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Africa’s public-private approach to tech bolsters fight against COVID

The pandemic has fueled digital transformation in Africa and sparked fresh thinking about how to use strategic public-private partnerships to achieve broad societal goals including healthcare and healthy markets.

26 Nov 2020 6 mins
Government Healthcare Industry Small and Medium Business
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African 5G networks roll out, but network deployment hurdles remain

5G was a hot topic at the recent AfricaCom, with industrial enterprises cited as early users. But wide geographical coverage is still at least several years away. Here's what industry insiders said about the promise of 5G and hurdles to network

23 Nov 2020 8 mins
Mobile Networking Small and Medium Business
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AfricaCom: Decade’s tech trends can spur growth, but hurdles remain

AfricaCom speakers unpacked the tech trends set to change Africa over the next 10 years, including AI, blockchain and tech-enabled remote work. Hereu2019s what they had to say.

19 Nov 2020 5 mins
Emerging Technology IT Skills Technology Industry
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AfricaCom: Could the next Bill Gates be female, and African?

IT leaders at the AfricaCom conference said technology is breaking down barriers for women to succeed in STEM jobs, but enterprises need to support diversity and inclusion initiatives.

16 Nov 2020 4 mins
Careers Technology Industry
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How South Africa is building its BPO credentials globally

South Africa is starting to compete with the big outsourcing-provider countries, but issues involving infrastructure, skills and cost structure persist.

12 Nov 2020
Outsourcing Professional Services Technology Industry
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South African technology, business leaders push for diversity in AI

The tech industry has a long way to go to improve diversity and inclusion in the development of artificial intelligence applications . Hereu2019s why bias is bad for business.

9 Nov 2020
Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Applications Financial Services Industry
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10 up-and-coming South Africa fintechs shaping financial services now

A new generation of South African start-ups are leveraging emerging tech to boost inclusion across the financial services industry, and lower the cost of transaction services for businesses.

5 Nov 2020 9 mins
Financial Services Industry Startups Technology Industry
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15 popular Kanban tools for workflow management

Kanban is a workflow management system that simplifies development processes and lifecycles by increasing efficiency, communication and collaboration for agile teams.

29 Oct 2020 15 mins
Collaboration Software IT Governance Frameworks Small and Medium Business
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Your guide to top tech conferences 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the cancelation of in-person technology conferences for the time being, but virtual conferences are now going strong.

27 Oct 2020
Events IT Leadership
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Nigeria Data Protection Bill aims to reinforce information security rules

Nigeria's Data Protection Bill 2020 builds on the current Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), proposing a new Data Protection Commission and new strictures to ensure that data processing in the country conforms to international standards

26 Oct 2020
Data Privacy Government Regulation