- 21. Kenya Capitalizes on Renewable Energy Leadership to Attract Green Data Centers
- (General News)
- ... Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet), Brad Smith (Microsoft COO), and executives from Microsoft, Nike, GAP and Levi Strauss. Notably, Apple expressed interest in establishing a developer's academy and explorin ...
- Created on 28 September 2023
- 22. Kenya Welcomes Investment From Silicon Valley
- (General News)
- ... to work on reducing Internet connection costs in Kenya and across Africa. The President also engaged with leaders from Intel, Microsoft and Alphabet, highlighting various collaborations that are enhancing ...
- Created on 25 September 2023
- 23. Our Lifeblood Below: How Subsea Cable Cables Empower Our World Today
- (Features)
- ... they are the backbone of global commerce and communication, responsible for more than 99% of traffic between continents. Tech giants like Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Google not only provide the “brains” ...
- Created on 01 September 2023
- 24. WhatsApp Steps Up to Challenge Zoom
- (Reports and Coverage)
- ... video conferencing giants like Microsoft Meet, Google Meet, Zoom and Apple's FaceTime, offering users an immersive screen-sharing feature that is both versatile and intuitive. Whether it's collaborating ...
- Created on 11 August 2023
- 25. Apple Joins AI Chatbot Club With 'Apple GPT
- (Reports and Coverage)
- ... resounding success of OpenAI's ChatGPT, which has garnered widespread popularity among users. This success has led to the emergence of competing AI chatbots from Google and Microsoft. Despite Cupertino' ...
- Created on 24 July 2023
- 26. Google Bard Goes Global: Chat Now Available in Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese
- (Reports and Coverage)
- ... like OpenAI and Microsoft involve promising future updates for Bard as well as conducting a beta test for an AI-enabled Google Search to rival Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing search. Although Google has ...
- Created on 14 July 2023
- 27. Orca: Advancing Small Models through Reasoning Imitation
- (Reports and Coverage)
- To keep pace with other industry giants like Google, Microsoft is making substantial investments in AI. Through its collaboration with OpenAI, Microsoft has emerged as a frontrunner in integrating AI capabilities ...
- Created on 11 July 2023
- 28. Office Doors Swing Open as Remote Work Era Ends
- (Features)
- ... employees still prefer the flexibility of working from home, some companies are now advocating for a return to in-person office work. Notably, tech giants such as Google, Snap, Microsoft, Apple and ...
- Created on 13 June 2023
- 29. ChatGPT’s ‘iPhone Moment’ Poses Further Threat to Google
- (Technology Pick)
- With ChatGPT being currently used for a widespread range of tasks — creating content, researching and producing emails, etc. — OpenAI has improved its offering with features that make it an even greater ...
- Created on 02 June 2023
- 30. Internet Browsers in Africa: Charting the Web's Growth and Reach on the Continen
- (Features)
- ... seeking efficient browsing experiences. Additionally, Microsoft Edge, the successor to Internet Explorer, has made strides in Africa, benefiting from its integration with the Windows operating system and ...
- Created on 25 May 2023
- 31. Ingram Micro Proud to Join GITEX AFRICA 2023
- (Reports and Coverage)
- ... Ingram Micro will be present at stand location H4-C10 in Hall 4 with many of its vendors, including Dell Technologies, Microsoft, Acronis and more. This exhibition will provide an opportunity for Ingram ...
- Created on 24 May 2023
- 32. Google Stunned as AI Learns New Language Without Assistance
- (Reports and Coverage)
- ... intelligence (AI). The tech giant has delayed several AI projects in recent years, citing concerns over security and public perception. This has allowed OpenAI and Microsoft to take the lead in the AI ...
- Created on 18 April 2023
- 33. Amazon Web Services to Pump $1.8 Billion Into South Africa
- (General News)
- ... helped build the Amazon EC2 service, which is a crucial component of Amazon's cloud-computing platform. The African cloud market has experienced remarkable growth over the last five years, and Microsoft ...
- Created on 18 April 2023
- 34. AMS-IX and MDXi Launch Lagos Internet Exchange
- (General News)
- A new AMS-IX Lagos Internet Exchange, owned by Equinix, is being launched in the carrier-neutral MDXi data center. The partnership agreement stipulates that MDXi will act as AMS-IX's commercial partner ...
- Created on 18 April 2023
- 35. Breaking Barriers, Building Empowerment: The Rise of Women in Rural Africa
- (Features)
- ... telecommunications software, Zoom is the dominant telehealth vendor with 1,561 installations. Cisco ranks second with 583 installations and a market share of 12.07%. Lastly, there is Microsoft, with a ...
- Created on 30 March 2023
- 36. ITU Secretary-General Doreen Bogdan-Martin Receives IEEE President’s Award
- (General News)
- ... Past winners of the IEEE President's Award include Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (2000), former Intel CEO Andrew Grove (2000) and NASA researcher Katherine Johnson (2019). IEEE President and CEO Dr. ...
- Created on 29 March 2023
- 37. MTN GlobalConnect Impact: All Eyes on 2025
- (Exclusive Interviews)
- ... connectivity partnership with Microsoft. This partnership will see MTN GC provide access to large-scale infrastructure services that will build capacity for Microsoft to drive digital transformation and ...
- Created on 24 March 2023
- 38. ChatGPT 4: More Creative and Collaborative!
- (Features)
- ChatGPT has been making waves in recent months, and it appears that Microsoft is preparing to give the AI tool an update that could once again put it in the spotlight. Microsoft is reportedly planning ...
- Created on 16 March 2023
- 39. Telkom SA Lays Off 15% of Workforce
- (General News)
- ... redundancies. After thousands of job cuts at companies such as Meta and Twitter last year, Google, Microsoft and Amazon plan to cut 40,000 employees together this year. It has been systematic for Telkom ...
- Created on 20 February 2023
- 40. The Power of Parity: Empowering Telecom Females in Africa
- (Features)
- ... innovation and progress, employment statistics still show a gender divide, particularly when it comes to women. A report by Statista shows that women working at Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft make ...
- Created on 29 December 2022