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Another food delivery app launches in South Africa
KAUAI, a company that operates under the multi-brand food group, Real Foods, launched its new app. “We’re seeing a growing trend of customers who don’t want to compromise on healthy eating, but that are also extremely busy and pressed for…
Game of Thrones phishing scams and how to avoid them
The long night has finally ended. Game of Thrones fans can finally come in from the cold and, like a starving dragon, start devouring the latest and final season of the massively popular TV show. But unlike the fantasy series,…
Dimension Data, Cisco announce co-innovation partnership
Dimension Data and Cisco have announced a new co-innovation agreement, to develop a deeper collaboration environment and framework to jointly solve clients’ business needs. Drawing on their respective core strengths, competencies, and technologies, Dimension Data and Cisco are coming together…
The age of intelligence is the future of of data
The new age of intelligence is defined as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics to improve enterprise efficiency in the era of big data. The goal is to increase the volume, velocity, and variety of data and…
South African FinTech company offers SMEs financing in hours
FinTech company, Bridgement offers invoice financing to SMEs in a record time of 2.5-hours. Bridgement’s speed is due to its use of machine learning for credit analysis and decision making. “When money is needed quickly – to cover salaries or…
Networks Unlimited Africa plays its part in committing to South Africa education
“South African businesses need to get positive about education and commit themselves to playing their role in educating South Africa’s children – the onus cannot lie only on the state.” This was the message from Anton Jacobsz, CEO at Networks…
HP unveils AI based malware defence solution
HP introduced new hardware and security solutions at its third annual EMEA Innovation Summit. HP Sure Sense is an artificial intelligence (AI)-based malware defence solution. In addition to HP’s hardware-enforced security enhancements, HP introduced its latest line-up of 8th Gen…
DoshEx, Digital Twin unveil world first IoT and blockchain solution
South African technology companies DoshEx and Digital Twin have unveiled a globally scalable solution to the security and integrity of solutions deployed across the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is the next big thing in digital connectivity whereby devices ‘talk’…
Google’s AI research lab in Ghana to solve real-world problems
Google has opened an Artifical Intelligence research laboratory in Accra, Ghana, the first of its kind in Africa. The new lab will use AI to develop solutions in healthcare, education and agriculture such as helping to diagnose certain types of…
Farmcrowdy Group partners Livestock 247 to boost trading in Nigeria
Nigeria’s digital agriculture platform, Farmgate Africa announced its partnership with Livestock247.com, an online Livestock Market. This partnership is following the recent launch of the commodity aggregator platform by Farmcrowdy Group an umbrella company established to build agritech solutions that will…
PwC study reveals decline in Chief Digital Officer positions
Companies are recognising that digital transformation needs to part of their core strategy and are creating fewer Chief Digital Officer (CDO) positions than they were two years ago. In the latest study of CDOs conducted by Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting…
Vodacom Foundation equips female farmers with digital skills
Vodacom Foundation, in partnership with UN Women, introduced Female Farmers programme in 2018. The programme, which is focused at empowering smallholder female farmers within the country’s agriculture sector, has to date trained 350 small-scale female farmers in rural areas of…
Discovery Vitality offers up to 100% cash back on a Huawei Band 2 Pro
Discovery Vitality has partnered with Huawei to offer Vitality members up to 100 per cent cash back on a Huawei Band 2 Pro fitness device from Sportsmans Warehouse. “Given the increasing popularity of Huawei products in the South African market,…
Schneider Electric launches new digital ecosystem
Schneider Electric has announced the launch of Schneider Electric Exchange, the world’s first cross-industry open ecosystem dedicated to solving real-world sustainability and efficiency challenges. Schneider Electric Exchange is empowering a diverse community of solvers to create and scale business solutions…
North-West University students take top-prize at 2019 MiWay 24-hour Hackathon
This past weekend saw 25 top Honours and final-year students from five leading Universities from around South Africa take part in the 24 hours hackathon to conceptualise, design and build an actuarial model. On 13 -14 April 2019, the students…
Applications for Google Africa Certifications Scholarships open
Google has announced that applications are open for the next round of Google Africa Certifications Scholarships. In line with its commitment to provide mobile developer training to 100,000 Africans to develop world-class apps, Google is offering 30,000 scholarship opportunities and…
