Latest Tech News South Africa
South African Property Firm First to Accept Crypto for Rental Deposits
Image sourced from Bitcoinist. Quorum Holdings, an affordable residential and student housing specialist is the first property firm in South Africa to accept rental deposits in cryptocurrency tokens and to allow prospective tenants to potentially benefit from an increase in value. While rental deposits are standard practice in South Africa, tenants do not usually benefit from the money being held by their landlords, and deposits can be held for several years, depending on the lease. Quorum says that it has a growing portfolio expected to reach around 3,000 residential units in Johannesburg over the medium term and another 5,000 beds in student accommodation through a subsidiary Urban Circle, the business owns and manages a portfolio of properties. Saul Mayers, Group Legal of Quorum Holding...
Binary Innovative Technology Solutions on a Drive to Support its Growth, 4IR and Africa Business Strategies
Image sourced from Networks Unlimited. Binary Innovative Technology Solutions (Binary), a provider of end-to-end integrated solutions, has partnered with Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd, and Networks Unlimited to complement its existing business suite of offerings in the ICT solutions and services, enterprise systems and digital technology arenas. This has allowed the company to take a significant step forward in its goal of maintaining the collaboration and growth that it has enjoyed over the past few months. Binary CEO Salomi Ramlall says, “We deliver innovative, customised technology solutions to our clients across multiple sectors, including telecommunications, utilities, the media, manufacturing, retail, financial management, mining and the public sector. Ou...
Huawei SA Launches Digital Skills Training for Women Entrepreneurs
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MTN Appoints New Chief: Customer Service Operations
Sourced from TheTechieGuy (https://thetechieguy.com/) Effective 1 September 2021, Cornelia van Heerden will join MTN South Africa as Chief: Customer Service Operations. Van Heerden is a highly qualified business executive with both a technical and commercial background. MTN says that this latest high-level appointment is a means to continue its drive into digital service excellence. “With customer demands for reliable, fast and trusted digital solutions on the rise, MTN has made a strategic customer services appointment to ensure clients receive ongoing service excellence in the ‘new normal’,” the telco says. “Our clients have faced unprecedented challenges over the past 18 months and MTN’s focus has been ensuring we continue to deliver exceptional service; despite the circumstances. With ...
Exclusive Networks Partners with Networks Unlimited, Eyes Sub-Saharan Africa Expansion
Anton Jacobsz, Networks Unlimited CEO Exclusive Networks, a global trusted cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Networks Unlimited with the intention to pursue discussions around a potential acquisition. Networks Unlimited is a major regional value-added distributor focused predominantly on cybersecurity and infrastructure markets, with numerous key vendor relationships in common with Exclusive. Headquartered in South Africa with further operations in Kenya and Mauritius, its partner ecosystem gives it access to 38 national markets across the continent. The agreement would bolster Exclusive Networks’ presence in the region, expanding its global footprint and creating additional opportunities for vendors and customers of both orga...
Ports in SA Have Mostly Returned to Operations Following Transnet Cyberattack
Image sourced from News24. Ports in South Africa have mostly returned to normal operations, according to the country’s government. Last week, SA’s port operations authority, Transnet, was struck by a massive ransomware attack that crippled its digital systems leaving South Africa’s key container terminal in disarray. “The return to operations is good news for the economy, as the Transnet ports and rail system are the backbone of the economy,” the ministry for public enterprises shared in a statement on Wednesday. Transnet was left with no choice but to declare force majeure following the cyberattack on 22 July 2021. Force majeure is a legal clause that wavers any liability from Transnet for not being able to provide promised services for its clients. The clause is usually reserved for “act...
Harish Lala, CEO of Zensar SA, on Mindsets for Successful Digital Transformation
Harish Lala, CEO of Zensar South Africa. Harish Lala is the CEO of Zensar South Africa, a technology consulting and services company present in 33 locations globally. Zensar specialises in helping organisations with their digital business transformation, and the company has experience with firms in the banking, financial services and insurance, retail, hi-tech and manufacturing sectors. With more than two decades of experience in the industry, Harish is a wealth of insightful observations, and his knowledge of digital transformation runs deep. Recently, Harish revealed that Zensar SA is 100% digital, with employees mostly working remotely and daily business operations monitored through company apps on his personal mobile device. With this in mind, IT News Africa’s Luis Monzon had the oppor...
Jonas Bogoshi, CEO of BCX SA, on Digital Transformation & The Future of Work
Jonas Bogoshi CEO of BCX SA. Image sourced from The CEO Magazine. Jonas Bogoshi is the CEO of BCX South Africa, an ICT company based in Johannesburg that offers solutions to help future proof businesses. The company says, “We take care of your technology so that your workforce is free to focus on your customers’ needs, build productivity, grow profits, and embark on the journey to Digital Transformation.” In 2004 the company was listed on the Johannesburg stock exchange and has grown from strength to strength. Today, BCX works with businesses from new start-ups to JSE-listed enterprises and international corporations. Appointed to his current role in June of 2018, Jonas is a big proponent of digital transformation and the benefits it holds. One of his personal goals for BCX is to see the c...
Gerhard Fourie of Commvault Talks Challenges for Data Management in Africa
Gerhard Fourie, Channel Lead at Commvault Africa. Commvault is a recognised global enterprise leader in Intelligent Data Services across on-premises, cloud and SaaS (software-as-a-service) environments. The firm specialises in the management of data across these platforms. ITNA’s Luis Monzon had the opportunity to speak to Gerhard Fourie, recently appointed as Commvault Africa’s Channel Lead. Fourie joined Commvault in June 2016 as Channel Manager for South Africa, and says of his new position, “I am excited to concentrate on optimising our distribution landscape and increasing our resource coverage throughout the entire expanded region.” “This is instrumental in driving sales across Africa through our 100% channel focus.” While overseeing the entire Africa region and the Indian Ocean isla...
MTN SA to Invest $2.3-Million Driving Digital Inclusion in Limpopo, Mpumalanga & North West
Sourced from TheTechieGuy (https://thetechieguy.com/) MTN South Africa is making significant headway in ensuring more people in SA benefit from the modern, connected world. A $2.3-Million Investment to SA’s Northern Region The planned network investment in the Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and North West areas, for the 2021 financial year of R350-million ($2.3-million), is aimed at modernising, upgrading, building new sites and transmission links. “We want to bridge the digital divide and create exciting opportunities for communities, businesses and individual users. Our investment is therefore far more than achieving market share growth in the region – it is about bringing the benefits of the digital world to more people through a stable, secure and innovative network experience,” says Kagi...
Why SA Healthcare Providers Need to Adopt Long-Term Telehealth Strategies
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South Africa to Produce Over 100 Million Pfizer Vaccines A Year
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