Ma hands out Africa Netpreneur awards
The Jack Ma Foundation has hosted its first annual Africa Netpreneur Prize Initiative (ANPI) grand finale, awarding $1-million in prize money to 10 entrepreneurs from across Africa. The ANPI is a flagship initiative of the Jack Ma Foundation, created by Jack Ma after...
Home-grown businesses key to African growth
Delivering economic growth in Africa requires home-grown businesses to scale up. A new report written by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), "Promise and perils: Scaling up businesses in sub-Saharan Africa", examines the factors enabling businesses in the region to...
Trust the key enabler for market leadership
Market leadership is most frequently attained when an organisation establishes a high level of trust in the data from its customers, its own business processes, and across its partner ecosystem. This is one of the findings from IBM's 20th edition of its bi-annual...
Slight uptick for smartphone shipments
Worldwide smartphone shipments increased 0,8% year over year in the third quarter of 2019 (3Q19) reversing seven quarters of decline, according to new data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. In total, companies...
Printer shipments worse than expected
According to research by International Data Corporation (IDC), the Western European printer and multifunction (MFP) market decreased by 4,9% in unit terms in 3Q19 compared with the same period a year ago, to give a market size of 4,6-million units. This meant the...
Public cloud market set for record growth
The worldwide public cloud services market is forecast to grow 17% in 2020 to total $266,4-billion, up from $227,8-billion in 2019, according to Gartner. "At this point, cloud adoption is mainstream," says Sid Nag, research vice-president at Gartner. "The expectations...
Feeling prosperous not related to wealth
People's definition of prosperity is more linked to financial security and peace of mind than to current income and wealth. A study into the relationship between financial services and prosperity across high-growth markets around the world by PayU found that three...
Public carsharing fleet reached 332 000 vehicles
According to a new research report by IoT analyst firm Berg Insight, the number of users of carsharing services worldwide is forecasted to grow from 50,4-million people in 2018 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 35,1% to reach 227,1-million people in 2023....
Telkom looks to buy Cell C – again
The acquisition is Cell C by Telkom is back on the table. Telkom earlier this week issued a cautionary announcement, which it today amplified to advise shareholders that the organisation is in discussions with Cell C about a potential acquisition. According to the...
ADC aims for pan-African data centre capacity
Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom in Cape Town - Africa Data Centres (ADC) has moved quickly to position itself as a pan-African data centre leader with a solid presence on the continent and plans underway to expand further. When CEO Stephane Duproz joined ADC 18 months...
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SUSE marks nine years of continuous growth
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Network cameras combat rising risks in retail
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Angola Cables, Nokia trial Africa-US optical fibre link
AfricaCom 2019, Cape Town - Angola Cables and Nokia have announced that they have collaborated to provide a direct optical connection between Africa and North America. The fibre-optic routing between Sangano in Angola and Boca Raton, Miami in the US has completed...
Nexign eyes wider African digital market
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Fujitsu launches Fugaku-based PrimeHPC supercomputers
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KnowBe4 launches new partner program, portal
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AccTech Systems is Sage Cloud Partner of the Year
AccTech Systems has been recognised by Sage South Africa (Sage) for its innovative "taking Sage to the cloud" enterprise resource planning (ERP) offerings at the recent Sage Partner Awards for 2019. In a new award category, AccTech received the accolade of being the...
DNI plans for future ICT capacity, performance needs
DNI, a niche investment company in the telecommunications and distribution sectors, has revamped its Johannesburg-based server room, overcoming current capacity and performance-related challenges and making provision for future requirements, with the assistance of...
Tackle procurement fraud with vetting
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