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Technology can be a threat to insurance firms or enable greater customer choice
The insurance sector has not been spared the seeming ubiquity of digital disruption across the economy, and “insurtech” is now a buzzword in many corners of the industry. There has been talk of “burning platforms” and the need for industry…
Liquid Telecom appoints new Group Chief Operating Officer
Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that Ahmad Mokhles has been appointed as Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), a new position within the group. Effective immediately, Ahmad will help drive operational excellence across the group’s 13 countries of…
Predictive analytics vital for personalised insurance
Having access to sophisticated predictive analytics has become a business priority for insurers. Being able to factor in historical and real-time data to analyse patterns, determine risk, and identify trends is now fundamental to insurance success. Kelly Preston, data analytics…
Urban world: The future of the smart city
Cities are getting more crowded. Already, more than half the world’s population lives in urban areas and this number is expected to increase to two thirds by 2050. With pressure increasing on public services and infrastructure, cities have been looking…
South African startups make it to final tround of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative in Sub Sahara Africa
Leading fintech companies from the dynamic Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) technology startup community have made it to the finals of Visa’s Everywhere Initiative, a global innovation program that tasks start-ups to solve commerce challenges of tomorrow, further enhance their own product…
Review: Acer Swift 3
The Acer Swift 3 is a compact lightweight device. It scores highly in terms of looks, build, performance, and features. The laptop has a solid keyboard. With island-style keyboard that feels soft, the Swift 3 offers a decent typing experience…
The emergence of a unified retail model
A new understanding of ‘mass-marketing’ Psychologists have a term to describe how our brains scan things we encounter to see if it relates to anything we already know, or if it is something that fits in a new category. It…
Artificial Intelligence is solving African healthcare challenges
Speaking at the recent SAPICS Conference in Cape Town, Dull revealed how AI in the form of IBM Watson is being used to aid decision making in public health supply chains in developing countries and improve patients’ access to life-saving…
South Africa poised to adopt intelligent process automation
Business process management (BPM), robotic process automation (RPA), intelligent process automation (IPA) – each represents a giant step forward for enterprise operations in terms of automation. South African businesses are moving slowly, however, now is the time to accelerate this…
Airbus launches AirSense and signs strategic partnership with Aireon
Airbus Defence and Space has launched AirSense, an advanced analytics solution enabled by multi-source surveillance data, based on global Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data. AirSense is based on various aircraft positions data feeds. The agreement signed at the Farnborough Air…
Why ethics must be at the heart of AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are more than trendy or futuristic topics – they are real computing advances that are playing out in homes and businesses today. In simple terms, AI is a machine’s ability to reason, and…
Naseba eyes further expansion into Africa after cyber security summit success
On July 9-10, 2018, the Africa Cyber Defence Summit was hosted by Kenya’s Ministry of ICT and co-organised by Naseba, a Dubai-based business facilitation company and Nairobi-based Africa Cyberspace Network. Under the theme “Accelerating Africa’s Cyber Security Dialogue”, the summit…
South African companies optimistic of opportunities in Angola
The South African business people participating in a five-day trade and investment mission to Angola, where Deputy Minister Magwanishe is leading a business delegation comprising 20 members are pleased with the progress thus far. The business people, whose participation has…
How the Industry 4.0 era will change the cybersecurity landscape
We’ve come a long way from the industrial revolution that saw the creation of steam engines and mechanised manufacturing completely transforming the world at the time. Then came electricity and later, IT-enabled manufacturing. Today we stand at the edge of…
Using fake gift cards to lure consumers into handing over personal data
Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered the distribution of an unusual fraudulent scheme that tricks users into parting with their time and their data, for no return. By creating fake websites for the free generation of gift cards, cybercriminals are able…
Sasol head office future-proofs tech for the long term
Working in partnership with Sasol’s Information Management Services (IMS) to develop and deliver an integrated IT solution for its new head office in Sandton, professional services company Turner & Townsend has helped Sasol create a world-class workspace not only for…
