Are data prices a barrier to financial inclusion in Africa?: Brian Richardson In Africa, banking the unbanked remains a pressing need. Roughly 700 million people in Africa are financially excluded – denied economic citizenship. Discussions on the issue beg the same question, time and again: why aren’t traditional banks offering mobile solutions to potential customers who desperately need it? The American Bankers Association claims it costs between $ 150 USD and $ 250 USD to open an individual … [Read more...] about Are data prices a barrier to financial inclusion in Africa?
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Joe Cyber has a new weapon against website hacks or data loss
Joe Cyber has a new weapon against website hacks or data loss: The Average Joe Cyber with a website now has a formidable new weapon in the war against website hacks, crashes or data losses. Launched this week, CodeGuard from Domains.co.za backs-up websites daily to a secure location in a remote data centre. After the initial backup is completed, the solution diligently checks the website daily for any changes by comparing the current website files with the last version backed-up to the Cloud. A … [Read more...] about Joe Cyber has a new weapon against website hacks or data loss
United Nations & Stats SA briefs media on the upcoming 1st UN World Data Forum
United Nations & Stats SA briefs media on the upcoming 1st UN World Data Forum: The United Nations (UN) together with Statistics South Africa will host the first ever UN World Data Forum between 15 and 18 January 2017 in Cape Town. South Africa’s Statistician-General Dr Pali Lehohla, joined by the Director of the UN Statistics Division Mr Stefan Schweinfest via web conferencing, will lead a media briefing meant to provide further details on this conference on Tuesday, 10th January 2017 in … [Read more...] about United Nations & Stats SA briefs media on the upcoming 1st UN World Data Forum
UN World Data Forum gearing up for January kick-off in Cape Town; Over 100 sessions to feature innovative data solutions to improve lives
UN World Data Forum gearing up for January kick-off in Cape Town; Over 100 sessions to feature innovative data solutions to improve lives: Plans are in high gear for the inaugural United Nations World Data Forum, taking place in Cape Town, South Africa, on 15-18 January 2017. Over 1,000 data experts from more than 100 countries have pre-registered for the Forum, including from national statistical offices, data scientists from the private sector and academia, international organizations, … [Read more...] about UN World Data Forum gearing up for January kick-off in Cape Town; Over 100 sessions to feature innovative data solutions to improve lives
Tax compliance gets easier for companies, but new data highlights post–filing challenges across the world
Tax compliance gets easier for companies, but new data highlights post–filing challenges across the world: Economies around the world continue to make progress in simplifying and reducing the burden of tax compliance on business, according to the latest edition of Paying Taxes 2017, a report by the World Bank Group and PwC (www.PWC.com). Download the report: http://www.APO.af/PwC Released today, the report finds that the Total Tax rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 40.6 percent; time … [Read more...] about Tax compliance gets easier for companies, but new data highlights post–filing challenges across the world
The big data puzzle: making sense of unstructured data
The big data puzzle: making sense of unstructured data: Lenore Kerrigan: Country Manager, OpenText SA Never before has there been so much information available to businesses and individuals. In January 2015, Google estimated that there were 300 exabytes (that’s 300 followed by 18 zeros) of human-made information in the world. In 2011, there were just 30 exabytes. In just 48 months, the amount of human-made information increased by 1000% and we are now at a point whereby more information has been … [Read more...] about The big data puzzle: making sense of unstructured data
Free data to access NMMU sites
Free data to access NMMU sites: In a recent ground breaking announcement, four of South Africa’s largest mobile Internet Service Providers, Cell C, MTN, Vodacom and Telkom, indicated that they will waiver any costs associated with data being used to access university websites in South Africa until the end of 2016. Source: NMMU News Latest News. Academic completion programme underway: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s multi-layered academic completion strategy to help its … [Read more...] about Free data to access NMMU sites
#DataFeesHaveFallen
In a recent ground breaking announcement, four of South Africa's largest mobile Internet Service Providers, Cell C, MTN, Vodacom and Telkom, indicated that they will waiver any costs associated with data being used to access university websites in South Africa until the end of 2016. This means that students will have free access to university resources for academic content from anywhere in South Africa, even if they have run out of data or airtime. The following NMMU URLs have been zero … [Read more...] about #DataFeesHaveFallen
NMB Data Cleansing Project
In an attempt to improve basic services the Municipality needs to ensure that ratepayers data is up to date. However, the updating and maintenance of basic customer account information remains a challenge. The Municipality is requesting the cooperation of all account holders in order to keep their information up to date. Data collectors from EOH (a service provider appointed by the Municipality) will visit your area over the next 12 months, on weekdays from 07h30 to 18h00, or on … [Read more...] about NMB Data Cleansing Project
How the digital revolution affects the auto industry
The digital revolution has swept a wave of change through how businesses and consumers take on daily activities. Life in many instances has been made easier with technology now facilitating improved ways of sourcing and accessing information. However, as with anything, this also introduces a few challenges such as a faster work pace, big data overflow and increased information management risks. These disruptions have certainly not bypassed the automotive industry. The auto industry is … [Read more...] about How the digital revolution affects the auto industry
Those Dreaded Data Bundles
The South African National Consumer Union (Sancu) is urging consumers to be aware of their smart phone charges after receiving complaints from users with bills running over R20 000. Sancu vice chairperson Ina Wilken told Fin24 that in 2015 the union received nearly 500 cell phone-related complaints, with some being sent to the Consumer Commission. "It seems to me the big issue here is the bundles," she said. "Smart phones have the ability to devour huge quantities of data when performing … [Read more...] about Those Dreaded Data Bundles
