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IoT driving traffic, enhancing business value for telco sector

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Africa is not a data desert

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#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

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NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

Ilse van den Berg 7 Nov 2017

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Colin Thornton 7 Nov 2017

Leading businesses deploy data to drive disruption

Prathna Singh 27 Oct 2017

African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

Elias Aad 19 Oct 2017

Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Ilse van den Berg 19 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

17 Oct 2017

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

16 Oct 2017

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

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What if analytics and machine learning could save lives?

Aneshan Ramaloo 29 Sep 2017

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

26 Sep 2017

Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution

Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution

22 Sep 2017

How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?

How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?

Ilse van den Berg 22 Sep 2017

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

Jannine Adams 19 Sep 2017

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#InnovationMonth: How AI will change the automotive game for the better

Trevor Hill 11 Sep 2017

Digital transformation is not just about technology - it's about people

Anton Cabral 11 Sep 2017

Cheap data "vital for SA's future"

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Nico Gouws 1 Sep 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

Nivashini Narsiah 31 Aug 2017

#Pamro2017: Data is becoming the oil of consumer marketing

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2017

Could Google become the dominant force in hospitality?

Stuart Pallister 21 Aug 2017

Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

18 Aug 2017

SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

Tom Jackson 8 Aug 2017

Data management: the centre of IoT projects

Morne Bekker 27 Jul 2017

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

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African data is not “user-friendly”

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Digital trust: the currency of the future

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By Arthur Buliva (Own work) , via Wikimedia Commons

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Tom Jackson 27 Nov 2017

IoT driving traffic, enhancing business value for telco sector

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Hrusostomos Vicatos 22 Nov 2017

Africa is not a data desert

Ben Leo 21 Nov 2017

You can't eat your smartphone: Why agriculture is the first frontier of African innovation

Ashley Boag 14 Nov 2017

#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

#AfricaCom: Day two highlights

9 Nov 2017

NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

NEC/XON Summit 2017: Making Africa smarter and safer

Ilse van den Berg 7 Nov 2017

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Harnessing tech to create sustainable cities for the future

Colin Thornton 7 Nov 2017

Leading businesses deploy data to drive disruption

Prathna Singh 27 Oct 2017

African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

Elias Aad 19 Oct 2017

Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Database of 30 million+ South Africans leaked online, property group is culprit

Ilse van den Berg 19 Oct 2017

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

AfricaCom 2017 Awards finalists revealed

17 Oct 2017

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

AfricaCom offers free passes for Cape Town event

16 Oct 2017

CGIAR wants to build a big data platform and innovate with startups to help smallholder farmers

11 Oct 2017

Photo by Nevin Ruttanaboonta on Unsplash

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Aneshan Ramaloo 29 Sep 2017

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa kicks off this week

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Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution

Predictive analytics, cognitive computing, big data used in anti-rhino poaching solution

22 Sep 2017

How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?

How will you speed through the digital trough of disillusionment?

Ilse van den Berg 22 Sep 2017

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

#TourismMonth: Sharing data. What does the future hold for the travel industry?

Jannine Adams 19 Sep 2017

Photo by Gleb Kozenko via Unsplash

#InnovationMonth: How AI will change the automotive game for the better

Trevor Hill 11 Sep 2017

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Anton Cabral 11 Sep 2017

Cheap data "vital for SA's future"

Cheap data "vital for SA's future"

Nico Gouws 1 Sep 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

A vision for digital health at the Healthcare Innovation Summit Africa 2017

Nivashini Narsiah 31 Aug 2017

#Pamro2017: Data is becoming the oil of consumer marketing

Juanita Pienaar 29 Aug 2017

Could Google become the dominant force in hospitality?

Stuart Pallister 21 Aug 2017

Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

Africa's data revolution probed in UN-backed report

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SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

SA's Aerobotics raises $600k funding from 4Di, Savannah Fund

Tom Jackson 8 Aug 2017

Data management: the centre of IoT projects

Morne Bekker 27 Jul 2017

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Analytics is critical, but data is being left out

Danny Drew 27 Jul 2017

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African data is not “user-friendly”

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Digital trust: the currency of the future

Digital trust: the currency of the future

Paul Williams 21 Jul 2017

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga (not in the picture), the presidential candidate of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition, walk at dusk after attending their campaign rally at the Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi, Kenya, July 7, 2017.
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Kenya's social media election: attack ads and data mining

17 Jul 2017

Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief

Drones could offer multi-faceted support in disaster relief

5 Jul 2017

Data Sight addresses need for emerging market data, analysis

Data Sight addresses need for emerging market data, analysis

27 Jun 2017

Managing the value of data

Claude Schuck 14 Jun 2017

How Africa can accelerate digital transformation

How Africa can accelerate digital transformation

6 Jun 2017

Spearheading digital transformation in East Africa

Spearheading digital transformation in East Africa

2 Jun 2017

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#IMCConf 2017: The artificially intelligent business of big data

Leigh Andrews 1 Jun 2017

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#AfricaMonth: Sustainable food production requires digitisation of entire agri value chain

26 May 2017

Five best practices for data visualisation

Gustav Piater 24 May 2017

(L-R): Nic Rudnick, CEO, Liquid Telecoms; Uche Ofodile, Regional Head, Africa Express Wi-Fi, Facebook; Artur Mendes, CCO, Angola Cables; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Chris Wood, CEO, WIOCC and Chris George, Strategic Initiatives, Google, at the 2017 International Telecoms Week, held in Chicago, this past week.

Greater investments needed to drive data explosion in Africa

22 May 2017