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New Kenyan government should drive job creation by fostering SMBs

The party that emerges as the winner of Kenya’s general election, to be held on 8 August, has an opportunity to supercharge job creation and economic growth by adopting policies that help small and medium businesses to t...

CIO must drive continuous change

Ten years ago, hardly anyone owned a smartphone. Today, there are around 2 billion in circulation. What is more, we use them every day to access Uber, WhatsApp, Instagram and many other services that did not exist...

Why African healthcare organisations are vulnerable to cyberthreats

Healthcare organisations today are uniquely vulnerable to insidious security threats. This is due in part to the extremely high value of their data, but it is also because healthcare has lagged behind in security. For...

Managing email security

Mimecast has conducted a survey of 600 IT security managers from organisations in the South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. The initial findings of that survey were released in 2016. The average...

Why system, network and incident logs are so important

Every device on an enterprise network generates log data. Log data provides exhaustive information about what is happening. It records events such as start-ups and shutdowns, commands executed, login and logoff...

African governments must invest in digital and partnerships

The world is being transformed by technology and governments at all levels must embrace digital transformation and partner with the private sector to improve the lives and prospects of its citizens, observes Charmaine...