning takes place in a digital world... Read |
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 | The work of switching off analogue transmitters as part of the government's digital migration project is ongoing... Read |
 | BOGOSI MOTSHEGWA Cell C has repositioned, and they have a new strap line; "Change Your World", which is intended to not only inspire a renewed spirit of storytelling but also how the business operates and competes in a tough category... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Larry Madowo has left the BBC to take up a new position with CNN as the network's Nairobi-based correspondent... Read |
 | MARK DENG South Sudan's chief justice, Chan Reec Madut, has been implicated in serious corruption allegations since independence. Some relate to the recruitment process within the judiciary... Read |
 | KHALID ABDELAZIZ Sudan is struggling to provide hospital beds, drugs and medical oxygen to Covid-19 patients hit by a third wave of infections that is straining the country's patchy healthcare system beyond what it can cope with... Read |
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 | Accessing retirement saving early to cover the shortfall and stopping retirement savings altogether are two of the alarming trend emerging in a Transunion survey. Read |
 | AMROTE ABDELLA With all the challenges that the Covid-19 pandemic has presented to Africa, there are many exciting changes afoot... Read |
 | AKHONA MATSHOBA & SHAFIEK TASSIEM Hope and excitement gripped the Munsieville care home in the South African mining city of Krugersdorp on Monday, when people over the age of 60 were called to receive the Covid-19 vaccine for the first time. Read |
 | According to a recent global study from PWC, only one in ten employees are willing to return to the traditional commute-to-work lifestyle... Read |
 | The next of South Africa's Covid-19 vaccine programme rollsout today, as the rates of infection in parts of the country start to rapidly climb... Read |
 | According to a new report from the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC), employers need to urgently tackle ageism at work... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Pardon Makumbe, co-founder and managing partner of CRE Venture Capital, chats about the challenges of raising capital in Africa and shares advice on crossing the bridge to the US... Read |
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