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Uniting technology and talent, the key to Africa’s socio-economic growth and resilience “Everyone deserves the benefit of a modern, connected life” – Charles Molapisi, MTN Group Chief Technology & Information Officer The 2020 Africa Tech Festival got off to a cracking start on Monday 9th November, for the 4-day virtual conference and exhibition that incorporates AfricaCom and AfricaTech, […]
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Where do world leaders go to share innovative ideas and principles on how to lead Africa into the 4th industrial revolution? Over the course of three days, the atmosphere buzzed with new concepts and terminologies which forced open the mind to new possibilities. Ideas like smart cities and industrialized entrepreneurship no longer seem like far-fetched […]
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2020 has changed business. With the spread of Coronavirus many businesses are working completely remote. It is the death of the traditional work office. Businesses are completely remote, and employees have set up shop at home. When you work remotely with a team, it is crucial that you have a great collaboration and mutual understanding since […]
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Only 23% of tech jobs are held by women in South Africa – out of 236 000 ICT (tech) roles, women occupy 56 000 of them, according to industry website WomenInTech.co.za. “As a sector, we need to hire women to improve diversity in the workplace (and it’s been proven that higher diversity equals higher productivity and […]
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Chanzo Capital has partnered with Africa.com to make virtual the 8th Angel Fair Africa which was scheduled to be in Senegal. The new normal is making everything virtual so the theme of this year’s event is “doing deals in a virtual environment” on 5th November 2020 on the www.virtualconferenceafrica.com platform. This year, we are launching […]
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By Andrew Dawson, Managing Director at Cognizance Processing The COVID-19 pandemic has in this time of unprecedented demand for essential goods revealed many vulnerabilities in supply chains, logistics and fulfilment operations. And unlike natural disasters that involve the physical destruction of buildings and infrastructure, the pandemic continues to threaten those businesses that aren’t adapting quickly enough […]
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By Olukayode Kolawole For most people living outside Africa, they imagine the continent as the home of poverty, corruption, internet fraud, infrastructure deficit, and everything that describes under-development, marginalization, oppression, bad leadership, insecurity, diseases, and many more. Although the continent is truly beset with some perennial development issues, some of these notions are preposterous and not entirely […]
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There is a massive demand for senior leaders in burgeoning African fintech sector. With the rapid and sustained growth of the fintech sector in East Africa, in particular in Kenya, there has been a sharp rise in demand for skilled leaders to fill positions, and companies are looking globally – and to South Africa specifically […]
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Mark Elliott, division president for Mastercard, Southern Africa talks to Africa.com about Mastercard’s recent acquisition of South African fintech Oltio, and how they will use the technology to bridge the divide in emerging markets. The credit-card provider said its acquisition of Oltio – whose technology is used to authenticate Mastercard’s Masterpass digital wallet transactions in Southern Africa […]
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