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Nutanix announces remote IT solutions for cloud infrastructure management
Enterprise cloud computing vendor Nutanix, has announced new solutions that will allow IT teams to deploy, upgrade and troubleshoot their cloud infrastructure while working from anywhere – whether at home or from a central office location. The new solutions stated the company will be delivered via Nutanix Foundation Central, Insights and Lifecycle Manager – all
Kenyan school plugs the COVID-19 learning gap with Avaya Spaces
Avaya has helped a number of Kenyan schools build virtual classrooms
Kodak Alaris names 2020 Partner of the Year Award winners for EMEA
The awards are an integral part of the global information capture vendor’s annual Partner Summit
Safaricom unveils Lipa Na M-PESA business app
The app empowers business owners to access real-time statements, export statements and track their business performance on the go
Beyond lockdown: How do SMEs recover?
Many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been hard hit by the lockdown imposed by the government over the past three months. The recent emergency budget speech by South Africa’s finance minister, Tito Mboweni, further highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. So how do SMEs survive – and even grow – in an environment
Statistics confirm major drop in tourism figures since SA lockdown began
Tourist arrivals fell by a third in March compared with February as the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic intensified around the world and South Africa implemented travel restrictions, according to the latest tourism statistics.Statistician-general Risenga Maluleke said: “Tourist arrivals in March fell by 36.2% year-on-year (y/y) and 33% month-on-month. Overseas tourist arrivals fell even more,
Australia's central bank sits tight as second-wave risks mount
AUSTRALIA'S central bank stayed on the policy sidelines on Tuesday despite a setback to the nation's successful run of Covid-19 containment damping the economy's otherwise improving prospects. Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe kept the cash rate and three-year yield target unchanged at 0.25 per cent, as expected. Soaring job advertisements and retail
Drones, masks and apps: How African innovators keep economies hit by Covid-19 afloat
Ghanaian pilot Eric Acquah started a drone company in 2017 to spray crops with pesticides, but when coronavirus hit the West African country he found a new mission – saving lives. The company has used 20 drones to disinfect about 38 open-air markets in Ghana, spraying a couple of acres in minutes, a job that
Zoom Video launches new hardware as a service
Zoom Video Communications has launched a new hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) offering to help its enterprise customers scale video conference rooms and phones with budget-friendly hardware options and simple technology upgrades at an affordable, fixed monthly price. The new offering which will run on the ServiceNow platform will help enterprises deploy Zoom solutions with the hardware they
Edgars buyer only wants some stores – and a similar Jet deal is expected soon
The company which has committed to buying parts of Edgars will only take some of the chain’s stores as part of the deal, Edcon's CEO said on Tuesday. The rest will presumably be closed. The massively indebted Edcon, owner of Edgars and Jet, was in a battle for survival even before the coronavirus crisis. But
UK minister says Huawei must meet conditions for involvement in 5G network
China's Huawei has clear conditions to meet for Britain to continue to allow its involvement in the development of 5G telecoms infrastructure, Britain's health minister said on Sunday, after a report that the firm would be banned from the project. Officials are drawing up proposals to stop installing Huawei Technologies equipment in as little as
Old Mutual appoints new chief executive to replace axed Moyo
Old Mutual has appointed Iain Williamson as group chief executive, creating more certainty for the group following the protracted legal battle with his axed predecessor, Peter Moyo. Old Mutual, the 175-year-old African financial services group, on Friday appointed Williamson with immediate effect, bringing to an end an extensive search by the board. Old Mutual had
Investors circle as former cryptocurrency agency chief declared bankrupt
Willie Breedt, the alleged bitcoin and cryptocurrency scammer, has been declared bankrupt. News24 earlier reported around 2 000 investors in Breedt’s defunct company, VaultAge Solutions (VS), stand to lose around R227 million after promises by Breedt to pay out their investments and growth were not honoured. On Friday, one of the biggest investors, who entrusted
iProtoXi launches Aistin IoTLAB in MEA
Full stack IoT and managed AI services vendor introduces best-of-breed device, mobile application, connectivity and cloud platform solution for IoT product development and rapid deployment
Huawei to discuss 5G commercialisation at SAMENA Leaders' Summit 2020
ICT vendor Huawei has announced it will host this year’s SAMENA Council Leaders’ Summit for the seventh consecutive year. The 2020 event, which is organised by SAMENA Telecommunications Council, is set to take place on July 9th, 2020 with leaders from multiple country clusters to participate virtually. The agenda of the Leaders' Summit 2020 has
SA retailers can now experience the agility of SaaS
Unified commerce software solution built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, has now launched in South Africa
COVID-19: Cheers to the private sector
Nkosi Mfumu, a Zambia-based legal and foreign policy expert, gives the private sector a thumbs in the COVID-19 fight and why the African private sector in action should be a model going forward.
Power price increase threatens key sectors of economy
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) yesterday warned South Africa was on a path of de-industrialisation as current electricity price increases were not sustainable both for consumers and suppliers. Nhlanhla Gumede, the full-time member of the regulator, said the average cents per kilowatt-hour had jumped to 89.13 in 2017 from 17.91 in 2006
How much Edcon owes, and to whom
The list of Edcon’s secured creditors, published as part of the business rescue plan on Monday, reveals that a total of R3.7 billion is owed to more than 80 entities. The list of unsecured creditors is likely far larger (running to many more billions), but these businesses are either fourth or last in the queue,
Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition is getting closer scrutiny from EU regulators
Tongaat Hulett said on Thursday that the Namibian Competition Commission had given the sale of its sugar packaging and distribution business to Bokomo Namibia a go-ahead after the proposed transaction met all the suspensive conditions. This comes after the agriculture and agri-processing business entered into a sale agreement with Bokomo in November last year to