ITWeb contributor Phillip de Wet. Microsoft apparently has the “most comprehensive set” of solutions. Google offers “the most comprehensive and flexible solution”. But AWS, according to AWS, is “the only fully-featured, independently operated” solution. It’s a great time to be in the market for a sovereign cloud – as long as you are in Europe….
Celebrating 20 years in business. Even Flow Distribution, which positions itself as a trusted leader in value-added distribution for security, networking, unified communication and video collaboration solutions, proudly celebrates its 20th anniversary. This milestone marks two decades of consistent innovation, strategic growth and unwavering dedication to its reseller and systems integrator partner network across southern…
From smart IDs to AI hubs, digitisation can fast-track growth and close the gap with global peers like South Korea. Ghana and South Korea gained independence around the same period, and their developmental trajectories are often compared. For five centuries, Ghana has been part of the Gold Coast, and the mineral is still the country’s…
Sim Tshabalala, Standard Bank Group CEO. Standard Bank, Africa’s biggest bank by assets, ramped up its technology spend in the six months to 30 June 2025 (H125), investing a total of R3.7 billion across its divisions. The JSE-listed financial services group revealed the figures in its interim results for 2025, noting that software, cloud and…
Your customers are checking their WhatsApp messages multiple times a day. (Image: Cellfind) How many potential customers have you lost because they couldn’t reach you after hours? How often do your staff members spend their days answering the same basic questions over and over? Are your competitors responding to customer queries faster than you can…
South Africa’s e-commerce sector isn’t growing fast enough. Offshore e-commerce retailers, such as Shein and Temu, are rapidly gaining ground in South Africa’s retail clothing, textile, footwear and leather sector, displacing thousands of local jobs, including in e-commerce. This is creating an urgent need for digital transformation, including the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). The…
The Foschini Group (TFG) is reporting a significant surge in its online sales, thanks in large part to the strong performance of its e-commerce platform, Bash. In a trading update for the three months ended June 28, 2025, TFG announced that its Africa online sales jumped by 40.2% year-on-year. This growth has lifted the contribution…
Checkers Sixty60 is maintaining its lead in the online grocery delivery market, with sales growth continuing to outpace its closest rival, Pick n Pay’s asap! According to a trading statement from Checkers parent company, Shoprite Holdings, online sales through Sixty60 surged by 48% year-on-year in the 52 weeks leading up to June 29, 2025. In…
We are one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges. Discover how crypto.com, one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto-currency platforms, collaborates with LexisNexis Risk Solutions to stay ahead of evolving fraud threats. Deyan Tsvetkov, SVP of Risk Management at crypto.com, shares how LexisNexis ThreatMetrix supports crypto.com’s global expansion by boosting fraud detection by 26%, enabling seamless onboarding and ensuring…
Solar energy is booming across the U.S. and, for the first time, Florida is catching up to industry powerhouses Texas and California. Despite removing climate change from its official state policy in 2024, Florida added more utility-scale solar than California last year, with over 3 gigawatts of new capacity coming online. “This is not a…
