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Teraco: A Digital Realty Company, Africa’s largest interconnection hub and vendor-neutral data centre provider, announced that construction has commenced on a new hyperscale data centre facility with 30 megawatts (MW) of critical power load at its Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. The facility, known as JB5, is scheduled for completion in 2024 and will incorporate the latest environmentally sustainable cooling and water management designs. CEO of Teraco, Jan Hnizdo, said that the company continues with solid growth as enterprise and hyperscale requirements continue apace due to sustained demand for hybrid cloud deployments and the adoption of…
The Volkswagen Golf 8 GTI, which was launched in South Africa last year, is now available with the iconic Clark Plaid Jacara fabric seats which feature a check pattern design. The classic checked design was produced by the first woman to work in the Volkswagen design department, Gunhild Liljequist. For Liljequist, black was a sporty enough colour, but she was also looking for a second colour with a powerful and sophisticated effect and thus settled on the colour red. That marked the origin of what is now known as the ‘Clark Plaid’ pattern which is still available in the Golf…
Data has been described as the “new gold” as the power of data analytics to transform business performance becomes better understood, but South Africa has too few specialists in this field. Now, a band of big data boffins will be applying their substantial intellects to some of the critical problems of our time at top local universities – as beneficiaries of an annual fellowship established by leading fashion and homeware retailer TFG. The Data Science and Leadership Fellowship, supported by TFG, will fund outstanding young South African students in the field of data science to accelerate the development of one…
Huawei South Africa recently held the second of its Huawei ICT Academy Job Fairs in 2022, an initiative designed to promote local Huawei-certified ICT Talent to Huawei partners and offer them the opportunity to advance their careers. “This year we are celebrating 48 colleges that have been registered as Huawei ICT Academies. That on its own is an achievement considering that this partnership with Huawei is just three years old. A lot of strides have been made and we urge certified colleges to maximise the opportunity to ensure that their learners and lecturers register for the courses offered,” said Mr.…
With 38 of its 54 states being coastal or island states, it is no surprise that Africa is home to over 100 port facilities, including massive terminals in Durban, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town in the south, and Mombasa and Dar es Salaam in the east, and Lagos in the west. 90% of Africa’s imports and exports travels by sea. The volume of trade through these ports is enormous with South Africa alone in pre pandemic 2019 handling almost five million TEU (20 foot container equivalents) with just over 9 000 ship calls nationally. However, few of these ports operate optimally,…
This Black November, Vodacom promises customers up to a whopping 75% off, through a series of weekly deals, as part of the brand’s commitment to keep customers connected to the digital economy. Starting from the 4th of November, and for four consecutive Fridays during the month of November, customers will be spoilt with Black Friday deals ranging from heavily discounted mobile and fibre contracts, tech wearables, contracts bundled deals with laptops, routers, gaming consoles, accessories and so much more. As part of the Black November launch offers, Postpaid customers will get 75% off the 30GB recurring anytime data bundle at…
Coded History: My Life of New Beginnings launched yesterday, 2 November 2022. This self-penned memoir by Wits University’s Emeritus Professor, Barry Dwolatzky, chronicles a modest man’s journey from middle-class white suburbia to a clandestine role in the fight against Apartheid, while also establishing himself as one of the country’s most revered software and electrical engineers. Coded History: My life of New Beginnings is not an autobiography that recounts Dwolatzky’s entire life story, but rather a memoir encompassing a collection of some pivotal and important memories. These highlight key moments and major achievements in his life and how he saw each…
In the year to the end of September, bolstered by growing demand, BMW delivered over 128,000 electric vehicles to customers – more than twice the number for the same period of 2021. The German carmaker said the third quarter saw rising sales and new orders for the BMW iX3, iX and i4 and the MINI Cooper SE, which resulted in a strong order book. The new BMW i3, the long-wheelbase version of the fully-electric BMW 3 Series Sedan that recently became available in China, is also being well received by customers. The new BMW X1 earned very positive feedback at its recent world premiere – as did the…
The low and unreliable internet penetration in Africa is about to see an about turn as a resilient internet connectivity product arrives on the continent. Africa currently has the world’s third largest population of internet users by geographical location, but only a 43.2% penetration rate. Multi-Wan Service Provider, comBOX, has recently added the SD-WAN Pro to its growing suite of products for customers looking for resilient connectivity solutions a solution that the African continent now has access to. SD-WAN pro’s product offering allows users to bond multiple types of internet connectivity through a simple solution. The multiple legs of connectivity…
Amid an explosion in data and rising archive storage solution costs, venture capital firm Newtown Partners will host the inaugural Filecoin Africa Launch Party, the largest gathering of the Filecoin community in Africa to date, to profile an alternative solution. The event takes place on 15 November 2022 at Cabo in Cape Town, South Africa. Filecoin is a decentralised storage network designed to store humanity’s most important information. The Filecoin network leverages IPFS, a peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data to create an incentive structure for more efficient, resilient, and secure storage – free from centralised control. The Filecoin…