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Stop Trying to ‘Formalise’ SMEs – Fintech offers a better way to boost growth in Africa

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) present a significant opportunity for Africa to build on the positive fintech momentum to grow GDP - but we need to stop thinking about formalising them and instead provide further fintech solutions that bridge...

Nedbank Set to Accelerate Africa’s Infrastructure Development

Nedbank has taken a landmark step in supporting Africa's sustainable infrastructure development by merging its project finance and export credit teams into a newly repurposed Africa Infrastructure Finance business unit the bank aims to offer streamlined financial solutions tailored...

Unleashing Africa’s Potential: GABI Summit Set to Ignite Economic Growth for Africa

The Global Africa Business Initiative (GABI), the leading platform for promoting investment opportunities and business growth across Africa and the world, will bring together Heads of State and Government, CEOs, UN leaders, investors and entrepreneurs. This year's event Themed 'Unstoppable...

The Future for Sustainable Mining in Africa Lies in Circular Thinking

Mining and the circular economy are not phrases that traditionally fit in the same sentence but in a decarbonised world more minerals and metals will be required, not less. Mining is not typically associated with visions of a circular...

African Development Bank Invests More than $1-Billion in Mozambique

The African Development Bank Group has invested more than $1-billion in the north of Mozambique, which includes investments into the Liquefied Natural Gas Rovuma Area 1 project, a climate resilience project, the Mueda Negomano Road project, and the Mozambique...

The potential hidden in 4IR hype, myth, and conversation

There is thinking and then there is blue-sky thinking. The latter is defined by how industry and individual can look at a situation through the eyes of what could be, or what might be achieved. The former should be...

SONA 2019 highlights economic growth through electronic payments

Last night’s State of the Nation Address touched on a number of valuable points around the government’s commitment to work together with South African businesses to build a better country for all. Priorities mentioned included the need to accelerate inclusive...

Why South African SMEs should adopt disruptive tech

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution – characterised by the interconnection of technologies, blurring the lines between the world’s physical, digital, and biological domains – continues to change the working landscape across the globe at a rapid pace. It is now...

What 2019 has in store for South Africa’s ICT space

South Africa’s 2018 Q2 and Q3 negative economic growth means that the country’s economy is in a technical recession. And while Business Services is one sphere showing growth (of 1.9%, along with Finance and Real Estate), this does not mean...

Huawei activates intelligence to build better smart cities

Currently underway the Huawei Connect 2018, Huawei held a Smart City Summit with the theme "Activate Intelligence to Build Better Smart Cities". This year's Huawei Connect conference is designed to help all businesses and organisations step over the threshold and...
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How Can AI Smart Telematics Enhance Safety in South Africa?

The rapidly expanding and widespread use of systems like AI language models and other natural language processing (NLP) tools...
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