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 | 95% of consumers in South Africa are considering emerging payments such as biometrics, digital currencies and QR codes, in addition to contactless... read |
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 | Cape Town has ranked as one of the world's fastest-growing regions for foreign direct investment, according to the African Tech Ecosystems of the Future report...read |
|  | The GirlCode's Software Development Learnership will help 30 unemployed women prepare for careers in tech and IT...read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM We invite you to join us in celebrating Africa Month and matters - its stakeholders and stories - in the areas of business leadership, trade, technologies, arts, culture and brands... Read |
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| |  | EVAN-LEE COURIE Sandra Fraga, chief sales and marketing officer at Syspro, unpacks the journey behind the software development company's rebrand... Read |
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 | Digital twins are set to usher in a new and exciting digital era, with retail, manufacturing, and housing set to reap its benefits... Read |
Cloud |
 | ISSUED BY DOTMODUS DotModus has launched three new insights products to help your business leverage artificial intelligence and cloud data technology to gain a competitive edge... Read |
Cyber Security |
 | SIÁN FIELDS With PoPIA soon coming into effect, are employees who use their personal devices for work purposes - and their employers - violating its rules? Potentially yes... Read |
 | Authentication specialist, Entersekt believes that for the e-commerce landscape to benefit from the new EMV 3-D Secure protocol, a collaborative effort between merchants, banks and card networks is required... Read |
 | NIEL VAN ROOYEN World Password Day originates from the security researcher Mark Burnett as he realised that the passwords most people were using were hopelessly inadequate... Read |
Data & Analytics |
 | ZELDEEN MULLER The challenges that must be met for legal compliance with PoPIA in South Africa may include the signing of documents remotely using digital signatures... Read |
Software |
 | ALLAN DICKSON As furniture and fashion retailers continue their recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, credit will play an increasingly important role, says redPanda Software's Allan Dickson... Read |
Technology |
 | The annual PayFast eCommerce Virtual Summit, hosted by The Insaka eCommerce Academy, is set to take place from 17 to 20 May 2021... Read |
 | ISSUED BY WYZETALK Through its Wyzetalk-developed Engage platform, Anglo American was able to share targeted information at the individual level, communicating with workers via their mobile phones... Read |
 | The MTN SA Foundation has launched a state-of-the-art multimedia centre for students with disabilities at Vhembe TVET in Makwarele Campus, Limpopo... Read |
 | JOHN WOOLLAM In a world where everyone carries a cellphone on their person at all times, it just didn't make sense to hold onto them... Read |
 | The introduction of robots and AI in science fiction books and films has given rise to a fear that machines will soon take over... Read |
 | ISSUED BY SAMSUNG SOUTH AFRICA Those who pre-order this must-have TV between 3 May and 31 May 2021 will receive a free Samsung Sound Bar Bundle to enhance their Neo QLED experience even further... Read |
Telecoms |
 | CHIJIOKE OHUOCHA MTN Nigeria has issued a 100 billion naira fixed rate bond in the first quarter of 2021, due in seven years, under a 200 billion naira bond programme to refinance existing debt... Read |
 | DIANA MIGUEL The high levels of unhappiness among telco customers could throw a major spanner in the works of their foray into financial services... Read |
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 | AfricArena will be hosting the Southern Africa Summit, taking place from 19-20 May, at Workshop 17 in Johannesburg. The two-day conference will feature pitches from 20+ startups operating in southern Africa, between Seed stage and Growth stage... Read |
 | MELISSA MBAZO-EKPENYONG According to the World Bank, Africa is the only region in the world with more female than male entrepreneurs. One in four African women start or manage a business, many of them in the informal sector... Read |
 | Facebook is inviting community leaders from South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria to apply for the 2021 Facebook Community Accelerator Program... Read |
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 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Allen Taylor, part of the global leadership team at Endeavor, shares insight into the global trends, funding in emerging markets and the rise of Africa... Read |
 | Eskom's senior coal procurement manager, Petrus Mazibuko, has been suspended on suspicion of corruption involving millions... Read |
 | BRONWYN WILLIAMS Bronwyn Williams spends a lot of time reading, thinking and talking about leadership - what makes leaders effective, what makes them loved and what inspires people to follow someone else into an unknown future... Read |
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 | Distell, a global business with roots in South Africa, produces and markets a diverse portfolio of award-winning alcoholic brands that have been crafted by extraordinary people across the world. Some of these brands include Amarula, Savanna, Hunter's Dry, Durbanville Hills and Nederburg. |
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 | MIRANDA LUSIBA The Covid-19 period has taught me a lot about the importance of collaboration. I've always valued teamwork when I was still employed; but noticed that because most of us SMMEs that are 'one-man shows' - we tend to prefer to work in silos... Read |
 | EVAN-LEE COURIE Zachariah George, co-founder and chief investment officer of Startupbootcamp AfriTech and Endeavor mentor, walks us through the stages of early-stage funding and how to approach it in South Africa... Read |
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