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Jack Ma launches African Young Entrepreneurs Fund
Jack Ma launches African Young Entrepreneurs Fund
UNCTAD adviser, Alibaba's Jack Ma, has launched an African Young Entrepreneurs Fund worth $10 million... read
Analytics is critical, but data is being left out
Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Danny Drew

Without incorporating data from all channels, organisations will rely on a level of assumption, allowing a disconnect between what customers want and what is being delivered... Read

#StartupStory: Spatialedge
#StartupStory: Spatialedge

Ilse van den Berg

In this week's #StartupStory, we chat to Retief Gerber, CEO of Spatialedge - a geospatial data insights and marketing company... Read

2017 celebrates 20 years of Africacom
2017 celebrates 20 years of Africacom

The recent launch event of Africacom kicked off the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of what is described as Africa's largest, influential, technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) conference and exhibition... Read


WOMEN'S MONTH
Disruption anticipated at Standard Bank Top Women Conference
Disruption anticipated at Standard Bank Top Women Conference

Issued by Topco Media

What's your next? As an entrepreneurial, ambitious woman, the best place to answer that question is at the must-attend event this Women's Month: the 2017 Standard Bank Top Women Conference... read
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Cyber Security
Cybercrimes Bill threatens our freedom
Cybercrimes Bill threatens our freedom

Murray Hunter

The Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill will affect every internet user in South Africa - but at 139 pages long, there's a lot to go through... read
Data & Analytics
Morne Bekker
Data management: the centre of IoT projects

Morne Bekker

The internet of things (IoT) offers many more opportunities than merely improving efficiency and reducing costs... read
Vicinity Media launches Visitability Reporting
Vicinity Media launches Visitability Reporting

Jessica Tennant

Today marks the launch of mobile advertising network Vicinity Media's proprietary geo-fencing and audience location technology that allows for real world visit reporting post exposure to a mobile web advertising campaign... read
Development
#NewCampaign: Coding a better, prosperous future
#NewCampaign: Coding a better, prosperous future

Jessica Tennant

With its 'prosper' philosophy at its core, in ‘helping people achieve their ambitions in the right way', Absa recently released its latest film, ‘Coding a better future', which features three Digital Academy graduates... read
Internet
Kamal Mokrani
Connecting an unconnected Africa through Wi-Fi

Kamal Mokrani

The most recent figures from the International Telecommunications Union showed that Africa's internet access has increased by up to 28% between 2000 and 2015... read
Microsoft SA, Brightwave bring connectivity to 213,000 students in Eastern Cape
Microsoft SA, Brightwave bring connectivity to 213,000 students in Eastern Cape
Microsoft South Africa and internet service provider Brightwave, have signed an agreement to bring Wi-Fi and TV white spaces technology based on broadband access to more than 213,000 students in the Eastern Cape... read
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Internet users in Nigeria hit 91.6 million
According to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the number of internet users in Nigeria's telecommunications networks has increased to 91.6 million in June... read
Mobile & Apps
Uber jacks up security in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
Uber jacks up security in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
Uber has begun the African roll out of its Real-Time ID in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, in a bid to further improve passenger security... read
Services
TelOne introduces 'Alert Me' service
TelOne introduces 'Alert Me' service
TelOne has introduced "Alert Me" service for all its broadband customers, where customers will now be able to receive updates on their data balance... read
Unsure about fibre coverage in South Africa? This map will help
Unsure about fibre coverage in South Africa? This map will help

Hadlee Simons

Fibre-based service provider Otel is busy laying out its own infrastructure, but it also sells data packages on other open-access fibre networks... read
Is franchising services the silver lining in a stagnant economy?
Is franchising services the silver lining in a stagnant economy?

Sybrand Bezuidenhout

The appeal of franchising is widespread. While other businesses often struggle to keep a positive cash flow in times of stunted economic activity, franchising remains resilient... read
Software
New interim management team for SAP Africa
New interim management team for SAP Africa
SAP Africa has appointed an interim management team for Africa after four management team members were placed on administrative leave... read
Tech Startups
SA payments startup Yoco to expand across Africa
SA payments startup Yoco to expand across Africa

Tom Jackson

South African payments startup Yoco is to launch in test markets in East and West Africa by the end of next year on the back of strong growth at home... read
Technology
Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person
Amazon's Jeff Bezos becomes world's richest person
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday became the world's richest person, as a jump in the share price of the US tech giant enabled him to overtake Microsoft founder Bill Gates... read
Bitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split
Bitcoin tests democracy amid fears of split

Hanna Ziady

Fears of a possible split in the bitcoin community, which might create two varieties of the crypto-currency, are overblown... read
Digital solution for retail networks in Africa
Digital solution for retail networks in Africa
Total and Worldline partner with African fintech InTouch to support deployment of Guichet Unique, an innovative digital solution for retail networks... read
Digitalisation pushing boundaries of manufacturing
Digitalisation pushing boundaries of manufacturing

Dereshin Pillay

Digital transformation, as we've come to realise, means something different in every industry. In manufacturing, the term can be broad-reaching... read
Kriti Sharma
'Ethics of Code' for AI in business

Kriti Sharma

Building chatbots and AI that helps our customers is the easy part - the wider questions that the rising tide of AI brings are broad and currently very topical... read
Telecoms
Icasa looks to ease number porting rules
Icasa looks to ease number porting rules
The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) plans to review the number portability regulations to make it easier for consumers to switch networks... read
International
Adobe bidding Flash farewell in 2020
Adobe bidding Flash farewell in 2020
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Adobe on Tuesday said its Flash software that served up video and online games for decades will be killed off over the next three years... read
Samsung facing growing threats despite record profits
Samsung facing growing threats despite record profits
SEOUL, South Korea: Sprawling South Korean conglomerate Samsung Electronics has recovered from a humiliating recall fiasco and the arrest of its de facto leader with remarkable speed... read
Apple axes iPod nano and shuffle
Apple axes iPod nano and shuffle
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Touch became the last iPod standing late last week as Apple removed nano and shuffle stand-alone digital music players from its lineup... read
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Business
Rene Miles, managing director at Novare Investments
#WomensMonth: Making your mark in financial services

Rene Miles

Certain stereotypes associated with the financial services industry remain true - it's still male dominated, men earn more than their female counterparts and women aren't adequately represented in senior leadership positions... read
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