by Kathy Gibson | Sep 25, 2020 | Thought Leadership
Without a doubt, Africa is one of the world’s fastest-growing economic hubs. By Tonny Tugee Crucial to this rate of development is the ability to meet the demand for key infrastructure. At the end of last year, a World Bank economic update reported that Kenya has seen...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
For Africa to not just survive the current pandemic, but to thrive, investment into digital infrastructure is inevitable. By Ryno Rijnsburger, chief technology officer of Microsoft 4Afrika Much-needed digital infrastructure and the resulting digital transformation...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
With a region as large and as vast as Africa, it is difficult to imagine a fully connected continent where every individual across all demographics, and every business across all sectors can harness the power of cloud computing. By Marius Burger, CIO of Seacom Yet as...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
While conversational commerce is not a new concept, the phenomenon is gaining momentum, driving innovation and customer experience in an ever-changing e-commerce landscape. By James Bayhack, sub-Saharan Africa director at CM.com The way today’s consumers choose to...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
As Daniel Kahneman observed in his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, there are two principal modes of human thinking, writes Kay Rickelman, foreign counsel at Spoor & Fisher. In a crisis, like our current one, our instinct is to think fast, simplify and leap to...
by Kathy Gibson | Sep 18, 2020 | Thought Leadership
The South African IT sector is still a male dominated arena, but it promises great opportunities for women entering the field. This is according to panellists on a webinar hosted by the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) Western...
