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5 Ways to Ensure Your Organisation is POPIA Compliant
Sourced from Europa EU. On 1 July, the grace period for compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) will come to an end. That means organisations found to be in breach of the act will be liable for fines and even criminal persecution. Given the long lead up to POPIA’s implementation, most organisations should be compliant by now. However, the flurry of activity when the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grace period came to an end in 2018 shows that this won’t necessarily be the case. And while POPIA will affect most organisations, it’s pivotal that they pay extra care when ensuring that they’re POPIA compliant. Here are five ways to do just that: Understand the data you deal with You cannot hope to adequately protect customer data in li...
Lenovo Records Group Revenue Surge Past $60 Billion
Image sourced from GSMArena /* custom css */ .tdi_4_390.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_390.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Lenovo has announced its results for the Group as well as its fourth quarter and fiscal year, revealing growth across all parts of the business. The company says its results demonstrate the Group’s resilience and ability to achieve balanced, consistent, and sustainable growth. “Last quarter, we delivered our fastest-growing quarter in almost a decade and closed the fiscal year with the new milestone of passing $60 billion in revenue and significant growth in profit to a new record. These historic highs were achieved by leveraging our core competencies of a clear strategy, innovative products, operational excellence, and global-local model to meet the n...
IFS Appoints New Non-Executive Board Director
IFS has announced the appointment of Hanna Jacobsson to its board as a non-executive director. The appointment is effective immediately and brings the current number of non-executive directors at IFS to six. As a finance executive and one of the most respected Actuaries in the Nordics, Jacobsson will lead the audit committee at IFS and deliver the focus and balance required to underpin a fast-growing business. Jacobsson, who specialised in finance in her early career as vice CFO roles at Skandia and group CFO at Nordea Life and Pensions, later expanded her remit to join Klarna as Chief Risk Officer. Now Board member of Skandia, Tink and DBT, her skills and experience are being drawn on by both large, established companies as well as earlier-stage ventures looking to scale. Her motivations ...
Safaricom Subscribers to Receive Free Data For 90 Days
Image sourced from Techweez Safaricom Kenya has launched a campaign where subscribers can get free data every day for 90 days depending on their data usage profiles. According to Gadgets Africa, this offer is “aimed at empowering more customers to take their offline passions online as part of the country’s digital transformation agenda”. Peter Ndegwa, CEO of Safaricom, says “smartphones and the internet have become critical in our day to day lives, empowering us in different ways by connecting us to more opportunities. The 90-day free data campaign seeks to ensure that no customer is left behind by ensuring that all our customers can now access the internet, even at no cost”. Subscribers can redeem free daily data by dialling *544#. Safaricom to Pay $850 Million for Ethiopian Operatin...
Twitter Spaces Now Available on Mobile or Desktop
Image sourced from Mission Statement Academy /* custom css */ .tdi_4_c16.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_c16.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Twitter users can now host Spaces online via mobile or desktop – after first launching it to iOS and Android users with 600 or more followers. The social media company says that its key focus areas are on infrastructure and listening UI that adapts to users’ screen size, setting reminders for scheduled spaces as well as accessibility and transcriptions. starting today, spaces will be available on https://t.co/RD57W4QZPz (mobile web, desktop web) our focus areas:– infrastructure and listening UI that adapts to your screen size– setting reminders for scheduled spaces – accessibility and transcriptions pic.twitter.com/Wb0DQktkhD — Spaces ...
MTN Subscribers Can Now Make Payments Via WhatsApp
Sourced from TheTechieGuy (https://thetechieguy.com/) MTN has joined forces with Ozow so that subscribers can purchase data and airtime directly through WhatsApp – an industry-first in South Africa. “Giving customers the ability to transact seamlessly on WhatsApp is a gamechanger in South Africa. It provides a seamless way to stay connected, in touch and in tune, while being simple and secure. Most importantly it will help improve financial and digital inclusion and enhance access for consumers,” says Jacqui O’Sullivan, Executive of Corporate Affairs at MTN South Africa. The service is provided within the MTN Chat platform, which was launched in 2019, to enable customers to initiate the purchase of airtime and data bundles within their WhatsApp chat. Making actual payments via WhatsAp...
The Latest Dell Laptop Deals You Do Not Want To Miss Out On
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_a85.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_a85.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } The popularity of Dell laptops can be attributed to the quality with which they are associated, the durability, reliability, and several other characteristics to describe the large range of machines offered. There are many providers of Dell laptops in South Africa, however, there are few who offer a large variety in addition to offering some of the best and most competitive prices like PC International. In operation for the past two decades, PC International understands the individual, unique needs that its consumers have when they start looking around for a new, or additional, machine. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_531.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_531.td-a-rec-img img...
South Africans Think Software Update Time can be Used to Increase Productivity
Installing updates is considered a routine boring task, according to a study commissioned by Kaspersky. The research revealed that four-in-ten (47%) of South Africans admit that the time spent waiting for updates to take place can be used productively and they are making this a reality in their day-to-day lives. Updates to devices are not only necessary to gain access to new features or interfaces, but they also help to maintain a high level of security. Vendors regularly test their offerings to find new potential vulnerabilities that could be exploited by attackers. The timely installation of updates can serve as an effective defence against cybercriminals. This downtime can also increase people’s productivity and help with well-being. South Africans agree that the time spent waiting for ...
Spotify Launches New Premium Offers in South Africa
Sourced from Forbes. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_6bf.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_6bf.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Spotify is launching new offers for its free and first-time South African users to enjoy the benefits of a Premium account. The music-streaming platform is offering three months free to eligible free and first time-users for the Individual Premium plan. For those who are missing their Individual Premium plan and cancelled for one reason or another, Spotify Premium is offering three months for just R59.99. Spotify Premium gives subscribers an audio streaming experience with ad-free music listening, and on-demand audio anytime. On Spotify, users get access to more than 70 million tracks and more than 2.6 million podcast titles that include topics such as c...
Huawei to Launch FreeBuds 4i in Kenya
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_aef.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_aef.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Huawei’s latest addition to the FreeBuds series, the FreeBuds 4i, is set to launch in Kenya. The all-new True Wireless Stereo Bluetooth earphones offer users high-quality sound with long-lasting battery life, active noise cancellation and intuitive controls. With the help of customized internal components such as its 10mm dynamic, the Huawei FreeBuds 4i is capable of providing users with high-quality audio with balanced sound across various frequency ranges. Audio output is tuned professionally and the wind noise reduction structure ensures crystal clear audio at all times, even in noisy environments. The earphones also offer users 10 hours of battery life on a single charge with...
Can You Hack-Proof the Cloud?
The cost and impact of cybercrime are climbing by around 15% every year, according to a 2020 report in Cybercrime Magazine, and is expected to cost $10,5 trillion globally by 2025. This makes cybercrime, they argue, more profitable than the global illegal drug trade. The real costs are far greater though, both broadly and to individual companies, as these funds represent lost investment and innovation, and companies increasingly face stringent fines for personal data losses under regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) and Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act. The human layer All it takes is a chink in the armour, warns John Ward, SME of Cloud Business for Africa at Fortinet, and this can be through human error, misconfiguration, permissions-...
Microsoft Teases Plans for the “Next Generation of Windows”
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_617.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_617.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella has revealed that he is testing “the next generation of Windows” which is expected to be one of the biggest updates to Windows. “Soon we will share one of the most significant updates to Windows of the past decade to unlock greater economic opportunity for developers and creators. I’ve been self-hosting it over the past several months, and I’m incredibly excited about the next generation of Windows,” says Nadella. “Our promise to you is this: we will create more opportunity for every Windows developer today and welcome every creator who is looking for the most innovative, new, open platform to build and distribute and monetize applications. We look fo...
