IBM taps AWS cloud to reach 18 African countries

The company says the move into Kenya marks a significant step in its mission to expand across Africa.

Zimbabwe police's facial recognition team used NEC's NeoFace Watch system to identify suspects.

The new services, according to the company, would help clients digitally transform while also meeting regulatory standards.

The pricing changes will be standardised across different currencies, although the cloud pricing for Dynamics 365 Business Central will remain the same.

Research firm Gartner says the benefits provided by AI code assistants lead to increased job satisfaction and retention, resulting in reduced turnover costs.

Joanna Govender is representing South Africa as one of 1700 nominees from 34 African countries for the Donors for Africa Foundation's African Women in Development Awards

The partnership enables young people in Africa and the Middle East to learn digital skills for free and at their own pace.

The program gives qualifying candidates an opportunity to work on technology solutions, and develop scalable software systems, according to the Lab.

Altron Digital Business portfolio is focused on cloud infrastructure, managed services and systems integration.

Through this partnership, the pair aim to support 15,000 businesses throughout 2024, with an ambition to eventually reach one million SMEs.

Spar Group claims that disruption to the system has had a significant impact on profits over the last year.