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How Hackers Get Your Passwords & How to Defend Yourself
Despite the world’s best efforts to get everyone off passwords and onto something else (e.g., MFA, passwordless authentication, biometrics, zero trust, etc.) for decades, passwords have pervasively persisted. Today, nearly…
Which African Country Will Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender Next?
Bitcoin will be adopted as legal tender in at least one more African and one Central or Latin American country in 2022, predicts the CEO and founder of one of…
How Innovation in Tech is Outsmarting Crime in South Africa
In the current climate of hijackings, robberies and unlawful syndicates, it is hard to imagine a world where crime is drastically reduced, or even wiped out completely. However, according to…
The Importance of Gender Equality in the Tech Industry
While there has been headway toward greater workplace diversity in recent years, there is still much more work to be done. In all businesses, there is undeniably a gender divide,…
Finding the Business Case for Blockchain
The distributed ledger system behind blockchain, the technology used to secure cryptocurrencies, ensures that all transactions are validated and, importantly, that an immutable record is kept of these transactions. This…
Why Technology is the Enabler for Excellent Customer Experiences in Hospitality
South Africa’s hospitality sector was hard-hit by the 2020 lockdowns and is still feeling the impact two years later. Even though restrictions have been lifted somewhat, international tourism is a…
Why Ransomware is the Greatest Threat to Your Organisation
Ransomware is getting nastier and more expensive all the time and it has affected almost every industry and geography. No one is immune from the threat. In a global ransomware survey conducted by…
The Metaverse is Coming, Will SA’s Networks By Ready in Time?
Heralded as the next frontier of the Internet, the metaverse is the vision of a persistent 3D virtual world where we can explore and interact with others as avatars, whether…
The 2 Challenges that SA’s “Culture of Digitalisation” Faces
Technology is only successful if it is used. And today, business leaders in companies around the world need to shift from a tech-centered view of digitalisation and start considering how…
How Satellites Can Save African Countries from Natural Disasters
On Thursday, Access Partnership, one of the leading global public policy firms for the technology sector released a Fair Tech Institute whitepaper outlining the urgency with which governments and the…