Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 96 | Page 3

CONTENTS

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence
ISSUE 96
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NEWS : Latest news round-up from across Africa
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LATEST INTELLIGENCE : The latest whitepapers from First Technology and Microsoft ; and Okta
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TRENDING : SAS stages executive roundtable to discuss AI in fraud detection
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INFOGRAPHIC : South Africa , Nigeria , part of Global South , lead in GenAI
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PROJECT LATEST : Updates from Morocco , Egypt , Nigeria , South Africa , Libya , Côte D ’ Ivoire and Algeria

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EDITOR ’ S QUESTION : How are Generative AI , AI and ML platforms changing medium to long-term security
strategies and policies for African enterprises ? Describe
best practices for African security administrators that can
include usage of Generative AI , AI , ML ?

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TALKING BUSINESS : African enterprises need to consider agentic AI in 2025

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FEATURE : Power shortages will soon limit growth of Generative AI
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CIO OPINION : Understanding the line between data governance and AI governance
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FUTURE TECHNOLOGY : How South African enterprises can prepare for AI in 2025
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FEATURE : Growing challenges for the African CISO
COVER STORY

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CASE STUDY : Legacy-driven reporting to analytics-driven
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
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INDUSTRY WATCH : Pallets are supply chain ’ s data generators
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TECH TALK : Data resilience is prerequisite for AI

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GET TO KNOW : David Meads , Vice President Africa , Middle East , Romania and CIS , Cisco
FINAL WORD : Rise of the transformational CISO
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