After spending 20 years in the mobile phone industry, Megan Nicholas admits it was a culture shock to climb aboard Telkom.

In the past, CIOs were labelled `techies' and their responsibilities centred around matters affecting IT management. Nowadays, the ever-changing economic climate has forced businesses to keep pace with new tech and business realities.

The Techno Girl programme places promising schoolgirls in holiday job-shadowing arrangements, with the aim of inspiring them to pursue careers in maths, science, technology or engineering. Is it working? We'll know later this year.

In the movies, inventors are invariably men and usually a bit mad. In the real world of wireless communications, one of the most important inventors was a woman ... and a Hollywood actress.

The ITWeb enterprise mobility roundtable tried to establish if industry could offer sage advice for local businesses grappling with the issue.

Brainstorm asked three professionals at the forefront of technology to detail their experience of mobile applications and how they've changed their lives.

Aweza is a South African multilingual mobile phrase translation app that encourages participation and cross-cultural engagement through crowd-sourcing audio pronunciation.

Thumbzup Innovations has garnered some heavyweight backing for its Pebble mobile payment device. Market response in the next 12 months will determine whether the product flies or sinks.

A wave of innovation in mobile payments looks set to reshape the mobile apps market in SA.

Breaking through the glass ceiling is every woman's job.

July saw the launch of a dedicated site to showcase local women in the technology sector.

Women's Month is about more than celebrating achievements by women; it's about inspiring the next generation to step up and take on technology.

CIOs are setting themselves up for failure if they assume they can keep attackers out.