by Dianne Bayley | Nov 18, 2019 | Innovation
Human brains are singularly special in the animal kingdom, writes Andrew Quixley, Data Science and AI Sales Lead, IBM South Africa. We are the curious, communicative collaborators who rose from a simple foraging existence on the savannahs to build structures of...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 18, 2019 | Innovation
NBC Holdings, the first black-owned and managed employee benefits company in South Africa, has seen a 60% saving on connectivity costs – with double the amount of connectivity links – since moving and upgrading its national wide area network (WAN) with Datacentrix...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 18, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The Minister of Communications Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams hosted a roundtable discussion at November 2019’s AfricaCom titled, ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Human Capital Development for Africa.’ She has also recently spoken of an ecosystem of 4IR in “building...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 18, 2019 | Security and Legal
Effective due diligence helps companies safeguard their interests and mitigate risks, whether in relation to anti-money laundering or anti-bribery compliance, M&A activity, supply chain transparency or overall business health, writes Rudi Kruger, General Manager...
by Kathy Gibson | Nov 18, 2019 | Report-back
AfricaCom is the biggest gathering on the continent for telecommunications vendors and customers. The 2019 meeting, held last week in Cape Town, focused on 5G, spectrum and value-added services. Kathy Gibson reports The path to a connected Africa For Africa to...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 18, 2019 | Internet of Things
In November 2019, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published its memorandum on the licensing of radio frequency high demand spectrum. The memorandum serves as a guide to prospective applicants on the process of licencing the spectrum in...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 16, 2019 | Innovation
Even with the 5G era already upon us, investment in 4G/LTE networks is still vitally important for operators in sub-Saharan Africa and must remain a core focus of network construction for the immediate future. This is according to David Chen, Vice-President, Huawei...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 13, 2019 | Workplace 2020
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni hasn’t had it easy lately. Amidst a more-than-tricky economy and having to walk the tight rope in his recent mid-term budget speech, Tito is squeezed between a rock and a very hard place that’s about to get tighter with Black Friday...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 13, 2019 | Security and Legal
“We have connected all of our lives — personal, professional and national — to the Internet. That’s where the bad guys will go because that’s where our lives are, our money, our secrets.” Those were the prophetic words of then-FBI director James Comey, in a 2013...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 13, 2019 | Featured Articles
Africa has the potential to expand the continental economy fourfold, with energy demands expanding by only 50 percent, according to a new report. The International Energy Agency (IEA) unveiled its report on the first day of the second African Investment Forum in...
