Debt burden, resource-backed loans hinder Africa’s potential
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Finance professionals divided about the future of finance
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Governments up AI investment, but workforce is apprehensive
Government organisations around the world are adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to help them achieve their public purpose or mission, but government employees are still concerned about the technology's impact, according Gartner. Thirty-six percent of...
European wearables market continues to grow
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Targeted espionage malware uncovered
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Intel, VMware extend partnership
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Teraco completes Cape Town hyperscale data centre expansion
Teraco Data Environments has completed Phase 1 of CT2, its new hyperscale data centre in Brackenfell, Cape Town, which becomes the largest data centre in the Western Cape. The new facility supports the growing demand by enterprises and cloud providers for data centre...
Google commits to $1bn African investment
Kathy Gibson reports from Google for Africa - Google has committed to invest $1-billion in Africa over the next five years. Making the announcement, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, says the funds will be used for initiatives ranging from improving...
VMware stakes its claim in multi-cloud
Kathy Gibson reports from VMworld - The multi-cloud world opens up a world of new possibilities for organisations - but it comes with extra complexity and cost. Raghu Raghuram, CEO of VMware, explains that the cloud journey has seen companies move from the...
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Platco Digital deploys Cisco VideoGuard
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