Siemens Africa recently hosted a one-of-a-kind fashion show which presented data in a way likely never before seen by its customer-base of engineers and technologists. Siemens commissioned three fashion designers in three African countries – Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa – to create ensembles using fabric which incorporated the data patterns found in the hubs […]
The #DataCostDebate round table recently arranged by the Mail&Guardian and ICASA did little to develop a way forward to achieve data cost reduction. It was, however, an important lesson for mobile operators, who were accused of not communicating enough. It was said that when they do communicate, they create more confusion for customers who are […]
Several respondents at the hearing on the Draft End-User and Subscriber Service Charter told told the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) that its draft regulations are too mobile-centric and do not cater for companies that provide mobile internet services. The hearings were held on 1 and 2 March 2018 to discuss the draft […]
Africa is a place of extreme contrasts, with a booming middle class and small, rapidly growing clusters of wealth existing alongside swathes of widespread poverty. For a business owner hoping to tap into these growing markets, the value of population and geospatial data at a granular level cannot be overstated. How, for example, is a […]
The Open Geospatial Consortium’s (OGC) Disasters Interoperability Concept Development Study (CDS) will assess the state of data and product exchange technologies as used in disaster planning, response, and recovery. The study will aid in developing a series of future pilots to advance the state of spatial data infrastructures (SDIs) that support disaster risk reduction globally. […]
MTN has announced that it is committed to lowering the cost of data but says it is restrained by the lack of spectrum. MTN CEO Godfrey Motsa announced that the company has dropped its out of bundle (OOB) data pricing, aimed at assisting almost 5-million of its economically marginalised customers to just 29 cents per […]
Despite increasing reports of cyber-attacks, businesses are not taking the threat of cyber-crime seriously enough, and do not have adequate measures and protocols in place to prevent or mitigate such an attack. Rob Brown, CEO of DRS, suggests that encryption should be a foundation of defence. Contact him on robyn@drs.co.za With strong passwords in place, […]
End-user spending on communications services in South Africa is forecast to total R122-billion in 2017, a 0,7% increase from 2016, according to William Hahn, principal research analyst at Gartner. The forecast growth rate is slight, mainly due to shifts to less expensive legacy service offerings as competition heats up. It is likely to remain […]
In an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), DigitalGlobe will make RADARSAT-2 data available on its geospatial big data platform, GBDX, unlocking new applications made possible by the combination of optical and radar satellite data. MDA’s satellite collects synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data that gives users the ability to see the Earth both day […]
