Internet of Things

How Owning a Smart Home Can Actually Save You Money in SA

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$100M fund aims to support the growth of decentralized machine economy

IoTeX, a blockchain platform focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced the launch of a $100 million sustainable ecosystem fund. The new fund will back over 1,000 decentralized machine economy startups developing use cases for connecting more than 10 million smart devices to the MachineFi portal within the next three years. The decentralized machine economy is a developing economy in which machines, rather than people, are the driving force behind economic growth. This new economy is powered by blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI), and it has the potential to create a more efficient, secure and sustainable way of doing business. MachineFi refers to a new paradigm based on Web3 that underpins the new machine economy. Machine resources and intelligence can be mo...

IoT Forum Africa 2022 to Showcase the Latest Innovations in IoT

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Winjit Set to Showcase its IoT Solutions at #IoTFA2022

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Gold Sponsor Darktrace Set to Showcase IoT Solutions at IoTFA 2022

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Top 5 Reasons to Attend IoT Forum Africa in 2022

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MiRO Announced as Virtual Exhibitor at #IoTFA2022

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Most Businesses in Africa Don’t Protect Their Full IoT Suite – Report

Image sourced from Feed Navigator. A recent report from internet security experts Kaspersky report that two-in-five businesses (44%) in Africa and other parts of the META (Middle East, Turkey and Africa) region have parts of their IoT infrastructure that are yet to have any protection. Meanwhile, the main barrier for the implementation of many businesses’ IoT projects is the risk of cybersecurity breaches and data compromises. According to IoT Analytics, the global number of connected IoT devices is expected to grow by 9%, reaching 27 billion IoT connections by 2025. With that dramatic rise in connected devices also comes an increased need for security. Gartner highlights that in the past three years nearly 20% of organisations have already observed cyberattacks on IoT devices in their net...

The All-Africa Cellular IoT Connectivity Dream

We are all allowed to dream. When it comes to the deployment of M2M & IoT devices at scale, this dream involves a global data SIM that is easy to activate, has real-time spend management, low data costs and always-on connectivity. Unfortunately, this dream never quite ends the way it was supposed to. Deploying cellular data connected devices in South Africa and the rest of Africa is a process that sometimes feels more art than science. So Many Options There are many options when it comes to IoT SIMs as well as management platforms. Unmanaged post-paid contracts, private APNs, managed APNs, business prepaid & global roaming SIMs are all options to consider. And then there are further options around SIM management tools. Each of these options – and the various commercial offerings wi...

Fortinet in Partnership with Exclusive Networks Announced as Gold Sponsor for IoTFA 2022

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How to Successfully Integrate IoT Into Your Business

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New Speakers Announced for the 5th IoT Forum Africa – IoTFA 2022

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