Industry Verticals

With the business of Internet banking changing and online threats growing, the industry needs to adapt and integrate security technology across more channels and be more collaborative to reduce fraud, according to one electronic payments specialist.  read more »

Software services and applications provider SBTS Group is set to introduce in Sierra Leone an electronic payment network that allows for the transfer of money through the use of bank cards and other means.  read more »

A smart-card system introduced in Ghana last month is making headway but nevertheless faces frustrations often associated with ambitious projects in developing economies.  read more »

The African Union (A.U.) in collaboration with the Indian government is moving forward with a plan to build a pan-African network to establish and link systems specialized in areas such as telemedicine and tele-education.  read more »

High-speed Internet access will be returning to aircraft next year through a new service being offered by Panasonic.  read more »

Worried about doctors cracking open your chest to perform critical heart bypass surgery? Would you feel any better if a robot was involved in the operation?  read more »

Frank Brady expects to celebrate a significant milestone in June: His Medical Missions for Children charity will treat its 30,000th child that month.  read more »

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), through the e-Africa Commission, is rolling out its e-school plan in Africa by the end of the quarter.  read more »

The U.K. government has admitted much more work has to be done on patient security and confidentiality concerns, associated with allowing pharmacists access to patient Summary Care Records (SCRs).  read more »

Microsoft is now offering its Amalga health-care software in Europe, the company announced at the CohnIT heath-care show on Wednesday in Berlin.  read more »