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Vodacom to buy R35bn stake in Safaricom
Vodacom to buy R35bn stake in Safaricom
In what is the largest transaction Vodacom has done to date, the mobile telecoms group will buy most of its parent, Vodafone's, interest in Kenya's Safaricom in a share-swap deal valued at R35bn... read
Internet Solutions acquires MWEB
Internet Solutions acquires MWEB

Internet Solutions (IS) has announced its intended acquisition of MWEB Connect through parent company Dimension Data. The acquisition presents IS with various opportunities for growth... Read

Robots, AI transforming future supply chain workforce
Robots, AI transforming future supply chain workforce

According to Kamendran Govender of Accenture Consulting, advances in automation are transforming the supply chain workforce of the future... Read

Chantel Troskie, customer experience account manager at Oracle SA.
Get ready for the AI startup retail CX revolution

Leigh Andrews

Virtual chatbots are becoming commonplace in the B2B marketing sector as well as for general online consumer shopping. Here's what else to expect from the AI retail startup boom... Read

App and website development
Medici medical app launches in South Africa
Medici medical app launches in South Africa
A medical app, Medici, that is said to be revolutionising the doctor-patient relationship, is now available in South Africa... read
Unilever launches online gaming for graduate recruitment
Unilever launches online gaming for graduate recruitment
Unilever has launched a new online digital recruitment gaming feature for its graduate programme. It will select the best candidates based on results from a series of games taking no more than 20 minutes... read
Cloud Computing
What are the best cloud backup solutions for your business?
What are the best cloud backup solutions for your business?

Issued by Naija Writers' Coach

While there are quite a few ransomware prevention techniques, cloud backup solutions are presently the safest and most effective method of protection from attacks... read
Cyber Security
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Global WannaCry ransomware infection map
Check Point has produced a global WannaCry ransomware infection map which shows the extent of the widespread outbreak... read
Five security trends to watch in virtualisation in 2017
Five security trends to watch in virtualisation in 2017

Vitaly Mzokov

While virtualisation can improve IT agility and efficiency for a business, it also adds more layers of technology. Maintaining full visibility for each layer- and how they interact - can be a difficult task... read
Command tweets, a better botnet and the ever-increasing creativity of DDoS attack execution
Command tweets, a better botnet and the ever-increasing creativity of DDoS attack execution

Issued by Monetary Library

It used to be that so-called n00bs writing shoddy malware, in their mothers' basements or otherwise, were a punchline instead of a threat to websites, businesses and livelihoods... read
Ransomware attack cripples companies worldwide - F-Secure to hold local seminars
Ransomware attack cripples companies worldwide - F-Secure to hold local seminars

Issued by Maximizer Software

Cyber criminals exploiting a security flaw in unpatched installations of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system brought many organisations around the world to their knees on Friday with their so-called WannaCry ransomware attack that locked users out of their computers' files... read
Services
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Sygic, a GPS navigation software provider, launches its online maps for enterprise solutions
Sygic, a GPS navigation software provider, launches its online maps for enterprise solutions

Issued by Sygic

Sygic Maps offers a set of powerful APIs and content services that let users compute routes online, optimise itineraries, embed maps on websites, search for places and more... read
Software
Improve your Google Play store experience
Improve your Google Play store experience
The Google Play store is essential for downloading Android apps, however, without the right settings, it can be less enjoyable... read
Technology
Healthcare at the click of a button
Healthcare at the click of a button

Matthew Donen

E-health innovations have the potential to change the lives of millions of people on the continent... read
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Lions Innovation programme roars to the edge
Lions Innovation has released its programme of live tech demonstrations, immersive performances and the latest innovations in voice tech, bots, AI, IoT, AR and mixed realities... read
A heroic day for the Sandton SPCA
A heroic day for the Sandton SPCA

Issued by Global Access

On a fund-raising initiative for the Sandton SPCA on Free Comic Book Day, Global Access helped spread information and knowledge around the SPCA using their interactive technology, Sensanetik... read
Jonathan Lun wins SingularityU's Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge
Jonathan Lun wins SingularityU's Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge

Jessica Tennant

Last week saw Jonathan Lun win the judges' vote at the final pitch event for the 2017 SingularityU Southern Africa Global Impact Challenge... read
Industrie 4.0 set to improve all processes, grow economy
Industrie 4.0 set to improve all processes, grow economy

Issued by Reed Exhibitions

Advanced automation can improve virtually any process, anywhere, and has the potential to grow the South African economy and create jobs... read
International
France fines Facebook for data protection breaches
France fines Facebook for data protection breaches
PARIS, France: France's data protection agency said Tuesday it had fined Facebook for collecting information on users without their knowledge, following a probe of the social network in cooperation with other European regulators... read
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Africa
Fabien Delanaud.
Bridging the digital divide in Africa

Fabien Delanaud

For many in developing markets, data remains a luxury and often agonisingly out of reach, even on mobile... read
West African girls show the way in Senegal tech battle
West African girls show the way in Senegal tech battle
West African schoolgirls, some not yet teenagers, have taken a starring role at an engineering competition in Senegal, busting stereotypes with robotics expertise and innovative projects for their communities... read
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Business
Execs considering blockchain in business plans
Execs considering blockchain in business plans
Eight out of 10 C-suite executives interviewed say they are investigating blockchain as a means of doing business, an IBM study shows... read
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