The companies will have to overcome hindrances such as the lack of disposable income and insurance culture in Africa, say analysts.

New research finds that only 9% of local enterprises have deployed blockchain platforms, largely due to a lack of a viable business case.

An advisory council for the financial services sector set to start work in July.

The local cloud services market is expected to explode when Amazon Web Services and Microsoft open their data centres in South Africa.

META ICT spending will exceed $200 billion in 2019, as more organisations experiment with transformative technologies, says IDC.

Traditional clothing retailers attract more e-commerce sales as South Africans slowly embrace online shopping.

Local e-commerce players expect to double their earnings this Black Friday, with intense preparations under way to ensure uptime and capacity.

The Online Retail in South Africa 2019 study shows that while online retail is growing in SA, it is still only a small part of total retail revenue.

Companies must be extremely vigilant in ensuring the right security infrastructure is in place before rolling out mobile software, says Deidre Fryer, product manager at SYSPRO Africa.

Local SMEs are slower to adopt new technologies, and prefer to stick with their legacy applications, says World Wide Worx.

The agency believes it is the best vehicle to secure and closely monitor all government department Web sites.

The world's largest social media site says a bug in its system temporarily unblocked accounts that were blocked by other users.