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Zimbabwe keeps going thanks to remittances

According to a press release from the International Association of Money Transfer Networks, Zimbabwe’s economy keeps going thanks to mobile remittances, even with an economy where inflation is currently running at two million percent and is expected to reach six million percent by the end of June. Less than 10% of the population is employed…

You can’t hide anything anymore

A year ago, Wired magazine had the front page headline: Get Naked. It made me buy the magazine and turned out to be a fascinating article all about how the world is now transparent. Nothing can be controlled or hidden anymore. You cannot keep anything secret. It will all get out there somehow, some way….

You can’t hide anything anymore

A year ago, Wired magazine had the front page headline: Get Naked. It made me buy the magazine and turned out to be a fascinating article all about how the world is now transparent. Nothing can be controlled or hidden anymore. You cannot keep anything secret. It will all get out there somehow, some way….

You can’t hide anything anymore

A year ago, Wired magazine had the front page headline: Get Naked. It made me buy the magazine and turned out to be a fascinating article all about how the world is now transparent. Nothing can be controlled or hidden anymore. You cannot keep anything secret. It will all get out there somehow, some way….

Mobile phones do fry the brains

Conclusive proof that mobile phones do fry the brains … … or is this a viral video to promote popcorn eating? In case you’re wondering why I posted this, it’s because this video has been copied around the world.  There are videos on YouTube that show similar experiences in Asia and America.  The original French…

I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

Governments will force us into biometric banking

Picking up on one of the points made in the debate this week about identity and authentication that it is the government’s responsibility to manage identities, I was kind of surprised by this view. This view stated that banks have no control over identities because governments issue identities in the form of passports, driving licences…