Africa possesses the potential for cloud growth but it depends critically on the continent ensuring it fixes energy barriers. Cloud computing offers an alluring value proposition for companies looking to
The data centers run by IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, and Oracle are expanding their capacity across Africa. Undoubtedly, the biggest data companies globally recognize an opportunity. African businesses are progressively switching
The Zambian government has demonstrated it possesses the political will to transform the economic fortunes of the country. While some of Africa’s heavyweights including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana and
According to the Rise of the Africa Cloud research by Xalam Analytics, while having 16% of the world’s population and about 5% of the global GDP, Africa only contributes
Planet Labs PBC and Microsoft Corp. have announced an expanded relationship to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology and satellite data to help African climate adaption programs. Planet Labs PBC is
At the SAP TechEd conference, SAP announced the debut of a new solution to propel the next wave of business transformation by using the knowledge of business users, who are
Customers of South Africa’s top network, Vodacom, who are traveling abroad for the holiday season can now reduce their international roaming expenses by utilizing the finest international roaming bundles.
FNB this week announced an $11.5M (R200 million) investment to the Vumela Enterprise Development Fund, which was started in 2009 by FNB Commercial and Edge Growth, to help this
Smart City has become a dominant narrative for the future of cities. The Smart City concept has become a leading idea in policy planning for sustainable urban communities. The element
The University of South Africa (UNISA) has hired Vodacom Business as part of a two-year contract to offer students and staff of the university future-ready digital solutions. In order to
Regulatory permission was given to Vodacom Group today for its $2.3B (R41 billion) acquisition of a 55% controlling stake in Vodafone Egypt. In an interview, CEO of the Vodacom
Mteto Nyati, a former CEO of MTN South Africa and Altron, has paid an unknown sum for a controlling stake in the local technology and consultancy firm Business Systems Group
