September 24, 2019 •
Finance, Security •
Jenna Cook •
Comments Off on Fintech startups left vulnerable as digital economy booms in Africa
In just two years, Africa’s fintech industry has boomed by 60% – this according to Toby Shapshak in an article for Forbes. The fintech ecosystem has grown to 491 from 301 in 2017, with $132.8 million raised in 2018 – proving the sector’s...
September 7, 2019 •
Finance, Top Stories •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on SWIFT publishes new API standard for Pre-authorisation of funds
SWIFT has published a new API standard for the Pre-authorisation of funds, which allows the payer’s bank to earmark funds for a purchase in advance, guaranteeing that the future payment will be honoured. This is the second of SWIFT’s Open Banking...
The Free State Provincial Government and Cell C have signed an agreement that will pave the way to public access Wi-Fi for the province’s citizens. Internet access and digital literacy are widely recognised as enablers of economic participation and...
Angola Cables has opened its carrier-neutral data centre, AngoNAP Fortaleza in Fortaleza, Brazil. The Tier III designed data centre will cater for the growing demand in content and data transmission in the Southern hemisphere. This interconnection point will...
April 2, 2019 •
Careers, Top Stories •
Fundi Maseko •
Comments Off on CiTi calls women to apply for the Top Tech Tools Business programme
CiTi (the Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative), has partnered with the City of Cape Town to launch its fully-funded Top Tech Tools for Women in Business programme. Applications close on Friday 5 April. Kicking off in April, the ten-week...
University of Oxford academics have published the world’s first ever rating system for working conditions in the digital economy with a focus on South Africa and India. The rankings look at how platforms like Uber, Taxify, and Ola perform against five...
MainOne has announced a partnership with Facebook to roll out a metro fibre infrastructure project in two states of Nigeria. The infrastructure collaboration is part of Facebook’s efforts to connect more people to broadband internet. As part of this...
November 2, 2018 •
East Africa, Finance •
Neo Sesinye •
Comments Off on Rwanda and Alibaba Group merge to promote Rwanda’s economic development
Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Alibaba Group Executive Chairman Jack Ma witnessed the signing of three Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between the Rwandan Government and Alibaba establishing an eWTP (electronic world trade platform) hub in Rwanda....
October 9, 2018 •
General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on More than 86% of businesses and organisations will use AI by 2025
By 2025, more than 86% of businesses and organisations will use AI, and data utilisation will reach 80%. AI services will be everywhere, creating an intelligent world that will reveal endless avenues of opportunity, according to the Global Connectivity Index...
September 26, 2018 •
Finance •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Comviva unveils foray into banking CVM with machine learning & AI platform
Comviva announced its foray into banking customer value management (CVM) by entering into a new partnership with Number Theory, an Artificial Intelligence and Enterprise Data Management firm. The partnership allows Comviva to enhance its MobiLytix Real Time...
While South Africa shows excellent potential to lead Africa in the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), private business, government and educational institutions will need to work together to upskill the nation adequately for this new, digital...
Fact: Did you know that by 2020, 80 percent of all jobs will be related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)? By then, Africa would also have added 122 million younger people to its workforce, the most of any region in the world. This...
We’re living in a fast-paced world where digitalisation is at the forefront of numerous industries. Digital Transformation, loosely defined as the integration of digital technology into all areas of an organisation, fundamentally changing the...
July 3, 2018 •
General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Putting people first in the automotive industry
The turnover rate of people in the automotive industry is high – some dealerships have turnover rates as high as 70 – 80% – and should be a concern for all. The question therefore arises – why is this the case and what can be done about it? As a...
June 4, 2018 •
General •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Intelligent networks: The bastion of the automation revolution
In the past, all networks around the world were managed by people. Engineers monitored thousands of alarms that appeared daily on screens in network operations centres in order to create trouble tickets and eventually solve the underlying issues. In the...
May 9, 2018 •
Features •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Data curation is the answer to business success
The digital shift is fundamentally altering the way we do business, in effect taking away the power of big business – and handing more of this power over to the consumer who is now more able to call the shots on what they want and how they want it...
