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Virtual wheeling could decentralise power generation

Oct 9, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – Virtual wheeling could go a long way to solving one of the biggest bottlenecks in the power ecosystem – getting electricity from new, green generation projects to the consumer. According to Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, minister or...

AI could solve critical challenges, improve our economy

Sep 29, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – The launch of ChatGPT less than one year ago marked a significant milestone in the world – sparking enthusiasm and opening our eyes to the opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) can offer. This is the word from Maurice Radebe, head and...

Lenovo partners with Ashoka to grow SA changemakers

Sep 29, 2023

Lenovo has extended its partnered with Ashoka, a global organisation dedicated to promoting social entrepreneurship, to inspire the next generation of changemakers in South Africa. With a shared vision of creating a global community of Changemakers and Kind Cities,...

Qlik outlines a connected, integrated, trusted future for data analytics

Sep 29, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – Modern, digital business is only possible if processes and decisions are informed by reliable, up-to-the-minute and trusted data. The rapid move to the cloud has eased many of IT’s infrastructure challenges, but raised new issues when it...

SA on the cusp of a BPO boom

Sep 8, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – The business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in South Africa is booming, with significantly more growth ahead. Thanks to years of investment by government and the private sector, the BPO sector already accounts for around 100 000 jobs and has...

Evolving threat landscape calls for active defence

Sep 8, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – Africa is unique in the world when it comes to cyber resilience and data protection. Kate Mollett, regional director: South Africa and SADC at Commvault, explains that cybercrime that takes place in Africa could have wide-ranging effects around...

Vertiv debuts partner programme for Africa

Sep 8, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – Vertiv Africa has launched its new partner programme, tailored for the African market. Speaking at the company’s first Africa PowerUp webinar series, Vertiv Africa MD Wojtek Piorko says the company’s Africa for Africa programme is expected to...

All the action from Saphila 2023

Jul 23, 2023

Saphila 2023 was held at Sun City in June, bringing together SAP users and solution providers for three days of conferencing and networking. The biennial African SAP User Group (AFSUG) event has been on hold since 2019, so delegates seized the opportunity to reconnect...

How can CIOs drive the future digital business?

Jun 2, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – This year, spending on digital technology will grow eight-times faster than economic growth. This means CIOs, in their leadership roles, have a massive task ahead to drive their organisations forward. Jyoti Lalchandani, group vice-president and...

Experts agree technology is key to continent’s just energy transition

Jun 2, 2023

During the keynote session on the second day of Enlit Africa, held in May 2023, energy experts from across the continent agreed that technology is key to the continent’s just energy transition. Africa’s just energy transition ambitions are being tested in the face of...

Communication tech vital to sustainable grids

Jun 2, 2023

A white paper released by Huawei and IDC has underlined how significant communication technologies will be in building the sustainable, carbon neutral energy grids of the future. The white paper, titled “On Electric Power Communication All-Optical Network,...

IT industry wakes up to ESG

Jun 2, 2023

Kathy Gibson reports – What is your carbon footprint? In a world where climate change and decarbonisation is a big issue, this is an important question for everyone to ask themselves, says Adam Simon, global MD and chief financial officer of Context. “Most people...

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