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August 18, 2018 •
Gadgets and Gaming, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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As part of South Africa’s Women’s Month, Clarion Gaming continues to advance the role of women in the industry across the region and internationally with vital insights from some of the industry’s key female figures ahead of this year’s ICE Africa, which takes place on 24 and 25 October at the Sandton Convention Centre, South [&hellip...
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August 18, 2018 •
Cloud Computing, Opinion, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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One of today’s biggest boardroom frustrations goes something like this: ‘we have all this data about our customers and our business, but we can’t seem to get it into a usable structure… we just can’t seem to draw out valuable insights’ Many IT...
August 17, 2018 •
Opinion, Security, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Industrial Control System (ICS) security was ramped up at Black Hat USA – with packed sessions ranging from specific attacks to vulnerable hardware – all with the aim of protecting critical infrastructure, whose security shortcomings so frequently hit the...
August 17, 2018 •
Southern Africa, Startups, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Nigeria’s digital publishing company, Publiseer has been accepted into the Venture Incubation Programme Winter School 2018. The programme will take place at Solution Space, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, in Cape Town, from 3...
August 17, 2018 •
Company News, Software, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Adapt IT, a global software provider, announced its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2018. The company reported a turnover increase of 36% to R1,35bn for the year. 13% of that was organic growth, while another 30% was mainly comprised of the...
August 17, 2018 •
General, Southern Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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South Africa has the potential to leverage its large youth population, along with emerging technologies, to become a leader in both BRICS countries and even globally. The recent BRICS Business Council conference held in South Africa analysed the opportunities...
August 16, 2018 •
Internet of Things, Opinion, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Gamification provides insurers with an ideal platform to enhance customer engagement. With apps like MEGA MEDS, that turns medicine management into a fun experience, and the likes of the Discovery Insure Driving Challenge, that rewards customers who are good...
August 16, 2018 •
Security, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Social engineering, also referred to as ‘hacking without code’, is one of the most personal cybercrimes that can be committed. Here, professional hackers manipulate people into unwittingly giving out sensitive information – and even cold, hard cash...
August 15, 2018 •
Events, Online & Social, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Westcon Sub-Saharan Africa, the value-added distributor, is partnering with vendor’s Ruckus Networks an Arris company and Avaya, at the annual IAUG event to be held in August 2018. Here it will showcase to customers and reseller partners, the full length...
August 14, 2018 •
East Africa, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Twitter announced on Monday, 13 August 2018 that it has expanded Twitter Lite to 21 more countries including five countries in Africa. The company also reveled that Lite now supports push notifications and threaded Tweets. Twitter Lite was launched in 2017 as...
August 14, 2018 •
Internet of Things, Opinion, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Connecting citizens enables the public sector to communicate effectively with the population, pre-empting certain events and making sure citizens are notified of critical information. But the opportunity goes further than just being able to send and receive...
August 13, 2018 •
General, Opinion, Southern Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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The business landscape is changing, it’s no secret. The Fourth Industrial Revolution has already begun to shift the business landscape, and the challenges faced by businesses increase at the same pace as their competition. The barriers to entry for many...
August 13, 2018 •
East Africa, Finance, Southern Africa, Startups, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Mines, a fintech startup re-inventing credit in emerging markets, has closed a Series A round of $13M led by The Rise Fund, a global fund managed by TPG Growth. Also participating are Velocity Capital, Western Technology Investments, First Ally Capital,...
August 13, 2018 •
Finance, Southern Africa, Sponsored, Top Stories •
Danielle Kruger •
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Papersoft is now a technological partner of two of the biggest African banks: Equity Bank Group and Ecobank from Democratic Republic of Congo to help them delivering their financial inclusion services via hyperlocal agents. Banks alongside with technology...
August 13, 2018 •
Finance, Security, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Fraud affects small businesses much more severely than large corporates, with global research revealing that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) generally lose twice as much money than their corporate counterparts in the event of employee fraud. Discussing...
August 11, 2018 •
Company News, Mining & Energy, Southern Africa •
Danielle Kruger •
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Solar Mining Services, a new dynamic entrant to the explosives and explosive related services for the Mining and Quarry Sectors, announced the appointment of two key positions. Donald Motloung has been appointed as the new Business Development Executive for...
