by Dianne Bayley | Oct 22, 2019 | Innovation
Smart home adoption is on the rise globally, and while affordability and infrastructure has prevented rapid uptake in South Africa, this is beginning to change. As products that are more inexpensive enter the market and connectivity improves, smart home adoption is...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 22, 2019 | Sustainability
It never ceases to amaze me how technology is part of virtually every business writes Sudhish Mohan, CIO & COO TransUnion Africa. Today, being digital is an imperative for almost every organisation, across almost any industry – FinTech, HealthTech, InsureTech,...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 21, 2019 | Report-back
Singularity University held its annual summit in Kyalami, with exponential technology advances at the centre of the agenda. Kathy Gibson reported from the event. How exponential technology will change the world An exponential mindset is the key to real and meaningful...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 21, 2019 | Innovation
Haga Golf in Oslo, Norway has chosen Orange Business Services to help make its golf course management smarter with an IoT solution that will support the transformation of costly labor-intensive greenskeeping duties and ensure optimal course conditions throughout the...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 21, 2019 | Security and Legal
Blockchain was developed specifically to secure decentralised peer-to-peer electronic cash systems, also known as cryptocurrencies, writes Dylan Janeke, Head of Technology at Nimble Technologies. The security and other characteristics of blockchain have excited the...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 20, 2019 | Featured Articles
Connectivity is the central nervous system of any modern business, writes Greg Hatfield, Executive Head: SDN & Internet at Internet Solutions. There are already certain countries in the world, like Finland, that view access to broadband as a fundamental human...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 19, 2019 | Sustainability
A convenient and cost-effective option for ageing African mines, some of them 50 to 60 years’ old, is to have their geared units professionally and cost-effectively refurbished by SEW-EURODRIVE (Pty) Ltd. Supplementing its refurbishment capability, the drive...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 19, 2019 | Innovation
While technology is certainly one of the important decisions that must be made by a company embarking on a digital journey, it is does not represent the starting point of such a transformation. So said Bill Hoggarth, national sales manager, Digital Business Solutions...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 16, 2019 | Sustainability
Lufthansa InTouch, the customer service network of the Lufthansa Group, has marked a 20-year milestone in South Africa. Acting as a central touchpoint between airlines, passengers and aviation businesses, the Cape Town office was one of the first international...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 16, 2019 | Innovation
With almost all available arable land in the Americas, Europe and Asia already productively farmed using the most developed agricultural techniques, Africa, with 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land presents a major opportunity to meet the 70% increase in...
