Technology needs to be harnessed to aid Africa’s economic recovery

It is imperative to perform readiness checks before backups run, have active monitoring in place during backups, and post-backup reviews says Hemant Harie, MD at Gabsten Technologies.

People need to understand they are the target, security vendors must help lower the security poverty line, and the media should look beyond sensationalism says Brendan Kotze, Chief Development Officer, Performanta.

By enabling more people to plug into global flows of information, communication, and services, digitalised infrastructure could grow the African GDP says Mohammed Amin, Sr. Vice-President – MERAT, Dell Technologies.

Narrowing the digital divide could help through job creation, skills development, and access to digital innovations says Steve Briggs, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at SEACOM.

Business leaders, their security teams and their technology partners need to urgently implement new controls says Titilayo Adewumi, Regional Sales Director: West Africa at SAP.

During these trying times, upskilling our leaders can help us navigate the inevitable changes our organisations will face says Tom Marsicano, CEO of ‘and Change’ a global advisory and change management consultancy.

Is 5G genuinely a value-add on a continent that suffers from connectivity complexity and limited infrastructure asks Oluwole Babatope, Senior Research Analyst, IDC West Africa.

The potential to create positive solutions for some of our most pressing challenges is even greater if this industry-mined data can be shared with others says Kabelo Makwane, Managing Executive for Cloud, Hosting & Security at Vodacom Business.

Dr Setumo Mohapi, Chief Go-To-Market Officer from Dimension Data, believes that hybrid cloud has provided enterprises with a trusted and capable foundation to adapt to changing market needs.

Customer experience is ultimately influenced by the entirety of interactions with an organisation, and this can only be shaped by the data gathered on each customer says Tony Nkuna Senior Consultant & Integration Specialist, TechSoft International.

Demand for Shariah-compliant products is growing, not just among faith-based investors, but also among non-Muslim, ESG-minded investors says Faizal Bhana, Director – Middle East, Africa and India, Jersey Finance.

The goal is that the customer must be able to continue the conversation seamlessly with an organisation at any point and over any channel of customer’s choice says Jeremy Osborne, Strategic Account Manager at Infobip SADC.