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How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?
How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?
[Ilse van den Berg] Peter Sondergaard, Gartner executive VP for research, addressed CIOs and senior IT executives in his keynote at the annual Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Cape Town... read
Digital Africa innovation programme launches
Digital Africa innovation programme launches

A new edition of Digital Africa, an innovation competition to take up the challenge of digital transition in Africa, has launched... Read

Monde Mawasha, Coega Development Corporation programme director: information & communications technology (ICT) and research unit (RU)
It's time for Africa

Monde Mawasha

The rise of the fourth industrial revolution is adding intricacy to future economies and their employment outcome... Read

Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments
Pick n Pay trials bitcoin payments

Bitcoin payments could soon be commonplace at Pick n Pay. For a limited period, customers at the retailer's head office campus store are able to use the cryptocurrency as a payment method... Read


INNOVATION MONTH
#InnovationMonth: Time for investors to focus on SA healthtech, not fintech - Havaic
Time for investors to focus on SA healthtech, not fintech - Havaic

Gabriella Mulligan

Investors in the South African ecosystem should stop focusing solely on fintech innovation, and look to making more healthtech investments... read
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Cloud
Pieter Bensch, executive vice president for Africa and Middle East, Sage.
Pieter Bensch appointed Sage executive VP Africa, Middle East
Sage has appointed Pieter Bensch as executive vice president for the Africa and Middle East region... read

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Data & Analytics
Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution
Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution
Currently in pilot phase at the Welgevonden Game Reserve in Limpopo, MTN's Connected Wildlife Solution aims to tip the scales in favour of endangered species like rhinos and those working to save them... read
#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?
#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

Jannine Adams

Seamless travel and personalisation are two trends that are predicted to continue to disrupt the travel industry in the next decade, according to Amadeus' latest study... read
Development
Code4CT, Booking.com to co-host coding workshop
Code4CT, Booking.com to co-host coding workshop
Code for Cape Town (Code4CT) and Booking.com are partnering to encourage girls to code by co-hosting a one-day workshop on Saturday, 30 September 2017... read
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Software development critical to optimise business processes

Marc de Villiers

The working environment across the world is rapidly changing and has brought with it a new set of obstacles that could impact your business and its processes... read
IoT
Attacq Smart Cities Innovation Pitching Platform now open for 2017
Attacq Smart Cities Innovation Pitching Platform now open for 2017
Officially open for 2017, the Attacq Smart Cities Innovation Pitching Platform will showcase future-focused technologies that contribute to the ‘smart city' concept at Waterfall City... read
Mobile & Apps
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The calm before the next African smartphone storm
For many years, African countries served as the growth engine for the global smartphone market. In 2016, however, global smartphone sales grew at a modest 2% and the landscape in Africa also saw a dip... read
Technology
Are central banks really threatened by cryptocurrency?
Are central banks really threatened by cryptocurrency?
While central banks quake at the thought of losing monetary control with the advent of cryptocurrency, the big winner is the client... read
Neville Cannon
How government CIOs can lead digital transformation

Ilse van den Berg

The Gartner Symposium/ITxpo kicked off on Monday, 18 September 2017 at the CTICC and is expected to attract over 1000 attendees including 190 CIOs over four days... read
International
Nest looks to shake up home security
Nest looks to shake up home security
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Nest has set out to shake up the home security market, unveiling an internet-age alarm system... read
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Business
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The rise of the corporate campus

Agustin Chevez and DJ Huppatz

"My God ... It's heaven." This was the thought Mae Holland had on her first tour of The Circle's campus... read
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