Author: Gugu Lourie
To understand the new smart monitors and other pro devices of tech health, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Routinely evaluating your risk factors for various medical conditions, screening for cancer and other diseases, and assessing your lifestyle habits helps you stay healthy. It’s…
Teddy Daka, the boss of JSE-listed Etion, is looking to take the company internationally as he aims to cut business risks associated with slower growth in South Africa. The diversified digital technology company is seeking expansion opportunities in Latin America and South-East Asia. It is already testing its Internet of Things (IoT) solutions in those markets. Etion is using lean startups to test its IoT solutions in Latin America and South-East Asia. The aim is to support the sustainable long-term growth of its fast-growing business unit, Etion Create and Etion Secure (LAWTrust). “There’s an opportunity, nonetheless, by internationalising and we…
Shoprite has fired the starting gun on its expansion in South Africa, joining the fast-growing digital banking market where new players are signing up thousands of customers. Africa’s largest food retailer has launched its new Money Market Account, a free transactional account to give customers more ways to save, send or spend their money. Shoprite operates more than 2,934 outlets in 15 countries across Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. The retailer is likely to compete with new digital banks such as TymeBank, Discovery Bank and South Africa’s big 5 banks – ABSA, FNB, Standard Bank, Nedbank and Capitec – the moment it…
To understand the new smart monitors and other pro devices of tech health, we should look to Silicon Valley and the quantified movement of the latest generation. Apple’s Watch records exercise, tracks our moves throughout the day, assesses the amount of time we are stood up and reminds us to get up and move around if we have been sat for too long – let’s not forget Tim Cook’s “sitting is the new factor” line. Routinely evaluating your risk factors for various medical conditions, screening for cancer and other diseases, and assessing your lifestyle habits helps you stay healthy. It’s…
Media personality, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Bonang Matheba (Queen B to her more than eight million social media fans) has been persistent from a young age. “I was turned down at least 25 times before I got my first big break as a presenter of LIVE on SABC, and each rejection was heart-breaking. Especially when you’re young, you don’t understand why they haven’t picked you for a part, it’s very painful,” she says. “But it has been a great lesson for me that you must try many things, find what you love, and even then you probably won’t get it on…
I have been using the Crosscall Core-T4 for a few weeks. In that time, I realised that this impressive tablet is more than just an outdoor mobile office for professionals – its also a mobile entertainment centre. It stands out from its competitors such as CAT S32 and Samsung’s Xatch Pro tablets. Since I am not employed in agriculture, construction, or mining sectors, my review of the Crosscall Core-T4 tablet is limited to what it can do for me as a tech hack and entertainment junkie. Yes, we know the Crosscall Core-T4 is touted as a rugged tablet. During the…
South African mobile and fixed-line telephone customers seem to be generally doing well, thanks to the number portability regulation giving them more options: to choose when to stay or dump either Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom. But can you believe it, according to the Number Portability Company (NPC) the average number of numbers ported every month is 76 058? The low number of customers porting their numbers could indicate that consumers are happy with their network operator – Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom. Number Portability is a process that enables end-users to retain their telephone numbers when changing from one network operator to…
MTN South Africa has spent more than R50 billion on upgrading its network infrastructure in the past five years. South Africa’s second-biggest operator has improved its Long Term Evolution (LTE) population coverage to over 96%. It is a standard for wireless data transmission that allows for faster downloads of your favourite music, websites, and videos. It is definitely much faster than the previous technology, 3G. LTE – sometimes referred to as 4G LTE – also offers less buffering and better streaming. MTN has rolled out low band LTE, which uses spectrum bands below 1GHz. This improves coverage and significantly improves the…
South Africa’s Telkom has published its 2020 integrated annual report, which shows the group’s ownership by geographical region. As of 31 March 2020, Telkom is 50.5% owned by institutional investors, 40.5% held by the Government of South Africa, 6.4% is owned by non-institutional investors, and the remaining 2.6% is held as treasury share. Broken down into geographical regions, Telkom’s ownership is as follows: South Africa – 44% United States of America – 37% United Kingdom – 9% Europe – 6% Rest of the world – 4% Despite South Africans owning 44% of the telco, foreigners seem to have an appetite for…
South Africa is finally seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel and President Cyril Ramaphosa could announce eased lockdown restrictions later this week. Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced on Saturday that there are now a total of 553,188 cases of coronavirus in South Africa, reflecting an increase of 7,712 cases from the 545,476 infections reported previously. The data shows that there are 301 new COVID-19 related deaths, taking the total to 10,210 casualties. A steady decline in the infection rate and other critical indicators have raised hopes that the worst of the pandemic’s first…