Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 98 | Page 3

CONTENTS

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence
ISSUE 98
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NEWS : Latest news round-up from across Africa
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LATEST INTELLIGENCE : The latest whitepapers from Crowdstrike and Yellow Card
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TRENDING : Evolution of IT Operations : Role of cloud-based monitoring
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INFOGRAPHIC : Cisco survey shows relationship between awareness of privacy and trust in AI
PROJECT LATEST : Updates from Egypt , Nigeria , Kenya , Namibia and South Africa

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EDITOR ’ S QUESTION : As AI driven threats and malware arrive at African enterprises , how should African
security decision makers rebuild their security layers ,
policies and strategies to combat advanced threats . What
are the new features and tools available today that can help
them build proactive measures against advanced threats ?

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TALKING BUSINESS : How does new era of AI PCs impact African enterprises

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FEATURE : Modernising conversational banking experience
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CIO OPINION : Are you a third party supplier for global financial enterprises ?
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COUNTRY FOCUS : Strategic geo-location driving data centre and fibre investment
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FEATURE : Managing enterprise data across multi-clouds
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CASE STUDY : Accelerating scalable services delivery
COVER STORY

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INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
INDUSTRY WATCH : Automation of omnichannel transforming African logistics industry
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TECH TALK : Africa ’ s oil and gas industry needs to embrace digital oilfields

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GET TO KNOW : Melody Lekota , Group Chief Human Resources Officer , Telkom
FINAL WORD : Blending human and AI skills in African enterprises
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