Southern Africa
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July 25, 2017 •
Southern Africa, Startups, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Linebooker, an online transport management company that matches trucks with loads in Cape Town, is disrupting South Africa’s freight transport industry. According to the company, Linebooker has enjoyed an excellent five months since its official launch in February 2017. It recently expanded its offering to manage all disciplines of primary transport,...
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July 25, 2017 •
General, Software, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Another week, another Gupta kickback allegation. This time it is German software giant- Software AG – being linked to the infamous Gupta family in leaked emails. According to amaBhungane and Scorpio, an investigative journalism site, leaked Gupta...
July 25, 2017 •
Education, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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The Ministry of Basic Education in Botswana has partnered with SAP and trained over 400 local teachers to code, in a series of Train-the-Trainer sessions in preparation for SAP Africa Code Week 2017. The training sessions took place at Gaborone Senior...
July 24, 2017 •
Online & Social, Southern Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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On Sunday, Talk radio station 702 in partnership with MTN held Walk the Talk, a walkathon organised by the station to bring attention to violence against women and children in South Africa. During the walk, 702 posted a tweet comparing two black kids to...
July 24, 2017 •
Cloud Computing, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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The cloud and security solutions provider, F5 Networks last week announced the availability of new, multi-cloud-ready application services for the South African market. The applications are designed to provide consistency in multi-cloud environments, and aim...
July 24, 2017 •
Finance, Mobile and Telecoms, Opinion, Southern Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Africa is at the forefront of mobile banking (M-banking). It is also one of the continents with the lowest levels of financial inclusion. Because of the penetration of the mobile phone in the telecommunications sector, mobile banking has taken off...
July 22, 2017 •
East Africa, Features, General, Lists, North Africa, Southern Africa, Top Stories, West Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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African heads of governments are among the highest paid in the world despite the continent’s many challenges. Jacob Zuma, South African president is the highest paid in the continent earning $272 000 per year, he was ranked fourth in the world....
July 22, 2017 •
Company News, People, Southern Africa •
Dean Workman •
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Oracle South Africa today announced the appointment of Niral Patel as Managing Director and Technology Leader. Niral will be based in Johannesburg and will be responsible for accelerating the adoption of Oracle Cloud solutions, identifying new growth...
July 22, 2017 •
Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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International software giants, SAP, today announced an interim management team for Africa after four management team members were placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of a forensic investigation into allegations related to one of the...
July 21, 2017 •
General, Online & Social, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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On Thursday afternoon social media across South Africa was kicked into overdrive as an email riddled with racist language which appeared to implicate insurance company, MiWay, surfaced on Twitter. The email which was apparently written by a MiWay claims...
July 21, 2017 •
Security, Southern Africa •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Over the course of the past decade, the brick-and-mortar institutions of yesteryear have rapidly been replaced by online counterparts, with South Africans now turning to the Internet to perform banking transactions, book flights and even shop for groceries....
July 21, 2017 •
General, Southern Africa, Sponsored •
Dean Workman •
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Networks Unlimited, a value-added distributor within the converged technology, data centre, networking and security landscapes, has supported the fund-raising efforts of one of its partners, EOH, at the Randpark Ridge United Church in Johannesburg, by helping...
July 20, 2017 •
Finance, Online & Social, Retail, Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Dean Workman •
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Chat Find, a new app which offers businesses, large and small, a commercially viable mobile commerce platform, has been made available to South African business owners. Mobile is becoming an increasingly important space for businesses, with statistics...
July 20, 2017 •
Southern Africa, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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South African human/tech hybrid estate agency, Leadhome, was launched two years ago and helps homeowners with buying and selling property. The modern estate agency provides solutions using technology in a bid to simplify estate agency processes. Earlier this...
July 20, 2017 •
Opinion, Security, Southern Africa •
Dean Workman •
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South African business owners need to understand that cybersecurity is not just a technical consideration, but an enterprise-wide risk that needs to be addressed at board level. This according to Brian Browne, Principal in Mazars’ Cybersecurity Practice in...
July 19, 2017 •
Southern Africa, Sponsored, Top Stories •
Fundisiwe Maseko •
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Westcon-Comstor, the leading value-added global distributor of security, unified communications, network infrastructure and data centre solutions, is pleased to announce that customers in Zambia will now benefit from the global roll-out of SAP, which is today...
