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Nestlé has launched a Research and Development (R&D) innovation challenge in sub-Saharan Africa to provide a platform for startups and universities to contribute to local sustainable growth... read
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Africa Month
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EVAN-LEE COURIE
Mobiz is an innovative South African startup combining the ubiquity of SMS with the visual power of the web... Read
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LEIGH ANDREWS
US-based real estate entrepreneur Rokelle Sun's philanthropic mission is to encourage young girls to pursue careers and success in the underrepresented fields, particularly in Africa, where she spent part of her childhood. She explains this, as well as her love of new experiences like aerophotography, and some of the highs and lows of her earlier career as a multilingual broadcast journalist... Read
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MORNE VAN DER MERWE AND WILDU DU PLESSIS
Baker McKenzie lawyers based in Africa, alongside the firm's global Africa specialists, as well as lawyers from our African Relationship Firms from across the continent, share their knowledge about what investors should consider when transacting in Africa... Read
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ONYI NWANERI
Africa's youth are the future of the continent and the philosophical principle of ubuntu can ensure a brighter tomorrow... Read
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Given its colonial past, Africa has not had the opportunity to engage with the positive aspects or benefits of capitalism, having been integrated into the international economy in a position of subservience... Read
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Augmented Reality
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Bizcommunity is bringing you the first AR-enabled article series directly from AWE (Augmented World Expo), the world's biggest AR/VR Conference, taking place in Silicon Valley from the 29-31 May 2019... Read
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Cloud
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LOUIS KIRSTEIN
The proliferation of local and global public cloud platforms is resulting in a spike of cloud uptake across South African businesses... Read
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ANDRE SCHWAN
Whether they are part of an organisation's in-house IT team, or part of a software development agency, developers in South Africa have to operate under great pressure... Read
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It seems as though each day brings another article about IoT, big data analytics and cloud architectures talking about the unlimited potential for companies... Read
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Cyber Security
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The risk landscape has changed rapidly over the last few years, making it a bit reckless not to consider cyber insurance... Read
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Data & Analytics
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ERAN BROWN
We are currently living in a data economy, where most businesses' competitive advantage stems from its ability to analyse data... Read
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ANTONY BOURNE
Many have wondered whether Amazon may decide to enter an entirely new sector such as manufacturing to drive future growth... Read
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MIKE REES
The majority of enterprises today are burdened with multiple backup and data protection solutions... Read
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DEREK BOSE
As AI takes hold in the workplace, both employers and employees believe it will benefit the enterprise and help workers to be more productive... Read
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ICT
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Fortinet released the findings of its latest quarterly Global Threat Landscape Report... Read
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Edge computing is an IT architecture designed to put applications and data closer to the users or 'things' that need them... Read
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Internet
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JESSICA TENNANT
Ahead of this year's IAB Summit, taking place 30 May at the Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein, we interviewed speaker Dudu Mkhwanazi, CEO of Project Isizwe, to find out what to expect from her talk on 'the connected city' and what this year's theme of the 'new now' means to her... Read
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IoT
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JONAS NILSSON
Biometric authentication has come a long way in recent years. Launched in the first Android smartphone almost five years ago, fingerprint touch sensors have quickly overtaken PIN as consumers' preferred authentication method. Read
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Mobile & Apps
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ISSUED BY GFK SOUTH AFRICA
Smartphone unit sales in South Africa declined by about 7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019, while the value of the smartphone market climbed nearly 3% to around R8.6bn... Read
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ISSUED BY TECHLINE GLOBAL
Techline Global, the African distribution partner of Wilson Electronics, has now partnered with Bolton Technical as their sole agent and installation partner in South Africa... Read
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ESET researchers have just concluded their analysis of fake cryptocurrency wallets that emerged on Google Play at the time of bitcoin's renewed spike in value... Read
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Software
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According to Gartner research, by 2020 all new entrants and 80% of historical vendors will offer subscription-based business models... Read
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Tech Startups
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Yoco is pioneering a new way to engage with entrepreneurs in its #JustStart campaign... Read
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Technology
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ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS
An exciting new series of meetups has been launched on how to practically explore the sheer number of opportunities which legal technology enablement and new design thinking can bring to the industry... Read
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ANDREW DAWSON
Line of sight is the biggest challenge for all aspects of the supply chain, from the manufacturer to the wholesaler, distributor and the reseller and even to the end consumer... Read
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PIETER ENGELBRECHT
It's clear that the retail landscape is in a state of major transformation. Thanks to disruptive technologies and changing consumer behaviour, traditional retailers are under increasing pressure... Read
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After years of slow growth, South Africa may be over the worst and could start seeing growth by 2021/22... Read
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JOHN WENTZEL
While many may think that Africa's development is far off, I can categorically confirm that the time for Africa is now... Read
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Brand Africa has announced the Top 100 brands in Africa in their 7th annual 'Brand Africa 100: Africa's Best Brands'... Read
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JANE STEVENSON
Take a moment and write down the top three things that you should be doing in your position to bring value to your business... Read
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Distell Group was named Overall Winner at the 2019 Absa Business Day Supplier Development Awards, which recognise supplier development best practice in South Africa... Read
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It has become clear that the technology revolution is driving massive change in the workplace... Read
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