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 | JARRED MAILER-LYONS Jarred Mailer-Lyons, head of digital at The MediaShop shares his views on SA's new Covid-19 tracing app... read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE The amount of women and children who go missing in South Africa is cause for national concern... Read |
 | Google has announced plans to help businesses, job seekers, educational institutions and vulnerable populations as they grapple with the "new normal"... Read |
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| |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE digiToken is a new and convenient platform that enables consumers to buy airtime, electricity and water online - all from the comfort of your home by practising safe social distancing... Read |  | KARIN DU CHENNE Locally sourced products and services comfort consumers, meeting their new needs for hygiene and spreading feel-good stories that celebrate the best of our diverse culture... Read |  | LAUREN HARTZENBERG UBU International aims to help local businesses boost their sales by leveraging a combination of mobile discovery, marketing, rewards and mobile payments... Read |
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| |  | Wall Street, the historic headquarters of some of the largest US brokerages and investment banks, however, as Africans we can recreate this and build our own "Wall Street" on the African continent... Read |
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| |  | VISAGAN NAIDOO Our youth unemployment crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing South Africa, but this is not news... Read |
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 | ROBIN FISHER During the early stages of the crisis, organisations had to prioritise their most mission-critical functions to stabilise and pivot. Digital transformation emerged as one of those high-priority areas... Read |
 | The future of work in Africa comes under the spotlight at this year's AfricaCom and AfricaTech, part of the virtual Africatech Festival... Read |
| Cyber Security |
 | From Zoom to Netflix, cyberattacks are getting clever about getting your attention... Read |
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| Data & Analytics |
 | ISSUED BY LEXISNEXIS Ezra Pillay (LLB), compliance specialist: data protection and technology at LexisNexis South Africa, offers six tips for easy PoPIA compliance... Read |
 | ISSUED BY KRIEL & CO Francois Kriel, change management consultant at Kriel & Co, agrees that data is no different than oil... Read |
 | ISSUED BY AFRIGIS The board of directors of AfriGIS have announced the appointment of Hein Badenhorst who assumes the position of chief executive officer of South Africa's geospatial information science leader... Read |
| ICT |
 | ISSUED BY ROSEBANK COLLEGE A study by Women in Tech ZA found that only 23% of tech jobs are held by women in South Africa - out of the 236,000 ICT roles. We at IIE Rosebank College believe more and more women should enter this dynamic sector... Read |
 | RYNO RIJNSBURGER For Africa to not just survive the current pandemic, but to thrive, investment into digital infrastructure is inevitable... Read |
| Mobile & Apps |
 | Amazon has unveiled a new premium shopping experience on its mobile app, called Luxury Stores, that will focus on both established and emerging luxury fashion and beauty brands... Read |
| Tech Startups |
 | ISSUED BY INNOVATOR TRUST If you are a woman driving change in business, the Innovator Trust is looking for you! Innovator Trust launched a powerful, new 'Women in Tech' campaign, promoting women-owned businesses in the ICT sector... Read |
| Technology |
 | DAVID ROSE AND CHARLOTTE-ANNE CHIVERS AI, robots and other technologies could transform farming - for worse as well as for better... Read |
 | MIA PAPANICOLAOU When we look back on 2020, we'll remember it as the year everything changed. Customer communication is no exception... Read |
 | RYAN FALKENBERG Few industries have been as radically transformed by technology over the past few years as banking... Read |
| Telecoms |
 | Four MTN employees have become BBBEE owner-operators of 14 stores across Johannesburg and KwaZulu-Natal. The appointments follow successful applications by the employees through MTN's transformative Branded Retail Channel programme. Read |
| Africa |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT Dianna Games, chief executive of Africa @ Work shares some important things to consider when looking to do business in the African market... Read |
 | PATRICK BRANDFUL COBBINAH, ELLIS ADJEI ADAMS & MICHAEL ODEI ERDIAW-KWASIE Health crises are not new in Africa. The continent has grappled with infectious diseases on all levels, from local (such as malaria) to regional (Ebola) to global (Covid-19)... Read |
 | The Anzisha Prize has revealed its top 20 finalists for 2020. Winners will be announced at this year's Anzisha Prize Conference on the 27 October 2020... Read |
| International |
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 | The GoDaddy Global Entrepreneurship Survey, which looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the world's smallest businesses, has been released... Read |
| Business |
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 | JESSICA TENNANT VMLY&R's global CEO Jon Cook shares his views on what's happening from a diversity, equity and inclusion standpoint... Read |
 | GLENN GILLIS If South Africa is to ever thrive, it needs to evolve and truly start to compete in the knowledge economy... Read |
 | In another twist, the South African Bitcoin trading company under investigation by the Financial Services Conduct Authority (FSCA) and on the radar of other international financial regulatory entities... Read |
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 | PHILANI SANGWENI For years, we've been told that entrepreneurs are key to South Africa's economic growth and job creation... Read |
 | "So few people have a vision for the future beyond what they don't want to happen. Very few are saying what could come next." Read |
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