By Patrick Ndegwa Kenya is set to benefit from a $1 billion investment by Google over the next five years to boost digital transformation in Africa. Announced at the company’s Google for Africa virtual event [c]
Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to working with both the private and public sectors to accelerate digital transformation in African agriculture in order to increase food security for the continent. Speaking during a virtual roundtable [c]
The convergence of network and security means CISOs are now firmly in the spotlight, becoming the new Chief Trust Officer for their organisations. Tris Morgan (top), the Director of Global Advisory at BT, shares his views. [c]
Microsoft has reaffirmed its commitment to assisting Kenyan financial services providers in their digital transformation by providing specialized Cloud solutions. The commitment is made considering the current operating environment, which has been exacerbated by the [c]
Systems Integrator and Managed Services Provider, Dimension Data has challenged small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to re-think their approach to digital transformation and consider cyber security as an integral part of their business operations. According [c]
The digital economy necessitates a digital government. It’s not really a question of whether or not government should become digital, it’s only a matter of time. This was the core theme explored at Huawei’s e-Government [c]
The digital economy, and with it an increasing demand for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) skills identified by the World Economic Forum in 2016, is here. And while there can be no doubt that digital [c]
By Carol Koech Last year was different for many obvious reasons. But one habit which hasn’t changed is our need and use of everything digital. The pandemic has accelerated our use of digital channels, both [c]
Mining has played a crucial role in South Africa’s economy for the best part of two centuries. And while it may not play as big a role as it once did, it still contributed R400-billion [c]
Standard Bank and Microsoft announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the digital transformation of Africa’s largest financial institution and further drive the continent’s growth. The Bank’s growing investment in the Microsoft Cloud will enable the [c]
With all the innovations in the digital world, be it the Internet of Things, AI, AR, or ML, we can surely say that the present era is the era of the digital world. Time is [c]
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MINT) of Ethiopia and the Internet Society announced a new collaboration agreement that will help advance the digital economy and drive economic transformation. Last year, the government of Ethiopia [c]
By Josiah Habwe As the world adjusts to the next normal, the importance of all things digital has never been made more clear. To keep the basics of our society running – from power and [c]
Business leaders and ICT experts from across Southern Africa will convene from March 17 to 19 for the Huawei Tech Summit 2021. The online event aims to unpack the opportunities of digital transformation for African [c]
By Francis Wainaina When it comes to digital transformation, there’s no such thing as an overnight success. Businesses that can leverage innovations in technology often take a few years to get the formula right, which [c]
By Will Meng UN Secretary-General Guterres has stated: “The COVID-19 pandemic is the worst global crisis since the Second World War”. The year 2020 came with a pandemic and it was an extremely difficult and [c]
Huawei released its Global Connectivity Index (GCI) 2020, the seventh annual GCI report the company has published. For the first time in a GCI report, the 2020 release proposed five key stages of industry digital [c]
By Pedro Guerreiro Is it too soon to be optimistic about an economic revival in East Africa following the devastating impact of COVID-19 on the global economy? The latest data – and the region’s continued [c]
At HUAWEI CONNECT 2020, Peng Zhongyang, the President of Enterprise Business Group, Huawei, delivered a keynote speech on the theme of “Paradigm Shift for Greater Value”. Peng stated that the shift to a new paradigm [c]
By Deirdre Fryer Digital transformation is changing the ways businesses operate throughout the world. New technologies like cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and predictive analytics, already have had a profound impact on the [c]
Sombank, a privately owned Islamic bank in Somalia, has selected Temenos, the banking software company, to deploy its Islamic Banking solution in the cloud to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation and create innovative products to [c]
With two of Africa’s largest industrial projects currently underway, Nigeria’s Dangote Group has selected SAP to lead the group’s digital transformation that was completed in record time. “We want our refinery to be not just [c]
Demand up, demand down. Is digital transformation killing the channel? Digital transformation. Over the past few years, those two words have been hyped to the point of dizziness, sticking like glue to boardroom conversations and [c]
As part of its commitment to streamline and enable digital transformation across various service industries, Microsoft in partnership with Harvard Business Review hosted a roundtable targeted at Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and Chief Operations Officers [c]
He doesn’t carry, nor accept, business cards. But in case he does accept one, like he did when we met at an industry session hosted by his employer, he’ll take a photo of the card [c]
Dell Technologies is now banking on multi cloud technology, AI and IoT to provide enterprises with enhanced solutions as Kenya gets into the digital transformation era. As businesses get into the fourth industrial revolution, data [c]
South Africa-based mobile telecoms operator, MTN has chosen Oracle Cloud Applications to drive one of the largest digital transformations across all its core business operations. The implementation will help MTN drive efficiency, scale operations and integration [c]
At a time when cybercrime incidents are increasing by the day, an increasing number of organisations have recognized the importance of embarking on their own respective journeys to digital transformation. This week, Microsoft hosted a roundtable at [c]
By Kunle Awosika The future of personal healthcare goes something like this. An asthma patient wakes up and looks at their smartphone. ‘Good morning,’ it says, ‘how is your breathing?’ The patient logs a few [c]
By Darrel Orsmond CHALLENGE: According to a 2015 KPMG report, banking penetration is as low as 36% in some of the larger African economies. Digital Transformation can drive adoption of banking services by enabling banks [c]
By Staff Writer Digital Transformation is both the challenge and opportunity of our generation. The rise of computers is creating the most seismic shift in society since the Industrial Revolution over a century ago. Data [c]
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