by Dianne Bayley | Feb 14, 2021 | Internet of Things
COVID-19 has highlighted underlying vulnerabilities that undermine South African citizens’ quality of life, writes Tijs van den Brink of Royal HaskoningDHV. These include growing inequality, limited and/or aging infrastructure, and a shortage of public...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 27, 2021 | Internet of Things
The COVID-19 pandemic made it clear that despite any organisation’s best efforts to predict what’s coming, the possibility for major disruption always exists, notes Lee Naik, CEO TransUnion. With data towards the end of the year providing hope and showing the South...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 17, 2020 | Internet of Things
In June, at the height of the national lockdown, citizen engagement platform GovChat stepped in to help the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) manage the millions of Frequently Asked Questions that resulted from the R350 grant. As the COVID-19 crisis...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 2, 2020 | Internet of Things
This year, World Cities day is about ‘valuing our communities and cities’ – and many can agree that the message comes at such a critical time. Cities form an important part of the global economy and serve as the engines of development for most nations and as...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 12, 2020 | Internet of Things
An unforeseeable shift in network structures and attack strategies was dropped on the cybersecurity industry in 2020, writes Aamir Lakhani, senior security strategy, Fortinet. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on organisations and individuals around...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 5, 2020 | Internet of Things
SqwidNet recently hosted the final pitch day of the 2020 IoT Entrepreneurship Programme (IoTEP). The third iteration of this programme, which kicked off in January this year, saw 30 entrepreneurs being taken on an 8-month journey of solution discovery, business, and...
