In this regard , we continue to cover articles in this edition of the magazine addressing the issue of technology innovation and how CIOs across Africa are innovating and driving business with the technology solutions they are implementing in their organisations .

Gracing the cover of this month ’ s edition is Schalk Visser , CTO , Cell C , who addresses several initiatives the South Africa-based telco is rolling out as it readies for 5G rollout and continues its Digital Transformation journey .

“ The big focus currently is the evolution of our business model through a new operating model , a major responsibility for the team because the successful implementation of our network strategy is critical to our business strategy ,” explains Visser . through access to a virtualised radio access network ( RAN ) provisioned by our network infrastructure partner . 5G will provide more people access to highspeed Internet , which enable the execution of digital activities such as gaming , virtual reality and the high bandwidth combined with low latency has the potential for remote healthcare services .”

You can read more by turning to page 50 .

Elsewhere in the magazine , we look at look at Blockchain and how it differs substantially from conventional databases in how it stores and manages information .

You will find this feature on page 46 .

As usual , we have all your favourite features , opinion , insight pieces and analysis articles from the African continent . You can also read daily news updates on our website at www . intelligentcio . com / africa /.

And kindly , don ’ t forget if you would like to get in touch please email me at manda @ lynchpinmedia . co . uk .

Once again , I would also like to wish you a great month ahead . Enjoy the read !

Among the many insights , Visser shares that : “ Cell C is becoming the biggest aggregator of network capacity and we are using our own spectrum to carry traffic

Manda Banda Editor

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