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Startups

African Start-Ups Shine as Global Tech Innovation Leaders

Eva Sgroi -
African Start-ups have gained international recognition by the World Economic Forum, as part of the top 100 most promising tech companies worldwide. These pioneers of the tech industry in Africa are tackling issues like financial inclusion, climate change, and...
Features

The African Internet Connectivity Journey is on its Path to Global Economic Success

Zintle -
Africans are getting ready to take over the world. This may not be a sentiment the developed world tends to agree with, but it is time to acknowledge the facts. Around 17% of the world’s population resides in Africa...
Africa By Region

Is Africa Ready for Digital Enablement?

Jenna Delport -
The World Economic Forum (WEF) believes that there are five hotspots that need to be targeted by the public sector in Africa and the theme that underpins them all is… digital. Digital is the infrastructure that the public sector...
Digital Transformation

Are We Facing A Global Skills Crisis?

Jenna Delport -
The World Economic Forum believes that business across the globe could be facing a reskilling emergency. According to them by 2022, 42% of core skills required to perform existing jobs are going to change. Technology skills, for example, will be...
General

South Africa ranks 117 out of 149 countries in gender wage fairness

Fundi Maseko -
In celebration of Women's Month, Accenture, Nedbank, MTN and Business Engage have partnered to host the 2nd annual Voices of Change event on 08 August that aims to encourage men and women to play leading roles on gender parity...
Company News

MTN Group CEO to give insights on investing in digital growth

Neo Sesinye -
MTN is participating in the World Economic Forum's Annual Meetings taking place from 22—25 January 2019 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The yearly gathering of the world's top leaders from politics, business, civil society and academia, typically recaps major developments on the...
General

The digital divide – where are we now?

Staff Writer -
From a purely observational standpoint, it might seem like humanity has now bridged the digital divide. Wherever you go in today's world you are sure to see someone scrolling through pages on their smartphone or doing something in daily...
Mining & Energy

Eskom poses systemic risk to the South African economy

Staff Writer -
Eskom brought out a JSE stock exchange announcement earlier this week warning its bondholders that there may be more bad news relating to irregularities when Eskom releases its financial results for the year ended March 31, likely to be...
Features

Four questions Public Sector should be asking about Blockchain

Staff Writer -
Twenty-seven million. That’s the number of search results for “blockchain”. Six million results returned for “What should I know about blockchain?” In a recent TechCrunch article, Jason Rowley noted that over the past 14 months, “blockchain and related startups have...
Top Stories

Are we overlooking the critical aspect of the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

Staff Writer -
You haven’t been feeling well this week. You make an appointment with your doctor, who’s actually a computer that assesses you and writes a prescription for flu medication. You take the prescription to your pharmacist, also a computer that...
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OpinionMamsi Nkosi -

How can Companies Predict & Prevent Cyber-Attacks with (Gen) AI

The speed at which cyber threats are evolving is unprecedented. As a result, companies need to implement state-of-the-art technology...
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