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Logistics ensures Africa is open for business

May 30, 2026

Africa is a vast continent, occupying about 20% of the world’s land area. With the continent increasingly open for business, and actively developing intra-African trade, logistics is emerging as arguably its biggest challenge and opportunity. Thato Moloi, president of...

Technology and the promise for medicine, education

May 30, 2026

Digital transformation can have impressive benefits for just about every vertical market – but in Africa, medical technology (medtech) and education technology (edtech) stand to gain the most from technology adoption. Glenn du Toit, MD of Acer Africa, explains why....

Call for coordinated solutions to unlock Africa’s digital transformation

May 30, 2026

African multilateral financial institutions, policymakers, development partners and private sector leaders have called for more coordinated, innovative and better-structured financing approaches to support Africa’s digital and technological transformation. This was a...

Post-pandemic supply chains about to be severely tested

May 30, 2026

By Wayne Meisel – Africa has spent the post-pandemic years pursuing strategic investments into more resilient supply chains. This year, amid growing geopolitical disruption and escalating conflict, those investments will be tested to their limits. Since 2020,...

The infrastructure driving Africa’s tech boom

May 30, 2026

The ability to quickly and easily connect to the Internet, make safe and convenient payments at any time, even to call just about anyone on a mobile phone are all acts that millions of Africans take for granted in 2026. But just 17 years ago, most of these actions...

Data centres are rolling out across the continent

May 30, 2026

Data centre construction around the world is proceeding at a frenetic pace. They are vital building blocks for the provision of artificial intelligence (AI) tokens that are increasingly driving new business models. While Africa lags the rest of the world in the number...

Shared infrastructure is becoming critical to Africa’s digital future

May 30, 2026

With African countries placing greater emphasis on trade, ecommerce and financial inclusion, attention is increasingly shifting towards the unseen systems quietly powering economic activity behind the scenes. Behind every payment, remittance and cross-border...

The SDD crisis goes beyond pricing

May 14, 2026

The memory and SSD crisis is real – and it’s broader and faster‑moving than many in the IT industry expect. This is the stark warning from Craig Nowitz, CEO of Syntech, who recently returned from the Hong Kong electronics shows and a week of factory visits in China....

The identity shift you may need to make

May 14, 2026

For decades, entrepreneurial success has been framed as a strategic challenge: identify the right market opportunity, develop a compelling product, and deploy the correct marketing systems to scale. While these elements remain important, a growing number of leadership...

Resilience is the new competitive advantage

May 14, 2026

By Richard Schumacher – In today’s digital economy, continuous connectivity is no longer a luxury but an expectation, making uninterrupted uptime essential. Yet many organisations still treat redundancy as a technical afterthought rather than a strategic...

CIOs are paying for a waste problem vendors created

May 14, 2026

By Kwirirai Rukowo – CIOs pride themselves on digital leadership, yet one of the most dangerous failures in enterprise IT happens in plain sight. Vendors talk about the circular economy, sustainability, and ESG, but when your equipment reaches end of life, they...

Why AI is putting distributors under more pressure

May 14, 2026

Seventy percent of partners are using AI – so why is complexity getting worse for distributors? Lionel Moyal and Paul Bunting, co-founders of Growthguru.ai, examine the possible reasons. For years, most of the conversation around artificial intelligence (AI) in the...

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