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#WomensMonth is not important
#WomensMonth is not important
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] “Women's Month is not important if it means we only pay attention to women's issues for 31 days of the year." - Moyin Oloruntoba... read
Tips for maintaining your WordPress business site
Tips for maintaining your WordPress business site
[Charles Mburugu] Here are some of the ways you can maintain your WordPress business site to ensure optimal performance... read

Africa Month
#AfricaMonth: The African opportunity in front of you
#AfricaMonth: The African opportunity in front of you

Ilse van den Berg

We chat to Philip and Malan Joubert, founders of OfferZen as well as a number of noteworthy apps such as SnapScan, Pondering Panda, and Apps Against Ebola... read
Howard Blight, Agricolleges international
#AfricaMonth: Quality agricultural education essential to increase productivity in Africa

Howard Blight

In spite of declining growth rates and recent credit downgrades in many African countries, a growing labor force and vast expanses of arable land, point to significant opportunities... read
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#AfricaMonth: Sustainable food production requires digitisation of entire agri value chain
Fresh thinking is required to enhance agricultural production and provide food security for Africa's fast-growing population... read
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App and website development
Murimi-Umlimi app boost for farmers
Murimi-Umlimi app boost for farmers
Dubbed Murimi-Umlimi, the app seeks to impart valuable farming advice and information to farmers that are not always available on their farms... read
Cloud Computing
Cloud is coming home
Cloud is coming home

Issued by EOH MC Solutions

Johannesburg and Cape Town have been selected to be host cities for Microsoft's African Cloud data centres, a development with huge benefits for local companies and customers... read
James Stanbridge
2017: A Tipping point for cloud

James Stanbridge

By 2020, nine out of ten organisations will utilise hybrid cloud infrastructure, according to Gartner[1]. 2017 is set to be a tipping point for IaaS adoption... read
Cyber Security
How to safeguard business in the burgeoning cybercrime era
How to safeguard business in the burgeoning cybercrime era
A more connected world has lead to a more vulnerable world as more data is regularly exchanged between employees, clients, and suppliers as well as families and friends... read
Hardware
DJI Goggles allows real-time drone footage, head motion control
DJI Goggles allows real-time drone footage, head motion control
The new DJI Goggles allow users to stream high-quality drone footage in real time, and lets them control the drone by simply moving their head... read
What you should know about BYOD to work
What you should know about BYOD to work
There are both pros and cons surrounding the concept of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) to the workplace and these are going to multiply, as the global BYOD market is projected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 25% over the next few years... read
Software
Developed from NASA technology, SAM partners in-vehicle artificial intelligence (AI) with human support to help autonomous vehicles make decisions in unpredictable situations and build the knowledge of in-vehicle AI.
Cars are becoming life-saving smart

Mike Whitfield

Autonomous driving technology is developing at a rapid pace. Business Insider's research platform has forecast that there will be around 10 million cars with various self-driving features on the road in the UK by 2020... read
Tech Startups
Six African startups selected for Google's launchpad accelerator
Six African startups selected for Google's launchpad accelerator

Tom Jackson

Google developers has selected six startups from across Africa to take part in the first African version of its Launchpad Accelerator, which offers free training, credits and collaboration... read
FNB Business Innovation Awards finalists
FNB Business Innovation Awards finalists
FNB Business and Endeavor South Africa have shortlisted the finalists for the FNB Business Innovation Awards 2017... read
Technology
Chatbots as part of an integrated customer service strategy
Chatbots as part of an integrated customer service strategy

Wynand Smit

You can have all your communication channels lined up and ready to go, your agents trained to help via phone, email, SMS, web chat and via social media, but you could be missing a trick... read
Lance Solms, head of itransact
Keeping fintech and investment simple

Nicci Botha

You need to understand that when I was growing up, email didn't even exist... read
Mercedes-Benz SA embraces VR technology
Mercedes-Benz SA embraces VR technology
Mercedes-Benz South Africa's (MBSA) visual effects and animation agency, Sinister Studio, has created a number of virtual reality campaigns - including four test-drive videos - to profile the cars' features in ways not previously possible... read
Latest in automation technology goes on show in Johannesburg
Latest in automation technology goes on show in Johannesburg

Issued by Reed Exhibitions

Advanced automation solutions for every area of process control will go on show at the Africa Automation Fair and Connected Industries conference from 6-8 June 2017 at the Ticketpro Dome in North Riding... read
The benefits of machine learning for retail
The benefits of machine learning for retail
Machine learning will change the face of retail over the next few years... read
Telecommunications
Gauteng ploughs billions into infrastructure
Gauteng ploughs billions into infrastructure
The Gauteng Provincial Government will over the next three years invest more than R44bn in infrastructure development, while provincial municipalities spend R94bn over the next five years... read
Africa
(L-R): Nic Rudnick, CEO, Liquid Telecoms; Uche Ofodile, Regional Head, Africa Express Wi-Fi, Facebook; Artur Mendes, CCO, Angola Cables; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Chris Wood, CEO, WIOCC and Chris George, Strategic Initiatives, Google, at the 2017 International Telecoms Week, held in Chicago, this past week.
Greater investments needed to drive data explosion in Africa
Experts at the International Telecoms Week conference in Chicago have highlighted the need to accelerate investment in Africa to facilitate the continent's broadband data explosion... read
Orange launches in Liberia.
Orange becomes market leader in Liberia after acquisition
Orange launches its brand in Liberia and continues to build on its strong presence in West Africa... read
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Business
Michelle Olkers, managing partner ar Mazars, Cape Town
Doing business in Africa
Trade between African countries needs to happen faster and be more cost-effective, as opportunities grow and businesses mature... read
Jobs offered
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Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced systems administrator: Linux systems (Ref. BIB/185/0517). Applications close 25 June 2017. Read more >>

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