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#Blisters4Bread: Heroes against hunger
#Blisters4Bread: Heroes against hunger
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] The PSFA's 49th #Blisters4Bread Charity Family Fun Walk in association with Lucky Star will take place on 27 August... read
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Bell Pottinger's wicked Wiki ways

Controversial London public relations firm Bell Pottinger seems to have side-stepped Wikipedia regulations and has been able to edit entries about the Gutpa family, leaked emails show... Read

.africa roadshow kicks off in Ethiopia
.africa roadshow kicks off in Ethiopia

The .africa cross-continent roadshow to officially launch the new geographic top level domain (gTLD), kicked off at the 29th African Union (AU) Summit held at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia... Read

Inspiring Fifty South Africa sees 250+ nominations
Inspiring Fifty South Africa sees 250+ nominations

252 female candidates were nominated for Inspiring Fifty South Africa. The initiative aims to prove the philosophy that “if she can see it, she can be it”... Read

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Do you know how people really feel?

JP Kloppers

Opinion mining the next level in social analytics... read
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The importance of finance, HR collaboration with unified cloud
A new Oracle and MIT Technology Review study reveals the importance of collaboration between finance and human resources (HR) teams with a unified cloud... read
Cyber Security
Colin Thornton
Cyber attacks moving to mobile

Colin Thornton

With individuals and businesses becoming increasingly dependent on mobile devices for everything from email to banking, cyber criminals have turned their attention to mobile platforms... read
Damian Michael
Global companies attacked, Department of Education hacked, are you armed?

Damian Michael

Not only did thousands of companies suffer from a severe Petya ransomware attack last week, but closer to home was the hacking of South Africa's Department of Education's system... read
Data & Analytics
Hetzner upgrade its database system to MariaDB
Hetzner upgrade its database system to MariaDB

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Hetzner have upgraded its database system by migrating from MySQL 5.5 to MariaDB 10.0, a relational database management system (RDBMS) that provides the same functionality as MySQL 5.6 and more... read
Development
uGoMyWay carpooling app releases pilot project results
uGoMyWay carpooling app releases pilot project results
uGoMyWay, a South African developed and maintained carpooling app that is tackling the traffic congestion, has released the results of its pilot ‘corporate carpooling project'... read
Internet
Jumia receives global accolade
Jumia receives global accolade
African internet group, Jumia, has been named among the MIT Top 50 Smartest Companies of 2017... read
Mobile & Apps
ParkFind app solves Cape Town's parking woes
ParkFind app solves Cape Town's parking woes

Ilse van den Berg

NEWSWATCH: If you've tried to find a parking spot in Cape Town's CBD on a... um, ever; you'll know full well that it can lead to your not-so-pretty self making an appearance... read
Services
Ride-hailing company partners with Orange Business Services
Ride-hailing company partners with Orange Business Services
Ride-hailing company Careem has joined forces with Orange Business Services to provide network and contact centre services as it continues expansion into other regions... read
Software
block.one receives over $185m in first week of token distribution
block.one receives over $185m in first week of token distribution
block.one, the developer of EOS.IO software, a new blockchain operating system designed to support commercial-scale decentralised applications, received 651,902 ether in the first five days of its 341-day long token distribution... read
Physical internet: rethinking logistics
Physical internet: rethinking logistics
Sending goods through open channels as easily as information via the internet - that is the vision of the physical internet (PI). It applies the principle of exchange of standardised data packets to material flows... read
Tech Startups
#StartupStory: eCOIDA
#StartupStory: eCOIDA

Ilse van den Berg

eCOIDA is not a 'startup' in the obvious sense of the word. A division of an 18-year-old company, we find out how the Barclays Accelerator is helping it to venture into the short-term insurance industry... read
Travis Kalanick, former CEO of Uber. Photo: Inc.
Bowing out gracefully: What startup founders can learn from Travis Kalanick
Sometimes the entrepreneurial traits of a startup founder are not conducive to running a large-to-global business. Just ask Travis Kalanick... read
Innovation hub participants graduate
Innovation hub participants graduate
Third batch of Nigerian entrepreneurs graduate from GE Lagos Garage training programme... read
#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange
#StartupStory: The Sun Exchange

Ilse van den Berg

Through The Sun Exchange, anyone can go solar and start building wealth powered by sunlight. It allows for collaborative solar finance using blockchain... read
Technology
How wearable tech can improve employee wellness
How wearable tech can improve employee wellness

Steven Howard

Technology is transforming employee wellness programmes. Gone are the days that nurses do the physical checkups for many European and US countries... read
Sureswipe enables two-second payment transactions
Sureswipe enables two-second payment transactions
South African financial technology company, Sureswipe, has announced a new integrated payment and POS solution that boasts 2-second transaction speed... read
Techpreneurs are flourishing in SA's economy
Techpreneurs are flourishing in SA's economy

Peter Alkema

Technology continues to drive job creation in South Africa. Eight of the 11 finalists in FNB's Business Innovation Awards use innovative IT... read
International
Apple opens first store in Taiwan
Apple opens first store in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan: Apple opened its first store in Taiwan on Saturday with more than a thousand shoppers flocking to the site located in the island's landmark skyscraper and tallest building, Taipei 101... read
Ukraine claims it prevented fresh cyberattack
Ukraine claims it prevented fresh cyberattack
KIEV, Ukraine: Ukraine claims that it had thwarted a fresh cyberattack that was to be carried out via a programme blamed for spreading a virus that caused disruption across the globe last week... read
Utilities including nuclear firms hacked
Utilities including nuclear firms hacked
WASHINGTON, US: Firms operating nuclear power plants and other energy facilities in the US have been hacked in recent months, the New York Times reported Thursday, 6 July... read
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Five steps to cracking cashflow

Richard Mukheibir

Cashflow is one of the cornerstones of your business because if you can't get it right, your business will crumble... read
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