Category Archives: Tech

Orange Business Services to design and build cloud-based ICT infrastructure for Egypt’s newest smart city

Sahem Azzam, Vice President Middle East, Africa and Turkey, Orange Business Services

 – Selected as master system integrator to deliver a new data center, offering critical cloud and smart services –  Supports Orange Egypt – the prime contractor – in a multimillion Euro project to develop part of the New Administrative Capital Orange Business Services, a network-native digital services company, has announced that it will design and […]

Business Leaders Underscore Technology as a Key Driver for Delivering Organizational Sustainability Goals

AVEVA Hosts Influencer Panel Session to Outline Why Digitization is Driving the Growth of  Sustainable Practices in the Industrial Sector AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, convened leaders from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Schneider Electric, PETRONAS and Verdantix in a virtual press panel session recently, to discuss how digitization is […]

Most Exciting Features Of LG’s Newest Ultra Series Monitors

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LG is a trusted and respected name among customers around the world because of the company’s innovative products and solutions for diverse industries worldwide. Its products are all designed to maximize work efficiency and return strong value to its customers. In 2021, it has come up with a new surprise for the customers and that […]

Making The Smart Home Experience Accessible To All

LG Addresses Growing Demand for Intuitive Experiences via Evolving ThinQ App Being immersed in technology from an early age, Millennials and Gen Z are driving changes in smart home technology, ranging from greater convenience, to personalization and monitoring consumption habits. Leading the smart home agenda, LG, via its ThinQ technology, is deploying machine learning and […]

Inclusive design is transforming the customer journey as digital accelerates and expectations skyrocket

Reynhardt Uys, Chief Experience Officer at Immersion Group

Embracing inclusive design is a pathway to innovation that organisations ignore at their peril says Reynhardt Uys, Chief Experience Officer, Immersion Group. “Before now, it was common for the industry to see accessibility and inclusion as a box to tick somewhere within the design or process, but as Covid-19 has accelerated the digital world, inclusive […]

AVEVA Joins United Nations Global Compact Network

AVEVA Underscores Commitment to Build a Sustainable Future as a Member of the UN Global Compact Network AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, has joined the United Nations Global Compact and the UN Global Compact Network UK — a voluntary leadership platform for the development, implementation, and disclosure of responsible business practices. […]

Zebra Technologies improves worker productivity with its first individually assigned Enterprise Mobile Computer

New Zebra EC5x series provides sleek yet durable smartphone-style design with an enriched software suite, enabling greater collaboration, individual performance and productivity Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), an innovator at the front line of business with solutions and partners that deliver a performance edge, today announced the EC5x series, a new category of individually assigned mobile computers […]

Wingcopter raises $22M to advance technology leadership in drone delivery, announces serial production

Wingcopter, the German developer, manufacturer and operator of unmanned delivery drones for commercial and humanitarian applications, has secured $22 million in Series A funding. Wingcopter will use the funds to strengthen its leadership in drone-based logistics, with a special focus on healthcare-related applications, including the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. At the same time, Wingcopter is […]

How Risk 360 technology is helping business security in Africa

In Africa, as in other parts of the world, Risk 360 is giving our customers real-time information to reduce the threats they face and optimise their resources. It’s taking our service beyond what our clients thought was possible, and helping to improve the international reputation for doing business in Africa. In a secure control room […]

AVEVA’s Third Digital Conference Assembles Environmental Sustainability Experts to Discuss how Technology Is Helping to Lower Carbon Footprint

Craig Hayman, CEO of AVEVA

AVEVA World Digital Conference Convenes Industry leaders to Discuss Emerging Trends, Meeting Sustainability and Business Goals, and The Role of the Connected Workforce in Accelerating the Digital Journey AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, announced its third AVEVA World Digital (AWD) conference, themed ‘Accelerate Your Digital Intelligence’ which will take place from […]

The Role Of Painting Robots

For a long time, the most common form of industrial painting required the use of human specialist coating teams, and typically, these jobs included the painting of warehouses, machinery or automobiles. It is a large-scale process that demands high levels of safety measures and protective gear and is prone to errors that waste resources, time, […]

A new horizon for print and communication service providers

By Hennie Kruger, Head of Commercial Print at Canon South Africa Print and communication service providers specialising in direct mail and transactional applications have come a long way in the last 10 years. To keep pace in our digital world, they have continuously evolved their services to meet the demands for shorter runs and personalisation. […]

HONOR 10X Lite – the Choice of Millennials

HONOR 10X Lite Combines Outstanding Photography with Stylish Looks and Long Battery Life to Create a Smartphone for the Always-On Generation Global technology brand, HONOR, has created the smartphone of choice for millennials, the feature-packed HONOR 10X Lite. With 48MP AI Quad Camera Camera, 6.67” HONOR FullView display, 128GB of storage and GPU Turbo 3.0, […]

AVEVA achieves Microsoft Gold Application Development competency and Silver Cloud Platform, Data Analytics, and Data Center competencies

AVEVA earns distinction and market leadership through demonstrated technology success and customer commitment. AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software today announced it has attained a Gold Application Development competency and Silver Cloud Platform, Data Analytics, and Data Center competencies, demonstrating a ‘best-in-class’ ability and commitment to meet Microsoft Corp. customers’ evolving needs in today’s mobile-first, cloud-first world and distinguishing itself within a small percentage of the Microsoft partner ecosystem. A […]

Cisco reveals the top 6 tech trends for 2021 and beyond

From a greater adoption of sensors to a password-less future and closing the digital divide, 2021 will accelerate technologies that allow for more agility, resilience, and innovation Cisco has revealed the top tech trends for 2021 and beyond with technologies that enable businesses to be more agile, resilient, and better prepared for unexpected challenges coming […]

A Young Egyptian Researcher Attracts the Attention of British and European Oil Companies. Dr. Mohammad ElSayed Develops the First Multi-Sensing Robot System for Monitoring Offshore Oil and Gas Platforms in Britain

In an interview with Iris Media Agency, Dr. Mohammed ElSayed, a young Egyptian researcher at the University of Edinburgh, asserted that his success in developing a new multi-sensing robot has attracted the attention of both British and European oil and gas companies. Dr. Mohammad, who is currently spending his vacation in Abu Dhabi, mentioned that his novel invention will […]

Organic wholesaler doubles output with AutoStore empowered by Swisslog

The leading wholesaler in the Swiss organic market, Bio Partner, has doubled its output following the implementation of innovative robotic logistics from Swisslog at its facility in Aargau, Switzerland. Bio Partner supplies business customers in the organic specialist trade as well as the rest of the retail and food industry from its location in Seon. […]

New Swedish technology to support a greener aviation recovery

Flying is like competition sailing: it is all about using good winds and avoiding unfavorable air currents. To allow airlines to fully use the favorable winds there is a new weather optimization service available that shows exactly how the wind blows and where there is bad weather in the atmosphere. With this knowledge airlines can […]

Top 5 Reasons Why Kenya is a Leading Tech Hub

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The Kenyan government has spared no expense in supporting tech startups of the country, and as a result, Kenya has quickly become the tech hub of Africa. With tons of tech startups facilitating the economy of the country. With facilities like NTSA TIMS, Kenya’s people can easily make it big in the tech industry very […]

The Role Of Pick And Place Robots

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In years gone by, manufacturing processes consisted of a line of workers being solely responsible for all the material-handling functions. Whether it was assembly, picking or packaging, it was largely a manual, laborious process. The detrimental effects to the workers’ health have been well documented in the history books, as many employees were subjected to […]

Africa needs the space industry to go forward

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The African continent is bound to become increasingly more dependent on the space industry for job creation, poverty alleviation and sustainable resource management. These were some of the findings in a paper recently published by an expert in the field of Earth Observation and Geo-Information Sciences. The paper titled “The status of Earth Observation (EO) […]

It’s Time For Africa To Invest In Education, Science And Technology

Africa produces just 1.1% of global scientific knowledge. There are 79 scientists per million Africans. According to the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) estimate for 2019 Africa’s funding for Research and Development is 0.4% of the continents GDP which is far below the global average of 1.7% and the lowest in the world. In 2006, […]