FMF raises ICT policy concerns

FMF raises ICT policy concerns

The proposed National Integrated ICT Policy White Paper could set South Africa’s ICT industry back significantly – and we might see legal challenges if government attempts to implement it as it stands. The white paper was pushed through despite inadequate...

Execs lack confidence in analytics insights

Most business leaders today believe in the value of using data and analytics (D&A) throughout their organisations, but say they lack confidence in their ability to measure the effectiveness and impact of D&A, and mistrust the analytics used to help drive...

ISPA membership sees 21 years of growth

South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association has never experienced a period of negative membership growth, an indication of the growth of Internet usage in South Africa and the high regard the country’s Internet Service Provider community...

Notebook sales help to stabilise PC market

Traditional PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) stabilised in the fourth quarter of 2016, registering a close-to-zero decline (-0,2% YoY) and reaching 20,7-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Notebooks performed...

Recognition for African job creation programme

SAP Africa’s skills development initiative, Skills for Africa, has been awarded the prestigious Hasso Plattner Founders’ Award for 2016. This is the highest employee recognition at SAP, awarded annually by SAP CEO Bill McDermott, to an individual or a team...

Online portal to help tertiary students

Education entrepreneur Hertzy Kabeya has engineered an educational technology solution that focusses on ensuring that tertiary students pass and eventually graduate. ERAOnline will be launched next month (February 2017) by Kabeya’s company, The Student Hub...