Microsoft looks for start-ups in Africa

Microsoft has expanded its Microsoft Ventures partnership programme into Africa, and has selected Nairobi innovation centre 88mph as its first African accelerator partner. Microsoft Ventures was introduced in June as a coordinated global effort to offer tools,...

IT security training should be outsourced

Most companies assign their own Tech Support department to train company employees in matters of IT security, rather than hiring outside IT consultants or commissioning IT security professionals. This is according to experts at B2B International, which recently...

Fujitsu signs up Westcon

Fujitsu has appointed Westcon Africa as a Select Partner to distribute its full range of products, with specific emphasis on data centre products, into SADC, East and West Africa. This appointment will see Westcon Africa distributing the full Fujitsu product portfolio...

Connected video devices to outstrip people

More than 8-billion Internet-connected video devices will be installed worldwide in 2017, exceeding the population of the planet, according to research from  the Broadband Technology Service at HIS. The installed base of video-enabled devices that are connected to the...

SA urged to close tech gender divide

There is a growing recognition of the potential of information communications technology (ICT) to promote gender equality and empower women, but there is still a yawning “gender divide” in the numbers of women using technology, and pursuing technology careers, in...

Soweto Conference aims to develop SMEs

In line with the critical need to develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in South Africa, the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Centre for Small Business Development (CSBD) a centre established under the auspices of the Faculty of Management, will host its Fourth...