WWW2007 – Keynote – Dr Chris Kotze FNB Online Banking in South Africa
Dr Chris Kotze, CEO of FNB Online, opened the 2nd day of the World Wide Web Applications Conference. He described online banking as the baby of the channels, mobile banking an even younger. More than 150, 000 “banking” users daily. 12-15K new users every month. 35 million transactions monthly. So the Internet is moving R90 […]
The ABC of Shopping on the Internet in South Africa
Online shopping has taken off in South Africa and here’s some useful tips on how to avoid getting robbed in broad cyber light. With over 800 local ecommerce website to choose from and thousands upon thousands of international websites like Amazon.com and others it has become much more acceptable to purchase goods online. According to […]
TEDGlobal 2007: Session 11: Paul van Zyl
Paul van Zyl gave one of the regular 3 minute talks that fits in between the main talks at TED. He was involved with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa and now runs an NGO in New York that shares these strategies and experience with other countries in transition. For more on this […]
Desperately seeking love online
BRYANSTON “ Only 12% of South Africans have used the Internet to find love. This is compared to 29% of the French and 21% of Filipinos interviewed in a global survey about dating perceptions, use of the Internet to find a romantic partner and the level of success that they have had. Synovate surveyed 4 […]
Ignorant Parents in South Africa blames MXIT for exposing Youth to Pornography
I was quoted in this article published on MoneyWeb, and posted this comment… People who are accusing MXIT are likely not even using MXIT. I’ve interviewed Herman Heunis and I’ve also been using it for a few months now. Its a text based system for instant messaging or chatting in semi-real time. And whatever explicit […]