Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 03 | Page 4

CONTENTS ISSUE 03 News 06 Latest regional news roundup from across Africa Latest Intelligence 10 Addressing the Threat Within: Rethinking Network Security Deployment Trending 12 Refurbished PCs and grey channel increase penetration into Nigeria systems market Project Latest 14 Angola Cables uses Ciena to modernise West Africa Cable consortium Editor’s Question Comment 58 Matthew Kibby, VMware Sub-Saharan Africa 16 HTS satellites driving mobile TV and Internet into rural Africa 59 Brandon Bekker, Mimecast Africa and Middle East 17 Planning your digital signage strategy 18 Building that cloud continuity plan you will need Industry Watch 54 Transforming power utilities into smart grids 60 Perry Hutton, Fortinet Africa Final Word 63 Why system, network and incident logs are so important 64 African governments must invest in digital and partnerships 65 Samsung investing in education and learning centres EDITOR’S NOTE Digital divide in nations It is becoming increasingly clear that the ability of nations to use technology effectively in the coming years will determine their future pace of GDP growth. While the machines of manufacturing, scales of production, and efficiencies of infrastructure will continue to strengthen standards of living and business, transformation of nations into the realms of digital cities and mobile citizens will be determined by cost and penetration of telecommunications, Internet, mobile tariffs, number of schools and colleges teaching digital fundamentals, adoption of technology by government, amongst many others. It is now apparent that technology and its public, private and grassroot adoption will have a direct impact on the future of African nations. We explore this is our country focus on South Africa and Kenya. We look at how the banking and telecom divide can be combined by innovative payment technologies, around the corner. And we see how initiatives in faraway Dubai can have a direct impact on the growth and future success of Fintech startups in Africa. All this in Issue 03. Read on. Intelligent CIO Africa is a technology intelligence platform aimed at the enterprise IT sector in Africa to provide targeted updates and research driven data. 4 INTELLIGENTCIO Managing Partner Richard Judd richard@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7534 132 966 Managing Partner Stuart Lynch stuart@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +44 7514 807 117 Editor Arun Shankar arun@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 54 445 5594 Regional Sr. Sales Manager Nasir Bazaz nasir@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 50 101 2027 Business Development Manager Zahra Hanif zahra@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +971 50 600 2566 Country Sales Manager, India Bhrigu Dutta bhrigu@lynchpinmedia.co.uk +91 998 033 8440 Intelligent Tech Channels is a Lynchpin Media publication for IT professional’s with an interest in Middle East. If you wish to apply for .regular free copies then please email info@lynchpinmedia.co.uk Lynchpin Media 2017 © MARKETING | EVENTS | PUBLISHING ANALYTICS | PR | DESIGN | ARABISATION Lynchpin Media is a boutique publisher registered in the United Kingdom. Company number 8096230 Regency Court 40 Brentwood Essex CM14 4LU www.intelligentcio.com