Tag: technology
Will Blockchain Unshackle the Future of Payments in South Africa?
By Staff WriterSouth African consumers are eager users of new payments technologies, which means that bitcoin and the blockchain may soon be on the...
How IoT is Reshaping the Retail Industry
By Sundaram Mahalingam, Senior Technical Architect – IoT delivery at Prodapt and Vishwa Nigam, Manager – Business Analysis & Insights at ProdaptThe retail industry is moving from...
SA’s Venture Capital Firm Silvertree Plans to Invest R130 million into...
Silvertree Internet Holdings is planning to invest about R130 million in the next 12 months into new and existing portfolio companies that make use...
SA’s Pick n Pay Workers vs Technology Leads to Job Cuts
South Africa’s Pick n Pay initiated a voluntary severance package (VSP) in April to remove 10% of roles and functions in its business because...
Tech Firm Cognition Buys Remaining BMi Sport Stake
By Staff WriterJSE-listed Cognition has moved to take full ownership of BMi Sport, a research firm specialising in consumer and industrial research.The South African...
The Thing about Millennials and Technology
By Steve Tzikakis, SAP president EMEA South25 years ago, I went to work for the first time with a hand-held device in my hand:...
SA’s Start-up Wahi Wants To Be Airbnb Of Spare Space
If you want to rent storage space and parking from your neighbours, now you can through Wahi, a South African startup that connects the...
South Africa’s Datatec To Sell Westcon-Comstor for R10.5 billion
South African tech giant Datatec has confirmed that they will be selling Westcon-Comstor for R10.5 billion ($830 million).The JSE and Nasdaq-listed tech company announced...
The Future of Business: Technology-led or Soon-to-be-Dead
By Cameron Beveridge, Director: Cloud, SAP Africa The future of business is in the cloud.That is the message from global analysts as the latest IT...
Connected Fan Experience in and around the Stadium
By SAPTechnology is a central theme that runs through all business and sporting operations at Bundesliga club TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.Thus, on closer inspection, what...
