Extra skills for local DNS community

South Africa’s DNS (Domain Name System) community is set to benefit from technical skills training, hosted by the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) during February 2015. Presented by world authorities on the Domain Name System hierarchical naming protocol for...

Accenture awards $3,5m for Africa skills

Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded VSO $3,5-million to help the charity deliver job skills training to approximately 22 300 poor and disadvantaged people in Nigeria, Cambodia, Tanzania and Malawi. This grant brings Accenture’s direct support to VSO...

Oracle programme to enhance African skills

Oracle has announced an initiative designed to enrich and increase the skills capacity of IT practitioners in Africa. The four-pronged program is devised as a response to the rapid adoption of new technologies by governments and businesses in Africa, exacerbating the...

Data management education, skills needed

Big data is currently one of the most talked-about megatrends affecting the business world, along with cloud computing, customer centricity and data-centric legislation such as the Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act, says Gary Allemann, MD, Master Data...

SAP ploughs skills into Africa

The first and most important investment that SAP is making in Africa is in skills development. Pfungwa Serima, CEO of SAP Africa, says the company believes that most important thing it can do in an emerging market is people development. “SAP is passionate about...