New alliance to drive blockchain adoption in Africa

The health sector is now the most targeted industry in the world as an increase of around 22% was recorded across all industries by the end of 2020 says Takalane Khashane, Managing Director, Iron Mountain South Africa.

With digital migration (seemingly) imminent and spectrum allocation continuing to open up, the country is ripe with potential Nic Laschinger, CTO, Euphoria Telecom.

It is only by collaborating with others that we can begin to effectively address IP-related challenges in Kenya says Sheilah Birgen, Country Lead for Kenya at Innovate UK KTN Global Alliance Africa.

If the global IT industry were a country, it would be the fifth biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world says Mandy Duncan, Aruba Country Manager South Africa.

Data protection is instrumental in achieving data privacy and by description.

Cyber threats are increasing at a rate far greater than the industry is able to cope with. Despite this, C-Suite executives still don’t take cybersecurity seriously enough while boards are not nearly as engaged in cybersecurity as they are in other areas of oversight, says Patrick Evans, CEO of SLVA CyberSecurity.

David Ansara, Chief Executive of the Free Market Foundation, recently visited Kenya and has drawn interesting socio-economic and political comparisons between that country and South Africa.

Unless traditional banks pay careful attention to their supporting infrastructure, they are unlikely to remain relevant says Chris Wood, Regional Managing Director, Southern Africa and PALOPS at Network International.

With International Data Privacy Day on 28 January, Andrew Bourne, Regional Manager, Zoho Corp, outlines data privacy for multinational business best practice.

Ian Putter, Head of Blockchain COE at Standard Bank Group, and Founder & Regional Director of Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) Africa, comments on how blockchain technology can bridge the financial gap.

Even 30 years after its launch says Marthinus Jansen van Vuuren, Content Marketing Expert at Infobip.

Andrew Bourne, Regional Manager, Zoho, says organisations need to change their perception of the office.