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Ilse van den Berg Did you know that 98% of your global data travels under the ocean on subsea fibre optic cables, not via satellites?read |
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Despite the ongoing spectrum constraints, Vodacom now provides 80.12% 4G coverage in South Africa, with 99.78% of the population covered by 3G and 99.97% covered by 2G...read | NEWSWATCH: The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has confirmed that it will not be investing in Sagarmatha Technologies...read |
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| With the large quantities of personal data financial services providers handle, they have had their hands full preparing for the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI)... read |
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| Sara Degli-Esposti and Siraj Ahmed Shaikh Modern cities are brimming with objects that receive, collect and transmit data... read |
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| Forrester's recent predictions for CIOs working on data and analytics initiatives warn that the capabilities of new technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI), require the redesign of operating models... read |
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| Dustin Homer Rising levels of education, improving salaries and rapid urbanisation mean that health insurers and the private healthcare facilities they work with are commanding an increasing share of health services in Africa... read |
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| All business people want their smartphones to have enough battery life to last the day so it's frustrating when, as a device gets older, it seems to have less power... read |
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| Ilse van den Berg HDM Global has revealed the new Nokia mobile phones that will be available to the South African market... read |
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| The annual Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW), taking place from 14 to 18 May 2018, is a global event facilitated by the Business Continuity Institute to raise awareness of the latest trends in business continuity... read |
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| Robyn de Villiers The following is an excerpt from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations International (CIPRI) 2017 Maggie Nally Memorial Lecture I delivered at the House of Lords, Palace of Westminster... read |
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| Sherry Zameer While there have been some recent setbacks (and there will doubtless be more) it appears that, with the massive investments in R&D, driverless cars will one day become a reality... read |
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| Issued By Spreadtrum The development of AI, AR and 3D facial recognition technology means the fantastic scenes of the movie, Ready Player One, aren't far off... read |
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| Jane Mcintosh De Beers has taken another step towards ridding the trade of its "blood diamond" tag with a mobile tracking app for miners in Sierra Leone. While Gemfair may be useful, more needs to be done to ensure safety... read |
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| Issued By Spreadtrum Unigroup Spreadtrum & RDA has officially announced that its high-performance mobile chip platform Spreadtrum SC9850 and SC7731E fully support Android 8.1 (Go version)... read |
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| Craig Johnston The global marketplace is dominated by constant innovations in technology, business processes, and business management systems... read |
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| Boris Dzhingarov Issued By Monetary Library Software testing is undergoing much change due to DevOps growth. How is this being done, and how do technology companies keep up?... read |
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| Disrupt Africa will host its first live startup pitching competition at the AHUB East event in Nairobi next month, with the best startup winning a trip to pitch at AfricaCom in Cape Town in November, alongside other prizes... read |
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| Tom Jackson These are exciting times for the African tech space, but which ecosystem is the best place to launch or invest in a startup? read |
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| Tyler Golato and Rob Green How will Artificial intelligence (AI) change the way we conduct business in Africa and will it make people redundant or irrelevant when it comes to jobs on the continent? read |
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| Leon Coetzer The increased connectedness of consumers is contributing to a more dynamic environment - one where expectations on what the buying experience must entail are evolving... read |
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| Issued By OLSPS Analytics As dynamics and demand change, how is the academic domain ensuring that their graduates are ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?... read |
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| Christine Steinmetz Smart cities, digital cities, virtual cities, connected cities. Are these just trendy buzzwords? read |
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| Volkswagen Group is creating a software development centre for Volkswagen Group IT and Mand Truck and Bus AG in Lisbon, Portugal... read |
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| Jessica Tennant Following last month's launch of the Amsterdam-based workspace concept, Spaces at Atrium on 5th in Sandton, I interviewed Dutch founder Martijn Roordink to find out what it offers the South African workforce besides a place to plug in your laptop, and for his views on this new way of working... read |
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| Feroz Koor Sustainability issues are increasingly shaping trends in the retail sector. In this year's World Economic Forum Global Risks Report, three of the top global risks in terms of likelihood and impact are environmental... read |
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| Raleen Bagg With 7.3 billion people to connect with, why is loneliness becoming an epidemic... read |
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| Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced director - technology transfer (Innovus) (Ref. INV/128/0418). Applications close 30 April 2018. Read more >> |
Creative front and back end web designer and developer for growing digital agency in Kloof. Middle weight position with proof of ability to work alone. Read more >> |
Firewater is looking for a front-end developer to bridge the gap between design and development. Do you have a passion for user interface development and usability? Read more >> |
C#.NET, Platform and MS SQL database development, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript scripting technologies. Reports in SSRS. Module designs, advanced architecture. nit testing of code. Specialised in two or more platforms. Read more >> |
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