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Breaking News today – Tuesday 15 October 2024
Business & Tech News Nile Water Usage Agreement Signed amidst Water Security Concerns: A new water usage agreement, the Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA), has been signed by seven countries including; Ethiopia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Egypt and Sudan have rejected the treaty, its purpose aims to
MAZIV achieves Level 1 B-BBEE status by doubling down on skills development
MAZIV has officially announced that it has achieved Level 1 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) status through supporting empowerment initiatives and skills development. MAZIV – which owns Vumatel (Vuma), Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), SADV and Rise Telecoms – stands as the third-largest telecommunications company in South Africa based on market capitalization. However, it is not
New study finds CMOs embracing GenAI despite knowledge gap
A new global study, Marketers and GenAI: Diving Into the Shallow End from SAS and Coleman Parkes Research, reveals that while 90% of organisations plan to invest in generative AI for marketing in 2025, 90% of CMOs admit that they do not fully understand GenAI or its potential impact on business processes. This lack of detailed understanding of GenAI
Vodafone and Google Deepen Strategic Partnership with Ten Year, Billion+ Dollar Deal including Cloud
Vodafone and Google today announced a ten year strategic expansion of their existing partnership to bring new services, devices, and TV experiences to millions of Vodafone's customers across Europe and Africa, supported by Google Cloud and Google's Gemini models. The agreement will bring storage, security, and AI assistance to Vodafone's customers in 15 countries, as well as its
Activating Africa’s Future: Emergent technologies
Exponential thinking is a mindset built on the foundations of audacity and abundant opportunity. Focusing on growth, change, innovation and disruption, exponential thinking is the accelerant behind new industries and a leadership mindset of continuous learning. It allows for a startup mindset to permeate decision-making and planning and opens the door to untapped possibilities. Stepping away from the linear, easily disrupted way of thinking, an exponential approach sets the tone and the standard
Mankind on Mars – Now Likely in Our Life-time
In what was probably a week that is unlikely to happen in anyone else’s life, this past week saw Elon Musk launch two brand new autonomous vehicles, The Robovan and the Robo Taxi, alongside an updated and exceptional Optimus humanoid robot, and yesterday, rounded the week off with the astounding Starship flight and a faultless,
Uber Eats Enhances Driver Safety With New App Features
As part of its continued commitment to prioritise the safety of delivery partners on the road, Uber Eats, a leading on-demand food delivery app and website, announced a range of new courier safety features aimed at improving overall safety for delivery people. Uber Eats will now implement several key updates to its platform to foster
Breaking News today – Wednesday 14 October 2024
Business & Tech News Tunisian Economic Struggles Continue: The Tunisian economy continues to face major challenges. The GDP growth rate has been a low 1% in the second quarter of 2024, while the unemployment rate currently is around 16%. Despite some signs of improvement, such as the inflation rate reducing to 6.7%, the majority of
Epson establishes new regional operations to advance customer-centric growth
Seiko Epson Corporation ("Epson") has established Epson Middle East FZCO (“Epson META-CWA”), a new sales company to serve businesses, and consumers within one of the world’s most dynamic regions for technology adoption, with operations set to begin in October 2024. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the new operation reflects the immense potential that Epson sees
Standard Bank Sees Tenfold Surge In Payshap ID Transactions As Instant Payments Gain Traction
Standard Bank has experienced a significant increase in instant payments, driven by a growing uptake of PayShap, while other immediate interbank transactions have continued to grow. Over the past year, the number of Standard Bank clients registering for PayShap grew by 9%, and active use of ShapID for transactions has increased tenfold (817%) year-on-year. "This
inDrive Joins Smarter Mobility Africa Summit 2024 to Shape the Future of African Transport
inDrive, a global leader in urban mobility and services, has solidified its role as a key player in transforming African transport systems at the recently concluded Smarter Mobility Africa Summit 2024. Running from October 2nd to the 4th, the summit, themed "Embracing the New Urban Era," brought together top visionaries, policymakers, and industry experts to reimagine the future
How CIOs can achieve the promised benefits of sustainability
Gartner research shows that 50% of CIOs will have performance metrics tied to the sustainability of their IT operations by 2025 – and by 2027 25% of CIO compensation will be linked to their sustainable technology impact. This means that sustainability must now switch from abstract discussion to practical action. Yet, organisations’ digital transformation agendas and their sustainability commitments
3 Reasons why you need a Tax-Free Savings Account in your Retirement Plan
With growing numbers of retirees unable to afford the high cost of living today, avoiding needless tax deductions to your limited retirement savings is an important consideration when planning for your retirement. According to a recent report, of the 5.2 million South Africans aged 60 and older, 3.8 million or 73% are recipients of government social grants
Tesla Robotics Amaze at Glittering Launch
The Tesla Robovan, Robo Taxi and Humanoid robot Optimus were all revealed yesterday in a glittering event at Tesla in California. Optimus Robot Updated Dubbed the Autonomous, Assistant Humanoid Friend, Optimus has been revealed at a multi-launch event in Burbank California yesterday. “Everything we have developed for our cars; advanced motors, batteries, gearboxes, the software
Breaking News today – Wednesday 10 October 2024
Business & Tech News Nvidia Challenger Chip Announced: American Tech company, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has made a significant stride in the artificial intelligence (AI) sector by unveiling its new Instinct MI325X chip during Computex 2024 in Taipei. The new processing chip will position AMD directly against Nvidia, the global leading manufacturer in the data
African Critical Minerals Summit Launch
With a back-drop of overall mining disinvestment and shrinking labour employment in the South African mining industry, the African Critical Mining Summit was launched to the media this week at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Critical Minerals are seen as a sector of mining that holds much potential for future mining exploration and development
Top Small Business and Home Package Fibre Deals
Our whole existence today, seems to revolve around the accessibility of high-speed data today, It’s become a necessity in every modern home and small business in less than a decade. Ask any parent today – the first question you get asked when travelling or going on holiday is “is there Wi-Fi available. And not just
Breaking News today – Wednesday 10 October 2024
Business & Tech News Tesla’s “RoboTaxi” to Launch Today: Tesla is set to to unveil the electric Auto maker’s long-awaited robotaxi prototype, named Cybercab, at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California on Thursday. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla claims that the new automated auto tech vehicles will save lives or earn their future owners
Happy Client Happy Life!
As customer service interactions go, there are few that fall into a middle ground "Its Okay" category. By-and-large it’s either amazing or terrible with very little wiggle room in-between. Almost all business conferences or summits and panel discussions around customers today are highlighting how new tech platforms such as Ai driven client interactions are going
SAP Ai Enhanced Co-pilot Launched
SAP the international enterprise system developer, SAP SE (NYSE: SAP), unveiled new ground-breaking AI innovations across their enterprise technology foundation that drives 87% of global commerce, putting its generative AI co-pilot, Joule at the centre of a new way of doing business. SAP’s Joule co-pilot system revolutionises how users interact with SAP business systems. The