by Kathy Gibson | Oct 28, 2015 | Features
Having faced nasty bill shocks at month end, or struggled to get out of onerous mobile contracts, many consumers have long since made the switch to prepaid SIM cards. From high-powered executives to cash strapped students, prepaid has proved a popular option for...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 28, 2015 | Features
South Africa is known for its high level of vehicle theft but losses to consumers and the industry don’t stop there – the ease with which stolen vehicles are effectively re-registered and re-enter the system perpetuates the cycle, writes Kriben Reddy, director:...
by Allan Davison | Oct 28, 2015 | Features, Uncategorized
A new study from Juniper Research has found that the increased rollout of contactless payment services using fingerprint scanners will push the number of biometrically authenticated transactions to nearly 5-billion by 2019, up from less than 130-million this year. The...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 20, 2015 | Features
Gijima, which for many years was one of South Africa’s leading IT service companies, hit a rocky patch a couple of years ago when it lost a number of key contracts, and underwent some key staff changes. The company has been off the radar for the last few years, but...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 20, 2015 | Features
When big IT companies look at new venture capital investments, you’d expect them to scrutinise the financials of target companies, along with the strategy, business plan and market outlook, before making a decision on whether or not to fund them. It’s not the job you...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 20, 2015 | Features
What is the impact of violence and of fighting it? It’s obvious for the victims and there is no price tag for their suffering. But is there significant impact beyond? Impact that can be expressed in money, expressed as cost? Yes, there is. The Institute for Economics...
