Africa

TikTok shakes up South Africa’s social media Big Five

The ‘Big Five’ social media platforms in South Africa have been shaken up, as TikTok leaps past Instagram into second place and challenges the dominant social network, Facebook, in several segments. This is one of the key...

Industry must help build trust in e-commerce if Nigeria is to enjoy...

E-commerce in Nigeria has not yet built momentum and in 2021, just seven percent of all purchases were made online. Industry experts believe that the fear of fraud is hindering the uptake of e-commerce, which is...

Private sector complements government’s efforts to bridge digital...

Digital inequality continues to be a major challenge facing South Africa. Businesses and the government recognise this challenge and are committed to bridging the digital divide and ensuring access to affordable and...

South African companies selected for the 2023 Digital Equity Accelerator...

The Aspen Institute and HP have announced the selection of 10 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and not-for-profit organisations across Malaysia, Mexico and South Africa as the cohort for the 2023 Digital Equity...

Deepfakes: 74% of Africans tricked into believing they’re real

The Top Risks Report 2023 by the Eurasia Group defined advances in deepfakes and the rapid rise of misinformation as ‘weapons of mass disruption’ and it is not far from wrong. Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and...

Network International invests ZAR500 million in technology

Digital payments leader, Network International, reaffirms its commitment to South Africa with ZAR500 million investment in deploying its processing capabilities locally; building on its ZAR3.5 billion acquisition in...

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