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Bob Chen, Vice President of Huawei Enterprise BG mentioned that Huawei’s sales revenue is expected to reach CNY636.9 billion in 2022, and enterprise business has maintained rapid growth. Huawei Enterprise BG is committed to facilitating digital transformation for industries such as finance, government, transportation, and energy. So far, it has developed more than 100 solutions for a wide range of industry scenarios. In the financial industry, Huawei has worked with customers and partners to support financial institutions to build sustainable digital ecosystems. Jason Cao, CEO of Huawei Global Digital Finance, highlighted that mobile and intelligent financial services are more and…
Sage, the leader in accounting, financial, HR, and payroll technology for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announces a series of updates to Sage Intacct. From simplifying and automating bill processing to increasing visibility, businesses globally will benefit from smoother processes and increased productivity as part of Sage Intacct 2023 Release 1.“ Sage continues to expand the reach of the Sage Intacct solution – with new innovative capabilities we deliver for our customers and relative to what global regions it is available,” said Dan Miller, EVP Sage Intacct. “Midsize business requires speed and agility, in the finance and accounting workflow…
LightWare LiDAR, a South African-founded global leader in microLiDAR sensor technology, has announced the formal appointment of Nadia Nilsen, current interim CEO, into the position. LightWare develops innovative laser rangefinder products for machine perception applications, giving “eyes to machines” by designing and manufacturing the world’s smallest and lightest precision LiDAR systems for use in drones, robotic machines, autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and other applications. “There are very exciting global opportunities that the LightWare team is capitalising on. As pioneers in LiDAR technology, we will continue to set the pace in terms of microLiDAR sensors,” says Nilsen. Nilsen has been with…
Peach Payments has partnered with Capitec to launch Capitec Pay, a new open banking payment method that allows online shoppers to make secure and safe payments directly from their Capitec Bank account. Open banking is a banking practice that provides third-party financial service providers open, permission-based access to consumer banking, transaction, and other financial data from banks and non-bank financial institutions. It is widely considered a key way to democratise financial services, as it gives consumers more choices in how they manage their money. The number of open banking users worldwide is expected to grow at an average annual rate…
After launching the TECH4ALL initiative at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona four years ago, Huawei and its partners shared the latest insights and practices on how technology is enabling digital inclusion and sustainability at a media roundtable on Day 1 of MWC Barcelona 2023. “All of our efforts with the TECH4ALL initiative wouldn’t have been possible without taking technology and partnerships as key enablers,” said Jeffrey Zhou, President of ICT Marketing for Huawei, in his opening speech. “Since the launch of TECH4ALL, more than 600 schools worldwide, over 220,000 K12 teachers and students in remote areas, unemployed youth, women, and…
South African start-up ExploreAI Academy has partnered with international technology training provider ALX to roll out training programmes in data science and data analytics across the continent. The partnership involves training an initial 25,000 African students over the next 18 months. ALX is a division of African Leadership International (ALI). The partnership with ExploreAI Academy is part of its plan to expand its international community of highly skilled professionals with qualifications that evolve with the digital economy’s demands. As developed economies face increasing skills shortages in the digital and tech sectors, players like ALX are increasingly looking to Africa as…
MTN Group’s leadership today met with Ugandan President His Excellency Mr. Yoweri Museveni on the sidelines of his two-day state visit to South Africa, during which they discussed efforts to support the development of the Ugandan economy. The MTN delegation included MTN Uganda Chairman Charles Mbire; MTN Group President and CEO Ralph Mupita; MTN Uganda CEO Sylvia Mulinge; MTN Southern and East Africa Vice President Yolanda Cuba; and MTN Group Chief Sustainability and Corporate Affairs Officer Nompilo Morafo. Re-iterating MTN’s commitment to Uganda, Mupita proposed facilitating a two-day investment summit in Kampala in May 2023 in collaboration with the relevant…
JSE listed Balwin today officially launched Munyaka, the goup’s R10-billion award winning* lifestyle estate development in Waterfall Smart City, Gauteng. Munyaka, which means ‘crystal’ in Venda, will play host to one of the biggest crystal-clear lagoons in the southern hemisphere at a size of approximately 3 HA (or 30 000m2), bringing Hollywood style beach living to Johannesburg.. In addition to the crystal-clear lagoon, Munyaka will offer residents amenities such as gym facilities, on-site concierge, restaurants, meeting rooms, a swimming pool, laundromats, cinema, wellness spa and water activities such as paddle boarding and canoeing. To ensure a community-based lifestyle and world-class security,…
ChatGPT is certainly cornering lots of space in the media, and bringing the public’s attention to a tool that could revolutionise most areas of life and of the world of work. Someone who understands its potential far better than most of us is South African-born, Heloise Greeff, a mechatronics engineer who went on to pursue an MBA and PhD in machine learning at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. Today, among other pursuits, she uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to guide her as the only Female Elite Pro Popular Investor on Etoro, the world’s leading social…
Today at MWC Barcelona 2023, Botswana’s Debswana and Huawei jointly announced the world’s first 5G-oriented smart diamond mine project. The Huawei-enabled smart mine solution has been deployed at Debswana’s Jwaneng open-pit diamond mine, and the project started operation in December 2021. As Debswana’s Head of Information Management, Molemisi Nelson Sechaba pointed out, Huawei’s 4G eLTE private network solution provides stable connectivity for the Jwaneng mine, connecting more than 260 pieces of equipment, including drilling rigs, excavators, heavy trucks, and pickup trucks. This enables interconnection between the mine’s production, safety, and security systems. Before this solution was adopted, the previous solution…