Nov 16, 2017
Cooperative Bank of Oromia has turned to IBM for the transformation of its core banking, middleware and database infrastructure to help manage its operations and fuel current expansion. The bank began operations in 2005 and now serves over 2,4-million customers, with...
Nov 15, 2017
The Zimbabwean army is likely to negotiate a transitional power transfer to the ousted vice-president following yesterday’s palace coup. Theophilus Acheampong, country risk analyst at IHS Markit, analyses the situation. The military’s intervention follows the recent...
Nov 15, 2017
Disruption happens when companies and industries are so greedy that they don’t want to innovate. That’s the word from musician and entrepreneur will.i.am, who explains: “They get so greedy, they don’t realise there is another way to do things like distributing music...
Nov 15, 2017
The automotive future will be very different – although with some noticeable similarities – as the convergence of disruptive technologies, government policies and new business models usher in a new era of multidimensional competition. This is among the...
Nov 15, 2017
Cell C has launched new data products designed for streaming or downloading on its newly-launched black entertainment platform. “The cost of data has often been cited as a barrier to entry for customers wanting to stream or download content using their mobile data,”...
Nov 15, 2017
Data Thrivers are aggressively disruptive in the use of digital technologies to affect new markets, and this sets them apart from companies that are merely Data Survivors or even Data Resisters. A global research programme by NetApp and IDC, focused on helping...
