Second Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program completed
Qualcomm has announced the successful completion of the second year of its Make in Africa Startup Mentorship Program, culminating in the Make in Africa Finale 2024. Now in its second year, this program has successfully guided early-stage technology startups by...
Microsoft leverages AI to fast-track African start-ups
Microsoft, through the company’s Africa Transformation Office (ATO), has unveiled an initiative that will accelerate advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and foster collaboration between startups and industry leaders. The initiative will also mark the launch...
Responsible regulation of generative AI needed
In a significant move towards shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI), the US legislature recently held a ground-breaking presentation on regulating responsible AI. By De Wet Bisschoff, director of operations and sales at Accenture in Africa The session...
ChatGPT risks legal and compliance leaders must evaluate
Legal and compliance leaders should address their organisation's exposure to six specific ChatGPT risks, and what guardrails to establish to ensure responsible enterprise use of generative AI tools, according to Gartner. "The output generated by ChatGPT and other...
Borderless work model challenges employers
National lockdowns forced employers to invest in technologies that would allow their house-bound staff to continue working during the pandemic. "Post Covid, these advances have seen the emergence of new concepts in workforce management, from work-from-home to hybrid...
Western Europe hardcopy shipments decrease
Western European shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 4,3% year over year to 4,1-million units in 1Q23, according to research by International Data corporation (IDC). There was improvement in product availability, enabling back-order fulfilment, but in some...
False declines carry big risks
Friction at checkout remains a major challenge for businesses, many of which are doing everything they can to reduce cart abandonment and ensure a great customer experience. At the same time, banks face their own challenges as they are the last defence for both...
AI and the promise of accessible, affordable healthcare
Over the past year, artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated the global news cycle as experts across the world engaged in a spirited debate about its positive implications and potential drawbacks for our future. While uncertainties remain about how AI will impact...
A kilowatt saved is worth more than a kilowatt produced
This year's Enlit 2023 Africa event in Cape Town had a pertinent and recurring theme: how can the continent ramp up energy efficiency to mitigate the unstable energy provision faced by many countries including South Africa? Speaking on the panel Utilising advanced...
SAS seeks crowd-driven AI to protect sea turtles
SAS has joined forces with the UNC Centre for Galapagos Studies (CGS) to apply crowd-driven artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help protect endangered sea turtles - similar to a recent project it was involved in to help track deforestation in the...
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You could be saving on business travel
Misconceptions around low-cost travel options might be preventing your company from saving thousands of rands, says Kirby Gordon, head of sales and distribution at FlySafair. The needs of domestic business travellers are, for the most part, fairly straight forward....
HPE Aruba simplifies WiFi for SMEs
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, has announced a new WiFi solution designed to give small businesses secure and reliable business-grade Wi-Fi with easy to set-up APs and an intuitive mobile app. The HPE OfficeConnect OC20 is a cost-effective wireless...
Next generation of Kaspersky Private Security Network
Kaspersky Lab is introducing its next generation of Kaspersky Private Security Network, a private version of Kaspersky Security Network that allows enterprises to boost their detection speed with access to real-time global threat intelligence from 80-million sensors,...
Digital transformation priorities for African telcos
After nearly two decades of uninhibited growth and profitability, African telecoms operators (telcos) are facing the converging forces of digital disruption, writes Mariam Abdullahi, telco industry lead at SAP Africa. Some of the factors contributing to this are:...
Shadow IT could be why businesses “wannacry”
There are mixed opinions about implementing unauthorised, IT applications (apps) within the organisation, a practice known as Shadow IT. Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA at Galix Networking, examines the issue. Opinion on Shadow IT is divided into two camps. Some believe...
Collaboration opens up metadata platform
20th Century Fox, Panasonic and Samsung announced a partnership to create an open, royalty-free dynamic metadata platform for High Dynamic Range (HDR) through an associated certification and logo programme, tentatively called HDR10+. The three companies will form an...
Government must walk its SME talk
Government faces two key issues: severe and worsening unemployment on the one hand, and a growing gap between what the fiscus needs and the tax it can collect. Taking decisive action to grow the SME sector has the potential to resolve, at least partially, both issues,...
How to move your SME into the cloud
Cloud computing is transforming the way companies interact with their customers, with 93% of South African companies currently either implementing or planning the initial phase of their cloud strategy. Whether we know it or not, we are already reliant on the cloud....
Fujitsu drives SDDC with hyperconverged PrimeFlex
Fujitsu Integrated System PrimeFlex for VMware Cloud Foundation -- on show next week at VMworld in Barcelona -- is designed to dramatically simplify how companies buy, implement, and operate large-scale SDDCs. Customers can choose either a turnkey integrated system,...
Veeam helps BankservAfrica save on backup
Following its investment in new data centres and disaster recovery strategies, BankservAfrica, the largest automated clearing house and payment system operator in Africa, contracted Veeam® Software to modernise its backup and data protection systems. Processing...
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Looking for a DevOps Engineer with experience in Azure DevOps, PowerShell and Microsoft Sentinel who can shorten the systems development life cycle and provide continuous delivery with high software quality. Key Requirements 5+ years' experienceBachelor's Degree /...
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