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SA on the cusp of a BPO boom

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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...

Oracle, Axiz highlight why local cloud strategies are important

Oracle and Axiz recently held a joint partner summit which brought together executives, partners and customers to discuss local trends and strategies in cloud computing. Oracle Public Sector Cloud Executive Ibrahim Mthombeni said that Oracle had made considerable...

Huawei pledges to work with partners in the renewable energy era

Huawei Digital Power has held its FusionSolar 2023 Channel Partner Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, during which the tech giant released its latest sustainable energy solutions for residential and industrial applications. Xia Hesheng, President of Huawei Digital...

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