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The need for Open source skills in Africa
With many businesses transitioning from legacy systems to ones built on open source (OS) software, there is a need for skilled employees that can unlock the value this approach offers. Despite the fact that OS skills development is nothing new,…
Top 5 tips on how to spot a Facebook scam
Hoaxes are all over Facebook and with users often encouraged or forced via hijacks and hacks to share and like content, it will often seem like the hoax has been personally vouched for by your friend, says Carey van Vlaanderen,…
Huawei supports the enablement of 4th industrial revolution for South Africa
Huawei recently participated in the China – South Africa Internet Roundtable where Huawei MD of Enterprise Business Group SA, Du Min, spoke about focusing on ICT Infrastructure and System for a Better Connected South Africa. “The evolution in the ICT…
Africa’s brightest students shine at Intel ISEF 2016
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF 2016), which was held in the United States in Phoenix Arizona, saw approximately 1,700 high school students from over 75 countries in attendance. Among these individuals were students from Nigeria, South Africa,…
Intel ISEF 2016: Microbiologist converts organic waste into electricity
Intel Corporation and the Society for Science & the Public today announced that Han Jie (Austin) Wang, 18, of Vancouver, Canada, is the recipient of the first place Gordon E. Moore Award and US$75,000 for developing microbial fuel cells (MFCs)…
African Start-Ups encouraged to participate in VIVA Technology Paris
African-born global ad-tech company, Popimedia is encouraging African tech start-ups to participate in VIVA Technology Paris. Co-hosted by Publicis, the inaugural event, running from 30 June to 2 July 2016, aims to provide a “real-time platform for collaboration and a…
MTN Group appoints new group executive
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Babak Fouladi as Group Executive: Technology and Information Systems. In this role, Fouladi will lead the delivery of MTN’s network and information technology strategy across the Group. On joining MTN, he will temporarily…
The Uber Era: Using Cloud Solutions to Avoid Disruption
The advent of the ‘Uber era’ has traditional businesses running scared. While business disruption isn’t new, the world is now seeing a perfect storm of accelerated technology innovation and rapidly changing consumer expectations that’s bringing unprecedented disruption and threatening established…
More conversation needed between business and IT in SA
Digital transformation is driving a need for business and IT to work much more closely together to realise business imperatives. While this need has always existed, the increased involvement of lines of business (LoB) and the need for a more…
Gregg Petersen reveals Veeam’s new Regional Manager for Africa
Gregg Petersen, Regional Director for Middle East and SAARC from Veeam Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Always-On Enterprise, has revealed the appointment of Claude Schuck as the new regional manager for Africa. With a 60 percent increase in…
Ransomware: African Businesses continue to be at high risk
Over the last 12 months, there has been a 16% increase in ransomare attacks, a Data Breach Investigation Report by Verizon, has revealed. Ransomware is a hot topic because of the organisations being targeted and because of how prevalent it has become.…
Data opens the door to the Digital Business
Data. It’s a word used so often that it risks losing all of its impact, especially the King Kong silverback of such jargon, ‘Big Data’. Yet constant conversation about data is not the boy crying wolf. It’s not a desperate…
South Africa: T-Systems sponsors World Champion Wayde van Niekerk
T- Systems South Africa has revealed that it is sponsoring 400m World Champion, Wayde van Niekerk. Wayde van Niekerk, a South African track and field sprinter, is renowned for his local and international achievements in the 100m, 200m, and 400m…
Instagram gets a new look
Popular photo sharing network Instagram has updated its look. This is according to a statement issued by the company. According to the company, Instagram users will see an updated icon and app design soon. The full company statement can be found…
SAP to train more than 150,000 youth in 30 African countries
SAP has revealed that it will train more than 150,000 youth in 30 African countries this year to foster digital literacy and equip the continent’s rising generation with job-relevant digital skills. SAP’s Africa Code Week 2016 will run from October…
Old Android devices at risk of downloading malware
While observing the activity of several cybercriminal groups, Kaspersky Lab researchers have spotted unusual activity in a malicious script, on an infected website, which is putting Android users at risk. The script usually activates the download of Flash exploits, to…
