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In Pictures: IoT Forum Africa 2022
The premier internet of things event in Africa was held on 29 and 30 March last week in Sandton, Johannesburg. The hybrid event sought to equip decision-makers from various industries with the knowledge and tools needed to plan and implement…
Africa Paces Up to Uncover the Next-Gen Developments in Datacentre & Cloud
Summary: Datacentre & Cloud Infrastructure Summit 2022  – Africa, a two-day virtual mega-scale summit, focused on Datacentre & Cloud Infrastructure will shed light on Africa’s market dynamics and its valiant effort towards enabling data sovereignty, all the while facilitating collaboration…
How CFOs & CIOs are Funding Digital Transformation with OPEX, not CAPEX
CFOs and CIOs, collaborating to drive the accelerated digital transformation necessitated by rapid technology advances and COVID-19, now have a smart alternative to traditional financing and management of IT assets that boosts business efficiencies and competitiveness. Rapid technology advances driving…
Showmax to Launch 4 New Original Titles in Kenya
In yet another move to invest in the film and TV industry in Kenya, Showmax has unveiled four new Original productions to be released in 2022. The incoming slate includes Kenya’s first Christmas feature film, a crime drama series set…
You Can Now Translate To & From isiZulu Across the Entire Microsoft Ecosystem
Microsoft has added isiZulu to its Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services Translator, enabling text and documents to be translated to and from South Africa’s most-spoken official language across the entire Microsoft ecosystem of products and services. isiZulu joins Kiswahili as the…
SA Will Need $30-Billion for Energy Transition says African Development Bank
African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has assured South Africa of the Bank’s strong support as the country transitions from fossil fuel to renewable energy. Adesina told Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Gwede Mantashe, that the Bank…
Liquid Intelligent Secures Slice of Equiano Subsea Cable
Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has announced it has acquired a fibre pair on the Equiano subsea cable, allowing Liquid to transport traffic up to 12 Terabits, bringing a much-needed increase in international…
South Africa’s Absa Bank Appoints New CEO
South Africa’s Absa Bank Group has appointed Arrie Rautenbach as its new CEO effective immediately. Rautenbach had currently been serving as Absa’s head of retail and business banking and will now be leaping to the head of the banking group,…
Disney+ South Africa Launch Date Finally Set
Disney+, the streaming service from The Walt Disney Company, has confirmed launch dates for the 42 countries and 11 new territories set to launch this winter. The streaming service will launch in South Africa on 18 May 2022. South African…
Zoho Officially Announced as Platinum Sponsor for IoT Forum Africa 2022
Zoho Corp, the India-based global technology company, has officially been announced as Platinum Sponsor for the upcoming IoT Forum Africa 2022 event, the premier Internet of Things conference in Africa. IoTFA 2022 will see over 600 delegates and 30 speakers…
AB4IR’s Kelebogile Molopyane to Speak on Bridging the Digital Divide Through Incubation at IoTFA 2022
The premier Internet of Things event in Africa, IoT Forum Africa 2022, is set to feature the CEO of Africa Beyond 4IR, Kelebogile Molopyane, as a speaker. The Digital Innovation Hub located in Tshwane, Mabopane Odi Campus, South Africa, AB4IR…
Airtel Africa Wants to Get Rid of its Towers to Cut Costs
Pan-African telecommunications firm Airtel Africa has reportedly stopped investing in new tower infrastructure in Kenya, and other markets across the continent, as it prepares to sell most of its already-existing infrastructure assets. This is in efforts to reduce ownership of…
ICYMI: NFT of Nelson Mandela’s Arrest Warrant Sells for $130K at Auction
On Saturday, a non-fungible token (NFT) made from apartheid struggle icon and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nelson Mandela’s original arrest warrant – which sent the statesmen away to prison for 27 years – has been sold in a South African…
Understanding the Risks to Cryptocurrency Trading
Alongside self-fertilizing crops and low-carbon shipping, cryptocurrencies have made the World Economic Forum (WEF) list of top tech trends in 2022 bolstered by research by the Thomson Reuters Foundation that describes it as moving from the ‘fringes of finance to…
Top 4 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. This week, alarm bells sound over the possibilities of Russian cybersecurity agency Kaspersky being coerced to use their software in…
The 3 Signs of a Great AI Solution
Artificial Intelligence has become so integrated into the technology stack that it goes largely unnoticed. When you take a picture with a newer iPhone, for instance, the phone collects a couple of frames and analyses it at the pixel level…
