Leading startups from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia among 12 finalists from 238 entries FULL STORY >

By Joanne Weng, South Africa Sales Manager of Synology FULL STORY >

How can organisations break the seesaw they find themselves on between offering a secure, and yet still user friendly workspace? Brendan McAravey, Country Manager at Citrix South Africa, explains. FULL STORY >

Cisco has appointed Clayton Naidoo as the new general manager for Sub Saharan Africa based out of the Johannesburg office in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Paper, packaging and graphic solutions provider Antalis South Africa has announced that the company will become South Africa’s leading black empowered company in its industry. FULL STORY >

The launch of a new Amazon CloudFront edge location in the Mother City, announced by AWS, has promising implications for South Africa. FULL STORY >

For organisations in Africa to truly reap the benefits of cloud and shared data centre services, local data centres need to be developed and deployed, asserts Mohamed Abdelrehim, Head of Solutions and Business Development for Nokia in the Middle East and... FULL STORY >

Marc Gregan, MD, AfricaOnline: “We have launched a new 5GHz JET and customer feedback is that they are ecstatic with the 100Mbps they’re getting” FULL STORY >

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming pervasive in everyday life but many businesses still apply AI for the sake of AI, rather than for the sake of real business value. FULL STORY >

A lack of skilled resources is not the only factor behind the cyber-security workforce shortage, says Rick Rogers, Area Manager for Africa at Check Point Technologies FULL STORY >

At SAS’ event, held in Rosebank last week, there were two notable surprises. The first was the role data, analytics and AI is set to play in business and our lives. The second was a fascinating insight into the... FULL STORY >

SAS Africa’s Road to Artificial Intelligence event, which took place in Rosebank last week, brought a number of welcome surprises. FULL STORY >

Africa is in dire need of a solution that will jumpstart electrification on the continent, according to Abraham Ortega, Senior Executive Consultant at Hexing. FULL STORY >

AI Expo Africa is building the largest inclusive Pan-African AI Community to lead the 4th Industrial Revolution on the continent. FULL STORY >

Mercer has released the results of its 24th Cost of Living survey, ranking cities around the world, with two South African cities, recording gains. FULL STORY >