Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 89 | Page 3

CONTENTS

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence
ISSUE 89
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NEWS : Latest news round-up from across Africa
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LATEST INTELLIGENCE : The latest whitepapers from Digital Generation | Dell Technologies and Rubrik
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TRENDING : Why Africa ’ s agricultural industry cannot ignore threat of cyber attacks
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INFOGRAPHIC : Veeam finds cyber-threat landscape impeding African digital transformation
PROJECT LATEST : Updates from South Africa , Egypt , Djibouti Angola and Kenya

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EDITOR ’ S QUESTION : As African enterprises begin their transformation from legacy on-premises
and monolithic applications to cloud based , agile
architectures , what are the recommended solutions and
best practices for adoption ?

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TALKING BUSINESS : Can South Africa become the digital trading hub of Africa ?

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CIO OPINION : African IT heads need to partner with MSSPs to beef up security posture
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COUNTRY FOCUS : Africa ’ s central hub for connectivity and data centres
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FEATURE : Single version of truth critical for financial reporting
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INTELLIGENT ICT AWARDS – AFRICA :
Full rundown of category winners
COVER STORY

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INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY WATCH : Growth in Africa ’ s cross border digital payments driving economies as well
TECH TALK : MS Copilot : your organisation ’ s new superpower

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GET TO KNOW : Amanda Gibbs , CEO , African SAP User Group
FINAL WORD : Can African fintech leverage AI , taking payments to the next level ?
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