Future Trends

Technology trends affecting the security sector in 2023

The fact that technology has become pervasive in our personal and work lives is not news. This is largely due to the benefits that…

Cape Town start-up pioneers 3D-gamified business

Imagine a world where shopping was like playing your favourite video game. An immersive and exciting experience that transports you into a beautiful, interactive…

[Opinion] Financial Services companies in South Africa must be ready for the rise of digital natives

Financial services will be the first industry put to the test with the rise of the Digital Native. As COVID-19 drove the acceleration of technology adoption…

Financial inclusion key to business growth – iMasFinance

Digital enablement and financial inclusion. This, believes Eddie Brandt, iMasFinance national manager: group brand ambassador, are the main developments set to impact the future…

[Opinion] Remote biometric authentication shapes digital identities

South Africa has cutting-edge remote biometric authentication technology that will not only ensure secure digital identities, but also shape the future. This is the…

Canadian adtech company, MonetizeMore, comes to South Africa

Canadian-based, global ad-tech giant MonetizeMore has entered South Africa through a partnership with SiSebenza. The boutique investment advisory business scours the globe for innovative tech…

[Opinion] Matric results: It’s time to democratise how we assign competence

Every year when South Africa announces its matric results the country goes into education discourse hyperdrive as analysts, politicians and civil society attempt to…

How B2B startups promote big data for business growth, efficiency

The relationship between business and big data is growing ever tighter. This sentiment is expected to intensify as adoption becomes more mainstream and as…

From product to customer: Omni-Channel Retail next step in ecommerce

In the early 2000s, online retail threatened the “bricks and mortar” stores with extinction. The talk was of being “Amazoned,” meaning Amazon.com would add…

From Kickstarter to exit: how Oculus made billions without building a single product

Well this is interesting. Facebook has been on a Yahoo-cum-Google spending spree of late. As everyone who cares and some who don’t now knows,…

Project management: 3 myths debunked and the skills needed for the future

One of the major hurdles companies face in being able to extract the maximum value from their project management infrastructure and strategies is perception…

7 customer service trends that startups should know about in 2014

Ask people about the state of customer service and there is a good chance that they will be able to tell you at least…

African startups take note: 3 trending technologies opening up new markets

Technology: the great equaliser. It can empower so many players in an industry, from buyers and sellers to suppliers and competitors. It can cheapen…

Tips for personalised ecommerce and the savvy eshops that inspire them

Personalised ecommerce. It’s all about data. Every click, purchase, like, share or pin executed on a website has the potential to allude to your…

The lean startup and the connected economy: trends to watch out for

The rate of change is ever increasing. Consumers are adopting new technology faster than ever before and their behaviour and expectations are changing. As…

Google’s Page and Schmidt backing asteroid mining startup

Wired is reporting that a group of intrepid billionaires will soon announce their new venture called Planetary Resources, Inc, “which plans to send swarms…

10 reasons why you should get your hands on some Bitcoins

A previous Memeburn article on the well-known digital currency Bitcoin generated quite a bit of interest and debate from this site’s readers. The article…

7 advantages cloud computing holds for your business

Cloud computing is gaining traction globally. The practice refers to data access and storage services that do not require end-user knowledge of the physical…

Will computer-generated narratives make journalists redundant?

There’s been an undercurrent of paradox kicking up dust in my otherwise clinical views on technology. I’ve tried to suppress it, but it keeps…

Why Silicon Valley is only part of California’s innovative success

California seems to be on a constant roller-coaster of events – technological, economic and social. Strangely enough, the state keeps moving on as the…

Surviving the great dot.con

As Google embraces the stock exchange, many dot.com kids are rubbing their hands with glee at what could signal a return of the good times. Matthew Buckland has been through dot.boom and dot.bomb and spent lots on expensive therapy to forget it all, but here he reminisces.

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