Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 99 | Page 3

CONTENTS

Providing Unparalleled Technology Intelligence
ISSUE 99
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NEWS: Latest news round-up from across Africa
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LATEST INTELLIGENCE: The latest whitepapers from Azul and IBM; and Blue Pearl and IBM
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TRENDING: Cryptography and data security, experts unpack the big issues
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INFOGRAPHIC: 2G, 3G, legacy networks putting pressure on service providers
PROJECT LATEST: Updates from Angola, Senegal Egypt, Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe and South Africa
EDITOR’ S QUESTION: With growing adoption of cloud and digital platforms, what are the cyber security

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best practices that can be adopted by African enterprises?
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TALKING BUSINESS: How Generative AI can drive competitive advantage for financial institutions

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FEATURE: Driven by AI, cloud computing is changing fast
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CIO OPINION: Leveraging cybersecurity risk and vulnerability assessments
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COUNTRY FOCUS: Impact of AI on local software engineering industry
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FEATURE: Reimagining security architecture that operates at machine speed
COVER STORY

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CASE STUDY: Reimagining data architecture to deliver financial scalability
INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES
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INDUSTRY WATCH: 5G monetisation, AI use cases, priorities for service providers
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TECH TALK: Why enterprise AI also needs observability tools

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GET TO KNOW: Maryanne Ndanu, Field and Channel Marketing Manager Africa, Check Point Software
FINAL WORD: Arrival of the era of semi automation
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