Pharmaceutical company, Sanofi’s Afric@Tech initiative – which was created as a part of the recent Viva Technology event in Paris, France, took place this May 2018 with its overall winner emanating from South Africa.
Aligned to Sanofi’s objective of accelerating healthcare innovation, the Afric@Tech challenge invited start-ups working on the...
South African telecom MTN has released its financial results for the year ended December 2021 and reported "strong financial, operational and sustainability results" through what the group is calling a "tough macro year."
MTN boasts that these very positive results were delivered through "strong strategic execution and sustained commercial momentum...
South African software technology company BBD takes transformation seriously, not just to assist with economic growth and development, but to change lives while improving ICT skills and contributing to job creation.
Their recent level 2 broad-based black economic empowerment rating is evidence of this. CEO Peter Searle believes BBD is...
IT News Africa recently sat down with Valter Adao, the lead Director/Partner at Deloitte Digital Africa and Innovation leader for Deloitte, to speak about the latest trends in Healthcare innovation on the African continent.
Valter is also the firm wide Healthcare and Life Sciences industry leader for Deloitte in Africa...
South African telcos must start focusing on four key ingredients if they are to successfully own their part of the future telco market. The telco, that successfully prioritises these four elements first, will also set themselves up for huge successes. This is the view of George Kalebaila, Research Director...
EOH has announced the acquisition of LSD Information Technology (LSD), a company specialising in Linux and enterprise open source technology. The partnership addresses an identified gap in the market by bringing the value and innovation that open source solutions provide, in enabling EOH customers’ digital transformation journey.
By identifying global...
Global industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan has recently honoured Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCOUT, with the 2017 DDoS Mitigation Products Market Leadership Award. Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that has developed an innovative product element by leveraging leading-edge technologies. The...
Last week, South Africa's Central Energy Fund (CEF) published its mid-month report showing that petrol prices in the country were set for a small decline in October to the brief relief of motorists who have been dealing with some of the highest fuel prices in SA's history.
However, the CEF...
On 1 July, the grace period for compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) will come to an end. That means organisations found to be in breach of the act will be liable for fines and even criminal persecution.
Given the long lead up to POPIA’s implementation, most...
Mobile money company, Zoona has been awarded the Bank of Zambia Governor’s Outstanding Innovation Award for 2017, and two international Private Equity Africa Awards, recognising the company as a leader in innovation and key contributor to financial inclusion on the continent.
Zoona was awarded the Bank of Zambia Governor’s Outstanding...
Protecting citizens when they interact with digital government services is fast becoming a top priority for governments around the world.
The astonishing growth of the global cybercrime industry and the perceived ease at which threat actors imitate trusted brands and government departments online is challenging governments to implement new measures...
Since the onset of COVID-19 and the consequential lockdown, reliable and fast Internet connectivity has become a vital requirement for businesses and individuals working and learning from home. Expansion in the digital economy and the resultant exponential growth in demand for connectivity is driving the laying of underground fibre-optic...
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) offers a unique energy opportunity for Africa, writes Niall Kramer, former Shell and Chevron executive and ex-CEO of the SA Oil & Gas Alliance.
It comes at a lower environmental cost than oil or coal – and it could drive an enormous resource boom.
Promising recent resource...
In an effort to capitalise on the significant opportunities that exist in the fuel industry, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, Resolve Solution Partners (an Imperial company) has partnered with SJS Energy to form a new business unit called Resolve Energy Solutions.
The new unit comprises key individuals from SJS Energy (Carol...
On Monday 27 November 2017 in Johannesburg, South Africa, information and communications technology company, BCX, and digital industrial company, GE, announced a partnership aimed at providing end-to-end digital technological solutions to the agri-processing sector in South Africa.
Collaborative partners BCX and GE have developed an integrated agri-tech solution tailored for...
The #DataMustFall campaign has been relatively quiet in recent months, after the flurry of calls for greedy companies such as MTN and Vodacom to do away with a basic, moral tenet of business: making a profit. While we wait as the bureaucratic process takes its usual meandering course, there...
