Telecom Essentials: Start-ups, You Need To Read This!
In the beginning, there was just you. Or maybe even you and a business partner. You had a couple of smartphones [...]
Connectivity
The Biotech Breakout: How South Africa’s Hottest Startups are Building on a Connected Foundation
A New Era for South African Biotech South Africa is no longer just a player in mining and agriculture. It is [...]
The Biotech Breakout: How South Africa’s Hottest Startups are Building on a Connected Foundation
A New Era for South African Biotech South Africa is no longer just a player in mining and agriculture. It is becoming a contender in global biotech. From precision fermentation to plant-based protein manufacturing and AI-powered genomic research, South African startups are making headlines and attracting global capital. Five private companies in particular BioCertica, Biovac, BixBio, Cape Bio Pharms, and [...]
Payment Systems
Connecting the Dots in a Transaction: Payments Need More Than Just Signal
A Tap Is Never Just a Tap In today’s fast-moving world, a tap of a card or scan of a QR code might seem simple instant, seamless, and automatic. But behind that split-second transaction lies a chain of technologies that must work together perfectly. And in South Africa, where power cuts, infrastructure gaps, and network instability are everyday realities, keeping [...]
The Payment Communication Landscape is Shifting. What Payment Systems will You Choose?
“Sorry, we only accept cash.” How many times have you been to a market or a promotional event and seen something that you love, only [...]
Digital Transformation in the Retail Sector: South Africa’s 2024 Outlook
As South Africa steps into 2024, the retail sector is undergoing a significant digital transformation. This article explores the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the [...]
Re-Evaluating Payment Solutions in the Wake of the Pandemic
In the wake of the pandemic, businesses, brands, and consumers have adapted to varying levels of government restrictions on our movements and operations. One of [...]
Payment Trends We Think Will Be The Most Influential In 2023
10 years ago, the landscape of the payment industry was abuzz with new capabilities, new competitors, new rules, and new customer expectations. Primarily, at the [...]
Security
VoIP and Cybersecurity: Keeping Your SME Communications Safe in 2025
Cybersecurity in a Digital-First World As businesses increasingly rely on digital tools like VoIP for communication, the risks of cyber threats grow. For South African SMEs, where resources are often stretched, cyberattacks can be devastating. Credential theft, phishing scams, and ransomware attacks are now among the most significant threats to small businesses, requiring proactive strategies to safeguard operations. VoIP, with [...]
Staying Cyber-Safe This Black Friday: The Importance of PCI Compliance in South Africa
Black Friday is a retail phenomenon that has taken South Africa by storm, with consumers and retailers alike eagerly awaiting the day to kick off [...]
Payment Security For Merchants: How To Beef Up Your Systems
As the IoT (Internet of Things) continues to monopolise eCommerce, online payment security has become a vital matter of consequence as we move deeper and [...]
Remote Office Trends in 2021: What Are You Looking Forward To?
“If I had asked the public what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” This quote from Henry Ford shows us clearly the [...]
How Securing Your Network Connectivity Makes POPIA Compliance Easier
The modern business world is almost impossible to successfully participate in, and indeed navigate, without a network in which data is stored and shared among [...]
Small Businesses
Staying Online When Everything’s Offline: A Failover and Backup Connectivity Guide for SMEs in a Struggling Economy
South African SMEs are currently navigating one of the most uncertain economic periods in recent history. The forecasts are sobering: major banks have downgraded growth expectations, consumer demand remains weak, interest rates are unpredictable, and global trade disruptions continue to ripple through our economy. Even though load shedding has been suspended for some time, the reality is that our infrastructure [...]
Free Online Tools For SMEs To Enhance Your Business
In the years prior to 2020 we agreed that the economy was tough for small businesses, with research showing that a large amount of SMEs [...]
How SMEs Can Adapt And Thrive In South Africa Today
It’s been said before, but the reality is that small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) are quite literally the lifeblood of this country’s economy. This isn’t just hyperbolic [...]
How ICT Solutions Can Help Your SME Business Survive and Grow in 2022
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) includes all digital technology that’s concerned with digital data storage, retrieval, and transmission. You could say that ICT helps businesses [...]
Brand Perception = Profit. How Can You Boost Your Business’ Reputation?
There’s a reason that almost all new businesses spend weeks or months deliberating over the right font, colour and shape of their new company logo. [...]
