By Bryan Hamman, NETSCOUT’s regional director for Africa Over the past year and a half, a series of major global IT disruptions – from a routine software update gone wrong, to widespread DNS failures and configuration errors that brought down X, Zoom, Spotify, Canva and ChatGPT, amongst others – has demonstrated a simple truth. No organisation is immune to these challenges, not even the world’s largest technology providers. For African businesses, the impact of such incidents can be even more pronounced. Many organisations across the continent rely heavily on cloud services, operate in hybrid environments, or already contend with unstable electricity supply and bandwidth constraints. When a global outage…
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Flutterwave has announced the expansion of its flagship remittance solution, Send App, across the United States, and the return of all major cards including Amex, Discover, etc. This major update provides new and existing users more flexibility and faster, secure money transfers from the US, UK, and Europe to African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, and Cameroon. It is a major step forward for Send App and reaffirms Flutterwave’s commitment to powering seamless cross-border payments for the African diaspora. These enhancements come with a full suite of services backed by strong regulatory compliance, operational oversight, and secure transaction processing for…
By Veerakumar Natarajan, Country Head, Zoho Kenya Over the past decade, Kenyan businesses have modernised through cloud-based software—from HR systems to CRM platforms to digital payment tools. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) became the default route to digital transformation. The logic was simple: buy a subscription, gain access to features, adopt new workflows, and scale. For a while, this worked. But as Artificial Intelligence takes centre stage, the limits of a feature-first mindset are becoming clear. In Kenya today, AI’s real value will not be found in how many models, prompts, menus or dashboards a vendor can showcase, but in the business outcomes…
The City of Ekurhuleni (COE), located in Gauteng Province, South Africa, is widely recognized as one of the country’s most urbanized (97%) and industrially developed core economic zones. COE is accelerating its digital transformation, Electric power reliability is a key driver of vitality in COE. The original network equipment on COE’s electric power campuses was outdated, with many devices still operating on Wi-Fi 5 standards. The resulting weak signal strength and limited coverage significantly impacted staff productivity and overall network experience. The legacy wireless campus network, With a large number of wireless network devices in operation, device-by-device manual fault troubleshooting…
Every user in Kenya can download and install the 1Win app completely free of charge. It has all the necessary tools and options that you may need for comfortable betting or playing casino games. Check out the detailed information about the options of the mobile version, and read the instructions on how to make 1win Download and start gambling with comfort. Official 1Win App for Android and iOS The 1Win Kenya app was developed to make betting on sports and casino games easier and more convenient. It has all the features you would expect and a high-tech, user-friendly design. With…
Vertiv and Caterpillar have announced the signing of a strategic undertaking to collaborate on advanced energy optimisation solutions for data centres. This initiative will integrate Vertiv’s power distribution and cooling portfolio with Caterpillar’s, and its subsidiary Solar Turbines’, product and expertise in power generation and CCHP (Combined Cooling, Heat and Power) to deliver pre-designed architectures that simplify deployment, accelerate time-to-power and optimise performance for data centre operations. This collaboration directly addresses the growing demand for on-site energy solutions that deliver reliable power and cooling. Together, the companies are able to offer a fully integrated solution with validated interfaces and performance, enabling…
PariPesa is considered one of the best sites for online gambling, but how do you get started? And when you do, how do you pick your first game or fixture to bet on? If you’re looking for guidance regarding these matters, then you’re in luck! This article was written to show you how to complete the PariPesa Kenya login process and clear up any related questions you may have. Let’s get you started! Registering at PariPesa If you want to gamble at PariPesa, then your first port of call should be the Registration button. You’ll find it in the top-right…
Qlik has announced new capabilities in Qlik Talend Cloud that make trusted data easy to use across the business. Data teams can publish secure, standards-based API endpoints for governed data products with one click, automatically document fields at scale, and use an AI assistant to propose data-quality rules. For data and analytics teams, the release delivers clear, measurable gains: “Customers want flexibility. If your best data is stuck in one tool, it becomes a bottleneck,” said Drew Clarke, EVP, Product & Technology, Qlik. “Open, standards-based APIs let customers use the same governed data wherever work happens. AI-driven stewardship removes repetitive tasks and helps…
Westcon-Comstor has announced the signing of an agreement with Cato Networks that enables partners to tap into the high-growth SASE market by leveraging Cato’s channel-friendly platform. The collaboration sees Westcon-Comstor become an authorised Cato Networks distributor in Benelux, DACH, Nordics, the Middle East and Africa. Partners will gain access to a Gartner-recognised, single-vendor SASE solution that’s easy to sell, fast to deploy and built for profitability. With rapid partner onboarding and no upfront costs or barriers, the Cato SASE Cloud Platform supports recurring revenue and strong upsell potential. Cato and channel partners will leverage Westcon-Comstor’s analytics-led sales programme Intelligent Demand (iD) to…
Generative AI powers apps and tools that boost productivity and knowledge in most places across the world. But these systems don’t work equally well for all communities, especially those under-represented online, where most AI training data originates. As a result, generative AI performs poorly in many languages and does not reflect the social and cultural realities of every population. Infrastructure challenges are partly to blame, but in nations where low-resource languages dominate, adoption of AI is lower, even after adjusting for GDP and internet access. That’s where Project Gecko comes in. This Microsoft Research-led initiative is designed to close these…