Telecel program contributes R15m to African startups

Africa’s brightest minds are solving some of the continent’s most challenging problems, with 2021 being a year of recognition for African startups, being noticed – and invested in – on the global stage. The number of startups with Africa as their home base is also...

4Sight to broaden African network

4Sight Holdings has announced that it is expanding its regional office in Windhoek to make its full range of technology offerings available to the Namibian market. Tertius Zitzke, group CEO of 4Sight Holdings, says that the expansion of the Namibian office is part of...

Vodacom partners with Amdocs for Africa Centre of Excellence

Amdocs has partnered with Vodacom Group to create an African Centre of Excellence (COE). The COE will enable Vodacom to deliver next-generation experiences to its customers in Tanzania, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by introducing a...

Why 2022 could be a watershed year for logistics in Africa

Over the last two years, the logistics and supply chain industry has been subjected to the Covid-19 ‘stress test’. By Amadou Diallo, CEO of DHL Global Forwarding Middle East & Africa Grappling with the worst pandemic in modern history, border closures, and...

What 2022 may hold for technology’s role in Africa

The past year proved that the only certainty in our world right now is further uncertainty and change. By Cathy Smith, MD of SAP Africa With the world in flux due to the impact of the pandemic, the growing influence of digital technologies in every facet of our lives,...

Five trends shaping Africa’s future

Last year I started my trends forecast by saying: “Covid-19 made it clear that despite any organization’s best efforts to predict what’s coming, the possibility for major disruption always exists … the only certainty is uncertainty.” By...