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By Habib Mahakian, Vice President – Emerging Africa, Dell Technologies Our world needs technology now more than ever. The future of the economy and our communities depends on the ability of government, business, and stakeholders to address many societal issues, and investing in digital transformation is the key to success.  In countries across Emerging Africa, governments continue to lead the way in recognizing the critical role of technology in reimagining society and enabling human progress. With the global digital transformation market size set to grow from $521.5 billion in 2021 to $1247.5 billion by 2026, we’re seeing some important shifts that are driving the continuous evolution…

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The Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KeWoPa) has launched a video campaign calling on the public to avoid and curb online abuse and harassment as well as physical violence against female politicians. The campaign, dubbed #HeshimuDada, is an initiative of KeWoPa and Google Kenya among other partners. The short video campaign (available on the KeWoPa YouTube channel) has voices from various female politicians and leaders in the country including Prof Margaret Kobia, the CS for Public Service, Gender, Senior Citizen Affairs and Special Programmes; HE Rachel Ruto, the Spouse of the DP William Ruto; HE Anne Waiguru, Governor, Kirinyaga County; Hon…

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“A great sports photo is one that makes you gasp. It must have drama – an incredible moment that also looks outstanding. It’s a rare thing, as it probably should be ” – Canon Ambassador & Sports photographer Eddie Keogh. A brilliant capture speaks a thousand words. They are incredible moments in a game that showcase the sheer determination, perseverance, and dedication of athletes after years of hard training, all culminating in crossing that magical finish line or achieving that elusive victory on the field. Sports photography, an excruciating yet powerful form of the medium, has always been difficult to…

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Liquid Cloud today announced it will offer connectivity to Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Fast Connect in South Africa within the Oracle Cloud Johannesburg Region. The collaboration with Oracle will allow Liquid Cloud customers to access Oracle Cloud through FastConnect using Liquid’s extensive fibre network. In addition to organisations using FastConnect via Liquid CloudConnect as a service, it will also be available at existing Africa Data Centre (ADC) facilities across the continent for Liquid Cloud’s co-located customers. This service will connect an organisation’s on-prem applications and their Oracle Cloud Fusion Applications, providing an enhanced user experience. With FastConnect…

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Kwik is expanding its offer of digital services today with the launch of KwikStore –  adding yet another exciting service to the already sensational offer it brings to African business owners and social vendors. KwikStore is a free ecommerce storefront solution that allows any African business owner, merchant, social vendor entrepreneurs and SMEs to create their own online stores literally in 5 minutes without any technical knowledge and to run his or her business directly from a smartphone. Social vendors can link their KwikStores to their social media accounts, automating the sale, fulfilment, inventory management and delivery process, giving them…

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Payments have traditionally been a challenge for African businesses and their banks. Businesses must work with a huge number of partners, for instance, to handle the many forms of payments that customers use, as each nation favors a distinct set of options. Card payments, where banks excel, have extremely little penetration, which is a problem for banks given the size of the unbanked population and the popularity of mobile money. In a continent where merchants and consumers are increasingly shifting to digital payment channels, banks and other financial service providers (FSIs) need to find ways to modernize their payments infrastructure.…

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Sound is everything, whether you are listening to music or watching a movie.   In music, the good sound makes you move to the vibration, hitting your ears, and instead of feeling the pain, it moves down your spine and makes you vibrate with happiness. Having a good sound system is an underrated gift in most homesteads. Not everyone has the gift of choosing the best sound system. Some that are camouflaged as sound systems can break your eardrums if you install them in your living room. When it comes to sound, you must be careful of what you buy. You…

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A student’s innovation featuring a website that encourages the public to plant trees has been named the winner of this year’s Game of Learners competition, which has been hosted by Microsoft’s Africa Development Center (ADC) for the past three years. The winning team – Green Wavers – comprised of Purity Jangaya (University of Nairobi), Ian Kariuki (Kenyatta University), Humphrey Kimathi (Kirinyaga University), Jessie Umuhire (African Leadership University) and Françoise Mukantwari (African Leadership University) and were coached by ADC’s Claire Limo (Software Engineer) and Loki Mutua (Product Manager).  Based on the critical theme of Climate Change & Sustainability, the team created…

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Liquid Cyber Security, a business of Cassava Technologies, today launched the first of its matrix of Cyber Security Fusion Centres in Johannesburg, South Africa. With this Fusion Centre, Liquid aims to bolster the cyber security industry in the country by managing the growing threat of cyberattacks to governments and enterprises of all sizes. For the first time, African businesses and governments will have access to Liquid’s matrix of Security Fusion Centres across key markets. These centres will provide threat intelligence and bring together the existing Liquid Cloud Operations and Liquid Network Operation Centres, ensuring customers have full support across cyber…

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When it comes to data, everything is growing – quantity, size, format, resolution, use cases, applications, value and more. As people and businesses look for solutions to effectively and efficiently store their data in the zettabyte era, Western Digital HDDs continue to play a critical role in delivering massive capacity, performance and reliability. Extending its innovation and technology leadership across its portfolio, Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced that it is now shipping new 22TB HDDs targeting three key segments: WD Gold HDDs for IT/data center channel customers; WD Red Pro for network attached storage (NAS); and WD Purple Pro…

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