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Crime reporting app Namola now available across South Africa

South African crime response app Namola is now available to use across the country, the company and its partner Dialdirect announced Friday. The app,…

Google to announce merchant support on SA Play Store? [Update: yes]

Update: It didn’t take place on Monday, but Google nevertheless announced support on Thursday, issuing a press release. “Starting today, developers in South Africa…

Driving innovation and productivity through effective communication

Innovation is a driving force behind business improvement and increased productivity. The internet and mobile technology, for example, now enable employees to work from…

Uber’s wildly odd ad will resonate with Capetonians stuck in traffic daily

Uber’s first advertisement highlighting the plight of commuters in southeast Asia may just trigger a nerve for those stuck in traffic in Cape Town…

Konnect Africa debuts SmartWiFi satellite broadband hotspot service

Satellite broadband provider Konnect Africa has today announced its new hotspot service dubbed SmartWiFi. The announcement was made by the Eutelsat-owned company at AfricaCom…

10 things we learnt at #GoogleAfrica10

It seems like Google has been around forever, but the company actually marked its tenth anniversary of opening an African office last week. The…

Facebook evens the playing field by discontinuing ‘dark posts’

At the end of October, Facebook broke the news that it planned to introduce a new advertising feature that would lead to any paid…

M&C Saatchi PLC acquires independent digital player Creative Spark

M&C Saatchi, the London-based agency network, on Friday announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Creative Spark — the five-year-old digital agency…

What’s next? 6 top trends for the BI industry in 2016

As the saying goes, change is the only constant. In the BI technology space, that rings especially true. But even with technology ever changing…

6 online shopping tips for Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales

As South African consumers increase their use of online shopping and become part of the frenzied international Black Friday (27 November) and Cyber Monday…

How Flickswitch is enabling Africa to become a continent of connected things

The Internet of Things (IoT) — or the concept of connected devices — is becoming more prominent by the day. It’s estimated that there…

Visually wired: human physiology and content marketing success

Photo: Stuart Miles The above image serves no other purpose than to prove a point. The point is this: the image was the first thing…

Why South African decision-makers must adopt mobile business intelligence

In today’s competitive corporate environment, managerial decision-making processes require a wealth of information that can be enhanced and transformed with immediacy into effective action….

Africa should accelerate IPv6 migration now to avoid a scramble later

The Internet community across Africa needs to prepare for the inevitable day when AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR), will run out of IPv4…

CEO of Supermart.ng Raphael Afaedor on the state of Nigeria’s ecommerce

The last time I spoke to Raphael Afaedor in person, he was still the co-founder of Jumia, his face and that of Tunde Kehinde’s…

Can we shrink the artist’s studio down to the size of a tablet?

Technology has replaced the artist’s studio with a small, portable, and affordable tablet computer. Not only can digital artists produce high-quality publishable work, they…

6 tips for creating effective back links for your websites

The intrinsic quality of the back link is derived from the content from where it is generated. In order to reeve maximum benefit from…

So you’ve managed to direct more traffic to your website. What now?

With more than a million registered South African websites, it is hardly surprising that grabbing the attention of visitors looking for local content is…

WeChat SA launches mobile wallet: includes P2P payments, SnapScan integration

WeChat South Africa on Tuesday announced the launch of WeChat Wallet, a mobile money offering that allows for peer-to-peer money transfers, the purchase of…

How learning to code can make you a better CMO

Most marketing executives think learning to code is strictly for programmers. After all, CMOs have enough to do without taking on tasks they can…

Here’s what you need to know about safeguarding your corporate SIM

For companies who have come to rely on SIM cards for machine-to-machine communication and other enterprise-level solutions, fraud can be crippling. Fortunately, there are…

It is time to awaken the force within with Google’s ‘Star Wars’ app makeover

The world is made of the Dark Side and the Light Side, many will argue. They will too argue that you must make a…

Elon Musk’s Controversial Salute

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Will AI Boost or Break South Africa’s Startup Scene?

Temu Survey Reveals Price is King for South Africans

Purple Elephant Ventures Secures $4.5M Seed Round, Setting Record in Kenya’s Tourism-Tech Scene

Microsoft launches new Surface devices in new AI era

Honor Magic V3 launches, four things to know

Honor Magic V3, a Guinness world record attempt

GS3 Emzoom R Style review

Dakar dominated by South African built Hilux Evos

Elkann to create Jeep and Stellantis Meta(morphosis)