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Africa still mobile
Africa still mobile
[Danette Breitenbach] Africa's story remains a mobile one with mobile internet access the largest contributor of growth across the continent... read
Drone industry expected to create thousands of jobs
Drone industry expected to create thousands of jobs

According to economic expert, Dr Roelof Botha, the largely untapped drone industry is expected to create 33,000 jobs this year alone... Read

Lintvelt, practising that work-life balance on vacation in Greece.
#BehindtheSelfie with... Jaco Lintvelt

Leigh Andrews

This #InnovationMonth, we go behind the selfie with Jaco Lintvelt, now managing director for iProspect SA and Amnet sub-Saharan Africa, part of the Dentsu Aegis Network South Africa... Read

SophiaTX open source platform to integrate SAP, blockchain
SophiaTX open source platform to integrate SAP, blockchain

Blockchain, business, and finance experts have teamed up to create an open-source platform to integrate SAP and blockchain called SophiaTX... Read


Entrepreneur Month
#EntrepreneurMonth: Here's to the African entrepreneurs
Here's to the African entrepreneurs

Issued by Bizcommunity.com

Join us in celebrating the courageous innovators, in small businesses and large, in South Africa and the rest of Africa, who take the risks that create new revenues, models and livelihoods, as we designate October and November as Entrepreneur Month across 18 industries on Biz... read
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Cyber Security
South Africans easy meat for hackers
South Africans easy meat for hackers
South African social media users are at particular risk of being hacked because of their poor digital literacy... read
Data & Analytics
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What if analytics and machine learning could save lives?

Aneshan Ramaloo

The recentĀ Ebola outbreakĀ in West Africa, was relentless, hopping between Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Liberia, before making its way to the UK, US, and Spain. It claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people... read
Internet
Bare-metal servers now provisioned in an hour, 24/7
Bare-metal servers now provisioned in an hour, 24/7

Issued by Hetzner

Hetzner now provisions self-managed dedicated servers in under an hour, around the clock. In addition, Hetzner is offering a limited period special - free setup with your self-managed server order. read
IoT
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Ambition and partnership key to driving smart city adoption

Edwin Diender

AI and other technologies, in conjunction with the innovative implementation of ICT, can improve the quality of life across a broad range of factors, improve workforce efficiency, and create new jobs... read
Mobile & Apps
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The revived Nokia 3310: now with 3G and heftier price tag

Hadlee Simons

The new Nokia 3310 made headlines around the world earlier this year, after HMD Global revived the handset for a new generation... read
Services
Dereshin (Dees) Pillay
The automotive industry's nine pillars for exceptional customer experience

Dereshin Pillay

The digital revolution is not just apparent in the design and build of cars themselves, but digital tools are reshaping the automotive industry's customer buying and after-sales environments as well... read
Tech Startups
iRise, Somalia.
Somalia is getting its first tech incubator
The doors are set to open at iRise, the first ever tech incubator and co-working space to be established in the Somali capital of Mogadishu... read
Seedstars Senegal winner, Cameroon finalists
Seedstars Senegal winner, Cameroon finalists
MaTontine was crowned the winner of the Senegal round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland... read
Aaron Fu.
New MEST boss plots major expansion across Africa

Tom Jackson

Aaron Fu, the new managing director (MD) of pan-African entrepreneurial training programme, seed fund and incubator Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST), has big plans... read
Technology
Elon Musk's BFR will fly from London to Cape Town in just 34 minutes
Elon Musk's BFR will fly from London to Cape Town in just 34 minutes

Andy Walker

His space exploration company SpaceX is pondering a new method of transporting people from one corner of the Earth to the other. And it involves a space vehicle/rocket system called the BFR... read
Event technology: an enabler - not an end goal
Event technology: an enabler - not an end goal

Glenn van Eck

Technology isn't there to showcase itself, it's there to enhance customer experiences and should be approached with a human-first mindset, writes Glenn van Eck... read
Matthew Barnard, BBD executive
Blockchain won't be the big bang

Matthew Barnard

Blockchain is a buzz word that isn't going away. Yet few people in the financial industry truly understand the technology.... read
Telecoms
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Frost and Sullivan, Deloitte research show telcos are changing
According to research from Frost and Sullivan and Deloitte, the telco industry is changing at an exponential rate. Telco operators are looking to build the capabilities required to position themselves... read
The #datamustfall war - Competition Commission weighs in
The #datamustfall war - Competition Commission weighs in

Burton Phillips

After a public outcry, which included a social media campaign under the hashtag #datamustfall, South Africa's competition regulators, ICASA and now the Competition Commission have announced investigations aimed at bringing the costs of data down... read
IOX Cable System to improve connectivity in Mauritius
IOX Cable System to improve connectivity in Mauritius
Mauritius Telecom has signed an agreement as an anchor tenant for ultra high-speed internet connectivity on the new IOX Submarine Cable System scheduled to go live in 2019... read
International
Amazon beefs up Echo lineup and Alexa skills
Amazon beefs up Echo lineup and Alexa skills
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Amazon has unveiled upgrades to its Echo speakers and announced that Alexa smarts will be built into BMW and Mini automobiles by the middle of next year... read
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Poland to roll out mobile phone ID cards in 2018
WARSAW, Poland: Polish citizens will be able to carry around electronic versions of their ID cards on their mobile phones starting next year, Digital Minister Anna Strezynska said. read
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Business
2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
The 24 finalists in this year's SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and Disability Empowerment Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at an official awards ceremony on Monday, 23 October... read
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