Applications based on machine learning (ML) can provide tremendous business value, but building such apps are not without challenges. Amazon's CTO, Werner Vogels, explains. FULL STORY >

Virgin Money Spot makes sending money between friends as easy as sending a text message, instantly and securely, no matter which bank they’re with. FULL STORY >

Paul McKane, industry value advisor: Consumer Industries at SAP Africa unpacks how innovation is helping Africa’s agri-industry feed the world. FULL STORY >

The energy company is testing out a smart power grid in Nova Scotia that uses a combination of wind and batteries. FULL STORY >

Your company’s greatest asset is its data. But to start creating true business value, you need to have the right data strategy in place, says Manfred Gramlich, Strategic Solutions Manager at Hitachi... FULL STORY >

Does your business have disruptive potential? FULL STORY >

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd, has announced that its Lumada IoT platform has been awarded a 2018 IoT Innovation Award for Enterprise Solution of the Year by IoT Breakthrough. FULL STORY >

Werner Vogels, the CTO of Amazon.com, explains how companies can use ideas from mass production to create business with data. FULL STORY >

The Business is An Adventure series of global seminars are coinciding with the launch of Sir Branson’s new book, and during the Seminar in Johannesburg he once again highlighted the importance of financial backing for young and established... FULL STORY >

Charles Pittaway from Sage provides some of the biggest changes we can expect to see in the retail industry in the coming years. FULL STORY >

BCX and GE have announced a partnership aimed at providing end-to-end digital technological solutions to the agri-processing sector. FULL STORY >

Rectron’s recent Innovation Summit offered us the opportunity to chat with Spencer Chen, the MD of Rectron, about the state of the hardware market in South Africa this past year. FULL STORY >

Declan Barrett argues that while ‘always being in Beta’ sounds as if your work will always be in an unfinished state, the opposite is true. Beta Designers create things all the time. It’s just that the things they make today, they’ll happily improve on... FULL STORY >

No matter your industry sector or geographic location, all businesses today have one overriding thing in common: to be successful and sustainable you must be digital, says Cameron Beveridge, director of Cloud at SAP Africa. FULL STORY >

William Mzimba, chief executive of Accenture South Africa and chairman of Accenture Africa, talks about the needs, gaps and solutions in order for South Africa to address socio-economic... FULL STORY >