The winners of the 12th annual AfricaCom Awards were announced in Cape Town last night, recognising some of the technology, media and telecommunications industry elite. The Awards, much like AfricaCom itself, have continued to grow in number and influence and this year was no exception with the inclusion of new awards one, recognising top women in innovation in Africa and the other for Government Leadership.
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Free fast internet is a game-changer, but while public Wi-Fi is highly valued by South Africans, deploying a sustainable service can be challenging. In a step to overcome this, Google South Africa announced the launch of Google Station across 135 sites across the Western Cape.
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According to the World Economic Forum, there are 700m people using digital financial services globally, of which half are in Africa, said Dr Hanlie Smuts, associate professor at the University of Pretoria and moderator of the panel discussion on the future of digital financial services in Africa at the AfricaCom conferences at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
Nicci Botha 2 days ago
The 22nd edition of Africacom took place from 12 to 14 November 2019 at the CTICC in Cape Town. Chair for the first morning of Africacom's headline keynotes was Toby Shapshak, editor-in-chief of Stuff magazine, with Paul Scanlan, CTO of carrier business group at Huawei technologies, up first on all things 5G and even 'facial recognition' of fish.
Leigh Andrews 2 days ago
Simon Dingle started his Catalyst Africa presentation by confirming that when he's not making apps or writing books, he loves thinking out loud in public about a variety of divergent topics. As a result, his session covered many bases and left attendees wanting to find out more about a plethora of topics.
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With the growing issues of transport congestion on South Africa's roads, especially in Cape Town, Uber has, as a solution, launched Uber Movement in Cape Town.
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