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Liquid Telecom widens availability of Microsoft Azure Stack across Africa
Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced the availability of Microsoft Azure Stack – an extension of an ever-expanding set of cloud services to consistently develop and run hybrid cloud applications – to select African markets. Leveraging its pan-African fibre…
Microsoft enables South African NPOs to drive greater impact through digital transformation
On Tuesday, Microsoft Philanthropies announced $1M (US) in cash and technology grants to three innovative South African non-profit organisations (NPO) to help further their work in driving greater social impact in South Africa. The grants to Youth Empowerment Services (YES),…
Has a connected government moved from being a convenience to a necessity?
As governments are working towards delivering quality services in increasingly complex environments, so Internet of Things (IoT) technology could provide new value for South African citizens, enhance capabilities, streamline processes and better engage partners. BBD executive Muzuvukile Matlala highlights how…
First Bank partners WorldRemit for digital money transfers to Nigeria
Digital money transfer service WorldRemit has joined forces with First Bank of Nigeria Limited (First Bank) for instant money transfers to all First Bank accounts in Nigeria. The new strategic partnership considerably expands WorldRemit’s footprint in the country and allows…
MiX Telematics introduces MiX Integrate
MiX Telematics, a leading global provider of fleet and asset management solutions, introduces MiX Integrate, an intuitive API platform that allows for seamless third-party data integration. For customers, MiX Integrate is the perfect bridge between in-house or third-party business systems…
Gen Z are tech savvy and looking for work
Generation Z, those born after 1995 are starting to enter the workforce. This tech-savvy generation, born into a world where having a phone, a tablet and a computer is the norm, will soon make up one-fifth of the workforce. In…
ASUS unveils first gaming smartphone and new product lineup at Computex 2018
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) hosted the For Those Who Dare press event at Computex 2018. The event unveiled a new lineup of gaming products, including ROG Phone, the first ROG gaming smartphone and the world’s first smartphone with a…
Kenyan startup Tanda launches inventory-management solution
Tanda, a Kenyan platform designed to make it easier to run a shop by allowing shop owners order and manage their inventory has launched after a four-month pilot with 200 kiosks spread across Kayole, Kawangware and Kariobangi. With an undisclosed…
Fundi introduces innovative technology for schools
South Africa’s leading education fund administrator has recently introduced a cashless system in the form of a bracelet to digitise payments for primary school pupils. Fundi’s bracelet, FundiPay allows parents to load pocket money into a learner or student’s account…
IFAD Vice-President in Kenya to promote innovations for rural transformation
Cornelia Richter, Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), concluded a five-day visit to Kenya where she met with Deputy President William Ruto and other high-ranking government officials to discuss expanding successful rural development investments to include stronger links…
The ‘quick win’ that can kickstart your Cloud migration journey
‘Slowly, and then all at once’. This eloquent line from author John Green aptly describes the nature of Cloud migration for South African enterprises. For years, we have discussed the Cloud in abstract terms, tested it out in isolated projects…
App usage reveals different cloud priorities for African markets
When it comes to hosting and accessing applications in the cloud, businesses in South Africa have very different priorities to those in Kenya and Nigeria. An obvious statement perhaps, considering that these markets are vastly different in their technology adoption…
New Namibian solar project to address socio-economic development challenges
Namibia’s minister of mines and energy, Tom Alweendo, highlighted the need for the government and private sector to collaborate in order to address socio-economic development challenges. The announced was made during the launch of the B2Gold Otjiko Solar Farm in…
The Impact of GDPR on Digital Marketing
The General Data Protection Regulation legislation is the most important change in data privacy regulation in 20 years. Its fundamental aim is to protect all EU citizens from privacy and data breaches in an increasingly data-driven world. As the international…
Data integration proving to be a ‘must-have’ for cloud-focused enterprises
Cloud integration is rapidly becoming one of 2018’s top software trends. Andrea Tucker, Business Applications Head (R&D) at e4, says that developing data integration is proving to be a ‘must-have’ for cloud-focused enterprises and service providers. There is a universal…
SUSE contributes advanced management and monitoring capabilities to Ceph
SUSE, experts at making open source software consumable in the enterprise, is contributing the manpower, concepts and architecture of the openATTIC storage management framework to the Ceph open source project, turning it into the new default built-in dashboard for management…
