Women take top spots in SA entrepreneurship challenge
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$1trn and counting as scam losses expose anti-fraud gaps
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All the winners of the Africa Tech Festival Awards 2025
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Business-owned vehicles still bear brunt of vehicle crime
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Master Power Technologies achieves European certification
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It’s a wrap: Africa Tech Festival 2025
Cape Town hosted the 2025 Africa Tech Festival this week. Kathy Gibson attended to find out what the continent can look forward to in the coming months. AI key for Africa to unlock youth dividend By 2030, more young Africans will enter the workplace than the...
How the data centre landscape is changing
Kathy Gibson reports – Africa’s time to shine on the digital stage is now. That’s the word from Paula Cogan, MD of Digital Realty MEA, who points out that Africa accounts for 18% of the world’s population - with the majority of them being young. At the same time, the...
Africa’s restless youth demand digitalisation
Kathy Gibson reports - Africa has a very youthful population – the median age is about 19 years – which is tech-savvy and keen to take part in the global digital revolution. But without connectivity, decent broadband penetration, and fit-for-purpose data centres this...
Why cybersecurity matters
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Economic activity accelerated in October
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Vertiv backs Africa’s connectivity future at ITW Africa 2025
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ASBIS Africa Achieves B-BBEE Level 3 Certification, Strengthening Its Commitment to Transformation
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Westcon-Comstor cuts carbon emissions
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Argantic now fully independent
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Cyber resilience with Dell PowerProtect
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