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 | | The winners of the BCX Digital Innovation Awards 2020 were announced on 12 November. The announcement formed part of the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Awards that streamed online this year... read |
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 | | Coding Moms is a programme aimed at providing mothers and women from marginalised areas, including those who may have suffered gender-based violence, with basic digital skills...read |
|  | DUMISANI MOYO For companies to truly participate in the digital economy, they need to first and foremost change the way they manage their most valuable assets, their employees...read |
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 | KHAYA MBANGA While the maritime sector is beginning to reap the benefits of integrating smart solutions in its operations, there are barriers that it needs to overcome to ensure that it optimally leverages the adoption of technology... Read |
 | NITHEN NAIDOO Black Friday is fast-approaching, and as you start planning your shopping sprees on online stores, it is imperative to ensure your personal data is secure... Read |
| 4th Industrial Revolution |
 | MATHEW CONN The number of local businesses harnessing AI technology has drastically increased this year. However, the level of understanding around the best use of AI technologies remains low... Read |
| Cloud |
 | ANDREW HUANG Google Photos will stop offering free unlimited storage for high-quality photos on 1 June 2021. Photos uploaded after the date will be counted towards the 15gb drive cap. If the account is inactive or exceeds the 15fb limitation for two years, Google may delete the photos... Read |
| Cyber Security |
 | South Africa is now accelerating towards the end of the year; it's a time when many employees will be tempted to go online or into a store to take advantage of deals around Black Friday, Cyber Monday and even Christmas... Read |
 | More people playing games professionally online has exposed the ease with which gaming consoles can be hacked, especially by fellow gamers with an axe to grind... Read |
 | The multi-year agreement sees Acronis become W Series' new global cyber protection and security partner, providing technology solutions for W Series' on-track racing programme... Read |
| Internet |
 | A new report unveils the estimated worth of Africa's internet economy in five years time and the factors contributing to this overall growth... Read |
| Mobile & Apps |
 | ISSUED BY BIDVEST MOBILITY Although it's uncertain what sales this peak season will bring, retailers are gearing up to participate in upcoming events, such as Black Friday on 27 November, Christmas, followed by back-to-school in the new year... Read |
 | The winners of the 19th Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) regional awards has been announced... Read |
 | MARIETJIE BOTES The most effective way to stop the spread of a virus is to prevent contact with everyone who is infected. Those who are infected can be isolated and treated if necessary... Read |
 | NICK DURRANT, ISSUED BY BLUEGRASS DIGITAL Building a mobile app could be costly and time consuming, especially when developing a cross-platform business app for Android and iOS. However, with React Native, it is now possible to develop these apps using a common code base and reducing your cost of development... Read |
| Services |
 | The new function will allow users to automatically make messages disappear in chats after seven days. Here's how the feature can be enabled... Read |
| Technology |
 | OLIVER GUY For many industries, predicting the future during a pandemic would be difficult - if not impossible. Retail is different. Why? Read |
 | Sixteen finalists have been shortlisted to progress to the next stage of the open innovation challenge, which involves the finalists undergoing an intensive two-week business development support programme... Read |
 | SELINA BIEBER Technology can help your small business to be more efficient, reach new markets, and cope with the new social distancing requirements we all face... Read |
 | ANDREW BOURNE Covid-19 has induced massive reverse migration with employees moving back to their homes, making it the right time for tech companies to capitalise on the trend of operating in smaller towns... Read |
| Telecoms |
 | The annual awards acknowledge those that are leading the way in the telecommunications and technology sectors in Africa. This year the winners were selected through an open public voting system... Read |
 | ISSUED BY TELVIVA A journey that began more than a decade ago with the Telviva Cloud Phone Service, regarded as the most powerful business phone system in South Africa, has culminated with the arrival of the Telviva One unified communications (UC) platform to integrate voice, video and chat... Read |
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 | Spurred on by the Covid-19 global pandemic, the world is finally galvanising its commitment to move towards a green and sustainable future by mid-century, and the global energy transition is the cornerstone of this new world... Read |
 | CHINWE JULIANA IWU-JAJA, ANDRE PASCAL KENGNE & CHARLES SHEY WIYSONGE Diabetes is a serious, chronic condition that affects the lives and well-being of individuals, families, and societies globally. It is characterised by excess levels of sugar in the blood... Read |
 | MONIQUE WASUNNA African countries are still reeling from the effect of measures, such as lockdowns, taken to contain the spread of Covid-19... Read |
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 | JASON MELLOW As we near the end of what has been a challenging year, now is an ideal time to plan and position your business for 2021... Read |
 | Khula Lula is the news micro-financing VC fund striving to level the investment scales in favour of young, Black, women entrepreneurs... Read |
 | LEE NAIK Businesses of all sizes need to get resilient - and quickly. But what does resilience look like? Read |
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