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#GartnerSYM: Disrupt or be disrupted
#GartnerSYM: Disrupt or be disrupted
[Lauren Hartzenberg] The African leg of the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo has just concluded in Cape Town, providing an eager crowd of top tech leaders... read
BlackBerry to cease making smartphones
BlackBerry to cease making smartphones

It's the end of an era. BlackBerry, the once-dominant maker of devices that kept business executives glued to their e-mail, will no longer develop its own phones... Read

#GartnerSYM: A lesson in disaster recovery
#GartnerSYM: A lesson in disaster recovery

Lauren Hartzenberg

The who's who in IT leadership filled the Cape Town International Convention Centre this week for this year's much anticipated Gartner Symposium... Read

#GartnerSYM: Aspiring African innovators to watch
#GartnerSYM: Aspiring African innovators to watch

Lauren Hartzenberg

The Gartner Aspiring Innovators programme has for a second year identified early-stage tech startups from the African continent... Read


INNOVATION MONTH
- Metrocable, MedellĂ­n, Colombia
#InnovationMonth: Technology's crucial role in developing economic transport hubs

Harry van Huyssteen

With innovations like high-speed connectivity, sensors, big data, geolocation and mobile services, transit routes can become the connective tissue that creates stronger communities and... read
#InnovationMonth: Navigating stories with VoiceMap's Iain Manley
#InnovationMonth: Navigating stories with VoiceMap's Iain Manley

Ruth Cooper

We chat to founder Iain Manley about city storytelling for #InnovationMonth. read
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App and website development
Internet.org awards African innovation
Internet.org awards African innovation
Internet.org presented six Innovation Challenge in Africa awards to what it considers leading examples of ideas, apps, websites and/or online services... read
Cyber Security
Struan Robertson
Cybercrime and information security

Struan Robertson, Issued by Meredith Harington

Leading up to the Meredith Harington client seminar scheduled for 20 October, I have summarised a few important considerations regarding cybercrime and information security... read
Hardware
BlackBerry travelled a well-worn road
BlackBerry travelled a well-worn road
BlackBerry has joined Yahoo, Nokia and other technology industry stars felled by an internet age in which companies are forced to evolve... read
Internet
Zinia's call to Government: empower municipalities now!
Zinia's call to Government: empower municipalities now!
Internet service provider Zinia has thrown down the gauntlet to the telecommunications industry and Government to take faster action... read
Services
Capturing the 'Voice of the Customer'
Capturing the 'Voice of the Customer'

Vicki Erskine

80% of the participant organisations in an extensive Bain survey believed they were delivering a "superior experience" to their customers... read
L-R: Eran Feinstein, Offer Gat and Peter Harvey
Partnership creates pan-African online payment solution

Nicci Botha

The demand to do business in Africa has led to a partnership between two big players in the digital online payment space... read
Can Africa's mobile money revolution reduce poverty?
Can Africa's mobile money revolution reduce poverty?
When farmer Isaac Tondo fell on lean times in Liberia's long rainy season, his brother in the capital sent 8,000 Liberian dollars (US$87) to his Lonestar mobile money account, ensuring his children's school fees would still be paid... read
Tech Startups
Characteristics of a good entrepreneur
Characteristics of a good entrepreneur

Jonathan Stewart

The life of the entrepreneur can seem highly attractive to those looking from the outside. Who would not be attracted by the lure of greater freedom, independence and individual sovereignty... read
Technology
What to expect at rAge 2016
What to expect at rAge 2016
Thousands of gaming and tech enthusiasts will descend on the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg from 7-9 October for the annual... read
Tech titans form artificial intelligence alliance
Tech titans form artificial intelligence alliance
Major technology firms have joined forces in a partnership on artificial intelligence, aiming to cooperate on "best practices" on using the technology... read
Business
King IV is just the next evolutionary step
King IV is just the next evolutionary step
The latest iteration of King guidelines is nothing more than the next evolutionary step for corporate governance to remain relevant... read
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Upcoming events
PRISA Cyber Safety panel discussion in collaboration with SaveTNet and Norton Rose Fulbright - 6 Oct 2016, Sandton
Gain insight into cyber safety for digital communication. Industry experts: forensic analyst, legal expert from Norton Rose Fulbright, SaveTNet representative, SAPS cyber crime specialist and a strategic social media expert. Read more >>

ITWeb Digital Economy Summit 2016 - 11 Oct 2016 to 12 Oct 2016, Johannesburg
TWeb's Digital Economy Summit endorsed by CIO Council will simplify and demystify what it means to go digital. Read more >>

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