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Liquid Telecom appoints new Regional CEO of Southern Africa
Liquid Telecom has appointed Wellington Makamure as the new Regional CEO of Southern Africa, placing him in charge of four key markets in the region. In his new role, Wellington will be directly responsible for the leadership, strategic and operational…
Karri app for school payments expands offering to any organisation needing to collect funds
The Karri app, launched in April last year, has grown to just under 300 South African schools driven by parent and teacher demand for a solution to school payments. Due to the success of this collections platform, Karri has expanded…
CIOs need to take notice of Quantum Computing, says Forrester
Research labs, government agencies (NASA) and tech giants like Microsoft, IBM and Google are all focused on developing quantum theories first put forward in the 1970s. What’s more, a growing start-up quantum computing ecosystem is attracting hundreds of millions of…
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies age 65
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has passed away at the age of 65. Paul Allen’s company released the following statement upon his passing: “It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our founder Paul G. Allen, co-founder of…
Egyptian manufactured smartphone to expand African reach
Silicon Industries Corporation (SICO), Egypt’s first smartphone maker is set to expand to the rest of Africa by the end of 2018 or early 2019. SICO which already exports to the Gulf and aims to start selling phones in Kenya,…
Telkom Kenya denies redundancy plans, urges action against Safaricom
Telkom Kenya has renewed calls for rival Safaricom be declared a dominant player, reports Citizen News. CEO Aldo Mareuse also sought to allay fears that it was planning to make staff redundant on consulting firm McKinsey’s recommendation. Safaricom holds over…
Nigeria: IXPN sees increase in local traffic
The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has revealed that it has seen a significant increase in its network in the last five years with the exchange of 110 gigabtye per second bandwidth of traffic locally. This achievement represents an…
Samsung’s foldable phone doubles as a tablet in your pocket
For years, Samsung has been rumoured to be working on a foldable smartphone set for 2019. According to reports by CNET, Samsung’s much awaited and talked-about foldable smartphone would offer the functionality of a tablet complete with multi-tasking and a…
Was your personal data compromised in the Facebook hack?
Two weeks ago there was a massive hack on Facebook user data where as many as 50 million users may have been impacted. Facebook’s engineering team discovered a security issue where attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code regarding the…
Embracing the cognitive engine in the pursuit of insights from analytics
Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are hard pressed to innovate, cut costs and utilise value driving tools to streamline their operations. In a digital world, achieving this requires the ability to draw real insights from data analytics; and this in turn…
Google Translate adds 13 languages to its visual translator
Google search has made some advances over the past years – from auto-complete, to image search and natural language understanding. Last year, Google announced that the Google Translate app, which is in 103 languages was made avaible in Swahili, Zulu…
MTN brings back Mahala Calls for prepaid subscribers
From 16 October 2018 MTN will be bringing back Mahala Calls, as part of the MTN Zone offering – just in time for long summer days and holiday trips. MTN knows how important it is to stay in touch with…
Vodacom introduces SD-WAN to help African enterprises
Vodacom has introduced Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) through Vodacom Business. The telecom company is one of the first to launch the digital offering in the South African market. SD-WAN, which is an application of software-defined networking (SDN) technology applied…
LG showcases Transparent OLED display at GITEX 2018
LG Electronics showcased its range of OLED signage that included the revolutionary and futuristic Transparent OLED, Open Frame OLED, OLED Video Wall and a variety of other exceptional products to captivate attendees at the 2018 edition of GITEX Technology Week.…
Achieving better patient outcomes with artificial intelligence
Nurse Florence Nightingale may be most well-known as the British Army’s lady with the lamp, assiduously conducting night rounds and attending to the wounded by candle light. But by demonstrating the link between poor sanitary conditions and high mortality rates…
Power is critical from bush to estate
IIoT delivers electrical efficiency Substations get new lease on life Upmarket residential estate goes off grid “The energy supply industry in South Africa is experiencing a new dawn,” says Taru Madangombe, Vice President of Energy in Southern Africa for Schneider…
