Features

[Interview] Eran Feinstein, CEO, DPO Group

05-09-2019 | 08:15:00
For the last 13 years, DPO Group, Direct Pay Online, has positioned itself as a market leader in the provision of payment services in Africa.

SIM swap fraud: A new wave of attacks targeting financial and online services in Africa

05-06-2019 | 13:03:01
Kaspersky Lab experts have sounded the alarm on the wide spread growth of mobile payments across the globe and the many cyber risks that surround such technology.

[Interview] Eunice Nyandat, CEO, MBM MyBizMarketer, Kenya

05-01-2019 | 10:47:00
Eunice Nyandat is the CEO of MBM MyBizMarketer, a Kenyan based digital marketing company proving SMEs with the latest in cutting-edge technology of digital marketing, digital advertising, and analytics solutions.

[Column] Steve Tzikakis: So what does it really mean to enable the intelligent enterprise?

04-26-2019 | 10:58:57
Mention the ‘Intelligent Enterprise’ to people, and they react in interesting ways.

[Column] Karien Bornheim: The game is never over

04-24-2019 | 13:14:00
The 2019 State of Cybersecurity in Small and Medium Size Businesses study by the Ponemon Institute revealed that most companies surveyed suffered severe financial consequences thanks to a cyber-attack

[Column] Byron Clatterbuck: Urban vs Rural – How to optimise ICT investment strategies

04-24-2019 | 09:01:00
Africa is a large continent, and investors tend to pick and choose their markets based on a multitude of criteria. Some see opportunities in emerging arenas while others focus on more developed and mature opportunities.

[Column] Cathy Smith: Artificial intelligence: The need to leave no-one behind

04-22-2019 | 10:21:15
Early September in Cape Town means one thing, the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa, which will draw 1000-odd business executives, academics, politicians and celebrities from around the world.

[Column] Matthew Kibby: Futurealist on big data, it’s all about the people

04-19-2019 | 08:15:00
According to the IDC, by 2020, there will be enough data in the world to fill a stack of tablets equivalent to 6.6 times the distance between the Earth and the moon.

[Startup Interview] Allan Niongira, Founder, PortableVoices, Kenya

04-18-2019 | 14:02:48
Allan Niongira the CEO.Founder of PortableVoices, a Kenyan audiobook production company and podcast network focused on producing African spoken entertainment.

[Column] Sabelo Dlamini: The new age of intelligence

04-17-2019 | 13:36:00
The new age of intelligence is defined as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics to improve enterprise efficiency in the era of big data.

[Column] Inderjeet Singh: Business intelligence in the era of big data

04-17-2019 | 09:22:55
Most 21st century corporate, entities struggle quite significantly with collecting, managing and deploying organizational data.

[Column] Mncedisi Mayekiso: Tapping into the growing demand for connectivity in South Africa

04-17-2019 | 08:40:00
South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP) has a vision for 2030 – to create a seamless information infrastructure by 2023.

[Column] Benjamin Rosman: Africa needs homegrown experts to harness Artificial intelligence to address local challenges

04-12-2019 | 14:21:44
The continent needs its own experts to harness Artificial Intelligence towards our local challenges and priorities in Africa.

[Column] Linda Carter: Connectivity considerations to futureproof your cloud experience

04-11-2019 | 10:45:23
The cloud is a dynamic, ever-changing environment, surging ahead on the back of developments such as a hybridisation and hyper scaling, not to mention a whole new array of cloud-based solutions to support companies

[Column] Paul Marketos: How to help customers embrace Business Intelligence

04-11-2019 | 07:49:00
Data by itself is useless. For it to have any real, tangible value, one must be able to turn data into information and turn information into decision making.

[Interview] Kingsley Ndiewo, CEO, Funtrench, Kenya

04-09-2019 | 13:36:00
Kingsley Ndiewo is the CEO and founder of Funtrench, a technology training institution in Kenya and Africa. He engaged Africa Business Communities about his company, in this exclusive interview.

[Column] Jon Tullett: Assessing impacts - The meteors of security and AI

04-04-2019 | 13:44:54
A 2018 study found that the illicit proceeds of global cybercrime had reached $US1.5 trillion annually. Norton Security estimated that by 2023, a total of 33 billion records would be stolen each year.

[Interview] Inderpal Singh Mumick, Founder and CEO, Kirusa

04-04-2019 | 13:15:00
Inderpal Singh Mumick is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Kirusa, provider of voice messaging and social media mobile apps to mobile carriers and subscribers in emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and in Asia.

[Africa Tech Week] E-commerce holds huge promise for enhancing free trade in Africa

04-04-2019 | 13:08:00
Africa has huge e-commerce potential. In fact, according to UNCTAD, e-commerce can significantly boost free trade across Africa

[Column] Llewellyn le Hané: The Fourth Industrial Revolution and what it means in Namibia

04-04-2019 | 11:40:49
Ubiquitous, mobile supercomputing, intelligent robots, self-driving cars, Neuro-technological brain enhancements, Genetic editing, are all evidence of dramatic change around us and it’s happening at exponential speed.