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Marketing in a new-age world
[Jolene de Lange] I have been fighting the idea of starting to write opinion pieces about all things ‘marketing' for close to two years now and I have finally given in. read
Why organisations still struggle to digitally transform - report
Why organisations still struggle to digitally transform - report

Veeam commissioned ESG to survey more than 1,000 business professionals and senior decision makers for the sixth annual Veeam Availability Report... [infographic] Read

Stuff magazine's top gadgets, apps of 2016
Stuff magazine's top gadgets, apps of 2016

Stuff magazine recently hosted its annual Gadget and App Awards for 2016, honouring various brands such as Dell, HTC, WeChat, and Apple, among others ... Read

‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'
‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'

Brett Parker

Between East and West: Africa's economic transformation will create a third centre of global power, according to a new ‘Afro-Optimism' series... Read

Cloud Computing
Potential $2.3bn cloud market in SA
Potential $2.3bn cloud market in SA
Cheaper data and more accessible connectivity are set to drive the growth of cloud infrastructure and professional services market in South Africa... read
Data Management
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Skyfii rolls out its SaaS platform to 500 Woolworths' stores
The Australian data analytics and marketing services company Skyfii has signed a Master Services Agreement (MSA) with the Woolworths Group and has already rolled out its ‘IO' Software as a Service (SaaS) platform subscription data analytics services to 126 stores... read
Internet
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Five reasons why businesses should engage with video conferencing

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

With the Internet of Things becoming easily accessible to the average technology user, businesses are seeking encouragement to use a wide variety of digital tools to communicate and operate... read
What Wi-Fi-as-a-service means for fast food, retail sectors
What Wi-Fi-as-a-service means for fast food, retail sectors
Wi-Fi is no longer just a conduit to connect to the internet. If used properly, it is a connection to the world and all of the opportunities it holds... read
Network
MTN SA, Huawei launch the first LTE LAA network in Africa
MTN SA, Huawei launch the first LTE LAA network in Africa
MTN and Huawei have partnered to bring the first LTE Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) network in Africa... read
Services
The big five: Captains of BIM in South Africa
The big five: Captains of BIM in South Africa

Issued by BIM Institute

Building information modelling (or BIM) has exploded onto the building and construction landscape in recent years, with South Africa following in the footsteps of the UK and Canada in adopting these collaborative tools... read
Software
You can now enter sporting events through Computicket
You can now enter sporting events through Computicket
Computicket has acquired the startup business, Entry Ninja - an online entry portal used to facilitate entries for South African sporting events... read
Tech Startups
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How SA's 'junk' status impacts your startup

Tom Jackson

April began with ratings agencies Standard and Poor's (S&P) and Fitch downgrading South Africa's sovereign credit rating to “junk” status, meaning both existing and new funds borrowed by South Africa will become more expensive... read
Technology
Heroic touchable tech ‘Sensanetik' is helping you help the SPCA
Heroic touchable tech ‘Sensanetik' is helping you help the SPCA

Issued by Global Access

Global Access is inviting you to join them on 6 May at the Central City Comics Be A Hero Day at the Sandton Commercial Village where they will be setting up their touchable tech, ‘Sensanetik'... read
International
'Personal flying machine' maker plans deliveries this year
'Personal flying machine' maker plans deliveries this year
A Silicon Valley "flying car" startup, reportedly backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, released a video of its Kitty Hawk prototype... [video] read
Google tweak aims to curb fake, misleading search results
Google tweak aims to curb fake, misleading search results
WASHINGTON, US: Google has announced changes to how it delivers and ranks internet searches, the latest effort by the tech giant to weed out "fake news" and offensive content... read
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Africa
Nigeria to welcome 4G network after Airtel partners with ZTE
Nigeria to welcome 4G network after Airtel partners with ZTE
Airtel Networks Limited and ZTE have announced a strategic partnership to launch 4G (fourth generation wireless mobile telecommunications technology) in Nigeria... read
Somali tech accelerator supports entrepreneurs
Somali tech accelerator supports entrepreneurs
Innovate Ventures re-runs successful tech accelerator for Somali startups, to support and invest in the next wave of tech startups in Somaliland and Somalia... read
Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation
Nigerian fintech startups offered chance to pitch for incubation

Tom Jackson

Nigerian fintech startups have the opportunity to pitch for NGN3 million ($10,000) worth of incubation and prize money of NGN500,000 ($1,600) at the Fintech Startup Challenge in June... read
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Business
Ridesharing easing traffic congestion in Cape Town
Ridesharing easing traffic congestion in Cape Town

Ilse van den Berg

If you've ever found yourself behind a steering wheel during peak times, you'll probably agree that urban mobility requires drastic change across our country... read
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