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28 January was Data Privacy Day and here are simple online privacy rules that everyone should follow to stay safe and secure... read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
When Marian Salzman (one of the world's top trendspotters) invited me to discuss all things trends over coffee at the end of 2018, I jumped at the chance. This is the second of three overviews of our talking points... Read
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EBEN ESTERHUIZEN
With a sobering 0% growth reported in May 2018 by Nielsen for the global Top 20 manufacturers and a 2.4% growth for the Top 200 manufacturers within the last year, retailers need to know what the top tech customer engagement trends are and incorporate them where possible into their 360' touch point marketing strategy... Read
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Cloud
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MANISH GOVIL
By 2020, analysts are predicting that businesses worldwide will spend over a trillion dollars on the cloud... Read
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Cyber Security
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ISSUED BY CORINIUM GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE
Featuring more than 40 stellar IT security speakers and more than 120 top-notch senior-level attendees, the CISO Africa 2019 Conference breaks down IT security leadership strategies and methodologies African businesses... Read
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DOROS HADJIZENONOS
The advent of 5G networks is about much more than just incredibly fast speeds and more reliable connections... Read
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Data & Analytics
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DANETTE BREITENBACH
90% of South African CEOs believe that AI will significantly change the way they do business in the next five years but what's stopping us now? Read
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MARKO SALIC
The trick is turning data into information that retailers can use to improve performance... Read
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Hardware
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Supported by the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), seven UN entities have come together to call for an overhaul of the current electronics system... Read
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ICT
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BRAD PULFORD
South Africa is absolutely becoming a digitally maturing market. We can no longer talk about just early adopters or the few taking the lead in the digital revolution... Read
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New research from Accenture reveals digital technology's decade-long value creation potential in SA... Read
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Mobile & Apps
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DEVON MEERHOLZ
The close of last year contained some especially good news for the South African mobile consumer... Read
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Software
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Entelect has entered into an agreement to purchase a majority stake in Fixx iT, a software engineering and professional services company headquartered in the Netherlands... Read
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Tech Startups
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Local proptech startup Flow, which aims to revolutionise the rental space by rewarding good tenant behaviour, has raised R20m in seed funding... Read
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The Innovator Trust and the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative are calling on Cape Town-based black-owned growth-stage ICT entrepreneurs... Read
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Israel-based global investment platform OurCrowd has announced that it will invest and partner with 7thirty in developing a global cannabis technology venture capital fund... Read
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Technology
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The inaugural Africa Tech Week, taking place in Cape Town from 4-5 March 2019 is set to become the largest annual tech conference in Africa... Read
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HANNES VAN DER MERWE
Businesses are constantly looking for new ways to improve their productivity and deliver service to their customers as quickly as possible... Read
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BRENDAN MCARAVEY
One way of boosting your employees' productivity is by adopting new technologies... Read
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ISSUED BY RED & YELLOW
A lot of people feel like they're becoming less necessary, but they couldn't be more wrong. The things that set us apart from machines are exactly what keep us relevant... Read
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Telecoms
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LUX MAHARAJ
The African continent poses a unique commercial and moral challenge for the telecom service providers... Read
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AHMAD SAYED
With the blockchain expected to contribute almost $1bn to the telecoms sector within the next five years, the technology clearly offers more than just a vehicle for cryptocurrency... Read
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Liquid Telecom has appointed Susan M'kandawire Mulikita as CEO of Liquid Telecom Zambia... Read
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LINA ANDOLF-ORUP
France has long been the pioneer of smart card technology: from the patenting of the first microchip to the pivotal 1976 launch the smart card... Read
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CALIFORNIA, United States - On 23 January 2019, United for Iran, a Bay-Area NGO working to promote civil liberties and civil society in Iran, announced the completion and winner of Borders and Boundaries, a visual art competition of Iranian artists focused on censorship and freedom of expression in Iran... Read
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Hungry students at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California were recently introduced to Snackbot, the outdoor, self-driving robot delivering snacks and beverages from PepsiCo's portfolio of better-for-you brands... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
We're closer to functioning as a global cashless society than ever before, yet an Oxfam report warns that equality between the haves and have-nots is higher than ever before. Read on for the impact on females and the unbanked in particular... Read
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