5G and the drive to new economic models

5G and the drive to new economic models

Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town – Today, telecommunications is the foundation for all industries – and 5G is set to make it even more pervasive. Dr Mohamed Madkour, vice-president: global wireless networks marketing and solutions at Huawei,...

The path to a connected Africa

Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town – For Africa to take part in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), it’s vital that the continent is connected – and that it is connected in a smart way. “If you want to drive the digital economy,...
Top 10 data analytics trends

Top 10 data analytics trends

Traditionally, banks targeted older customers for wealth management services, assuming that this age group would be the most interested. Using augmented analytics, though, banks found that younger clients (aged 20 to 35) are actually more likely to transition into...
Scientists discover new strain of HIV

Scientists discover new strain of HIV

Global healthcare leader, Abbott, says that a team of its scientists identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), called HIV-1 Group M, subtype L. The findings, published this week in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS),...
Sizwe does SA proud in Fujitsu Select Awards

Sizwe does SA proud in Fujitsu Select Awards

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu Forum in Munich – South Africa’s Sizwe Africa IT Group has won a global Fujitsu channel award. The company was named Best Partner Focus Portfolio Countries 2019 in a closely contested competition that saw Elbex Technologies scoop the...
The future of quantum may not be what we thought

The future of quantum may not be what we thought

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu Forum in Munich – The debate around quantum supremacy is fundamentally flawed. This is the word from Dr Joseph Reger, chief technology officer of Fujitsu Europe, who argues that debate recently kicked off by Google is not precise and,...