Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, elaborates on HP's efforts in cultivating entrepreneurship and women empowerment through technology...
Imran Salie 18 Feb 2020
Elisabeth Moreno, vice president and managing director of HP Africa, offers insight into how technology and education can help economic growth in Africa...
Imran Salie 11 Feb 2020
The world as we know it is becoming more digital than ever, and this is just the beginning. Emerging technologies are opening up new opportunities...
Nicolas Blixell 6 Feb 2020
The start of this new decade marks almost 10 years since the smartphone entered Africa...
Lynette Hundermark 3 Feb 2020
The benefits of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) are substantial. Technology has moved forward rapidly, and what used to be considered toys are quickly becoming powerful commercial tools...
Lisa Ellman and Matthew Clark 14 Jan 2020
One of the great privileges of working in Africa is how no two days are ever the same...
Cathy Smith 14 Jan 2020
The new Internet Society Foundation has issued its first set of medium and large grants (ranging from $12,000 to $30,000 each) to 13 projects, including three from Africa...
20 Dec 2019
Global publications have exploded with reports of the most exciting new developments that can be expected in 2020...
18 Dec 2019
It is no secret that the manufacturing sector is critically important for both developed and emerging economies. From producing necessities like food for a nation to creating much-needed jobs...
Kevin Dherman 13 Dec 2019
Modern society has given significant attention to the promises of the digital economy over the past decade. But it has given little attention to its negative environmental footprint...
Raynold Wonder Alorse 9 Dec 2019
In a move that will ease and speed up e-commerce set up on WordPress, internet domain registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy has integrated with WooCommerce...
6 Dec 2019
Sanlam Reality, the Sanlam Group's loyalty programme, was awarded Best Use of Data Analytics/CRM Application at the inaugural Loyalty Awards South Africa recently held in Cape Town...
Jessica Tennant 3 Dec 2019
In the face of an immensely challenging digital skills gap on the continent, Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, head of brand and reputation at Google Africa, remains optimistic...
Sindy Peters 2 Dec 2019
Don't expect to see self-driving vehicles on the roads anytime soon, especially not in the developing world...
28 Nov 2019
$95bn - this is the average annual loss in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2010 due to pervasive gender inequality in the continent's economic activities...
Sindy Peters 27 Nov 2019
The fourth industrial revolution is underway and it is shaping up some of the most significant opportunities and challenges of our lifetime...
Takreem El Tohamy 22 Nov 2019
A new study by Juniper Research reveals that global spending on digital commerce will reach $18.7 trillion by 2024, up from $11.2 trillion in 2019...
20 Nov 2019
Traditionally, banks targeted older customers for wealth management services, assuming that this age group would be the most interested...
19 Nov 2019
The leapfrog theory is attractive. In the words of the Financial Times, it's "a quick jump in economic development by harnessing technological innovation."...
Andries Brink 19 Nov 2019
Smart cities rely on smart grid technology that includes traditional and renewable energy sources in its mix of power supply...
19 Nov 2019
Up to 18 million jobs need to be created annually just to absorb the new entrants each year. This is unprecedented globally and doesn't even include the unemployed and underemployed...
Leigh Andrews 18 Nov 2019
The next technological evolution is advancing at an exponential rate and by leaving out some on this journey, we allow the current societal divides and inequalities to deepen...
Sindy Peters 15 Nov 2019
Dion Jerling, co-founder of Connect Earth was chair of the third and final day of AfricaCom 2019's keynote sessions. He said there had been closer to 17,000 attendees than predicted 15,000 and convened a panel discussion on getting user experience (UX) right...
Leigh Andrews 15 Nov 2019
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning is on the rise, but it's important to know which reputation management processes should and shouldn't be automated...
Ashleigh Wainstein 15 Nov 2019
The 12th annual AfricaCom Awards recognised minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, South Africa's Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services with an inaugural Government Leadership Award...
14 Nov 2019
Data centre architecture has undergone massive evolution in the last 20 years...
Modeen Malick 13 Nov 2019
Free fast internet is a game-changer, but while public Wi-Fi is highly valued by South Africans, deploying a sustainable service can be challenging...
Danette Breitenbach 13 Nov 2019
According to the World Economic Forum, there are 700m people using digital financial services globally, of which half are in Africa...
Nicci Botha 12 Nov 2019
The 22nd edition of Africacom took place from 12 to 14 November 2019 at the CTICC in Cape Town. Chair for the first morning of Africacom's headline keynotes was Toby Shapshak, editor-in-chief of Stuff magazine, with Paul Scanlan, CTO of carrier business group at Huawei technologies, up first on all things 5G and even 'facial recognition' of fish...
Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2019
The AfricaCom Awards, one of the global technology and telecommunications industry's most respected awards, has announced the current shortlist of nominees this year...
5 Nov 2019
