Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 88 | Page 3

CONTENTS

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence
ISSUE 88
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NEWS : Latest news round-up from across Africa
LATEST INTELLIGENCE : The latest whitepapers from Abnormal and Checkpoint
TRENDING : Preparing African students for real life job situations

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INFOGRAPHIC : Check Point Software and IDC survey changing role of the CISO
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PROJECT LATEST : Updates from Kenya , Nigeria , South Africa , Algeria and Egypt

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EDITOR ’ S QUESTION : As African enterprises realise the value of data as a tool to generate business value and
to align their digital transformation journey , what are some
of the best practices around data integrity , data privacy ,
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data security and data management ?
TALKING BUSINESS : Revamping Africa ’ s retail industry with digital and power platforms

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FEATURE : How African telcos can generate new value and rise global ranks
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CIO OPINION : Why African workers may trust or distrust their CEOs
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COUNTRY FOCUS : Connectivity , ICT , sustainability , main drivers preparing Kenya ’ s future
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FEATURE : Boosting employee ’ s HR and payroll experience through cloud
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CASE STUDY : Delivering 28 Terabits networking capacity for South African enterprises
COVER STORY

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INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY WATCH : How AI and IoT are accelerating African vertical markets
TECH TALK : Are you building a fintech product and hoping customers will come later ?

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GET TO KNOW : Hepsy Mkhungo , Managing Director , One Linkage
FINAL WORD : Eight effective ways to build a productive development team
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