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17Sep

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Agriculture, Tech

Cropnuts artificial intelligence driven platform makes soil testing affordable and accessible for farmers in Africa

Reduces cost of soil testing by more than 75% Backed by leading impact investors DOB Equity and AHL Venture Partners Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services Ltd (Cropnuts), Africa’s leading independent laboratory for agricultural and environmental testing, has launched AgViza, a disruptive AI based soil testing and digital crop advisory service for smallholder farmers. The livelihoods of smallholder farmers rely on resilient farming systems and this requires good soil management and the correct use of fertility inputs. This change can only be achieved with accurate field level soil information, derived from soil testing. Soil testing services have been out of financial reach for smallholder farmers, which is reflected in the fact that poor soil fertility remains a key driver of yield lo...

17Sep

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Events, Tech

TecXposition Second Edition Launches

TecXposition 2021, has launched the second edition of its annual Africa's premier tech event. Taking place from November 11th - 12th 2021, the virtual event offers the opportunity to experience technology through a global lens, with local outcomes as well as demystifying tech with a view to improving profitability and enhancing everyday living. Themed ‘Improving profitability: Changing everyday lives’, the virtual event will bring together over 100 speakers, 100 investors and 5,000 guests including: Amy Jadesimi – CEO, LADOL Dr. Jacques Attali – President, Positive Planet Foundation George James – Founder, Be-Hookd Digital Hafsat Abiola – President, Women in Africa Initiative Neha Joshi – Global Managing Director, Accenture Security Michael ...

17Sep

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Business, Medicine, Tech

54gene Closes $25M Series B to Advance Global Drug Discovery Capabilities

Cathay Africinvest Innovation leads round as company expands precision medicine capabilities across the African continent 54gene, the health technology company advancing African genomics research for improved global health outcomes, has secured $25M in a Series B round, led by Cathay AfricInvest Innovation Fund. The round also included participation from Adjuvant Capital, KdT Ventures, Plexo Capital, Endeavor Capital, Ingressive Capital and others. This round brings the company’s total investment to date to more than $45M since being founded in 2019. The new capital raised will be deployed to expand 54gene’s capabilities in sequencing, target identification and validation, and precision medicine clinical trials enabling drug discovery in Africa for both Africans and the global population...

13Sep

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Tech

Zebra Technologies Introduces New Windows 12-inch Rugged Tablets and 2-in-1s

New ET80 and ET85 are Zebra’s first tablets supporting Wi-Fi 6E and 5G for higher speeds and more reliable performance Johannesburg, South Africa – September 13, 2021 – Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), an innovator at the front line of business with solutions and partners that deliver a performance edge, today introduced the ET80 and ET85 (ET8x series), a new series of Windows 12-inch rugged tablets and 2-in-1s. The ET8x series is designed to improve productivity and safety across multiple industries. These innovative tablets are Zebra’s first tablets with support for Wi-Fi 6E and 5G, providing advanced wireless connectivity to help ensure mobile workers remain connected in any environment. The thin and light ET80 and ET85, which run on Intel 11th Generation processo...

12Sep

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Medicine, South Africa News, Tech

Tech Tools Could Streamline SA’s Vaccine Rollout

Did you know that over three billion messages related to COVID-19 have been sent by governments, non-profits and international organisations to citizens via official WhatsApp chatbots[i]? The South African government was one of the first to harness the power of the platform to share correct, up-to-date COVID-19 information from the National Department of Health, but Kyle Oosthuizen (@KyleOosthuizen), Chief Operating Officer at Blue Robot, the leading provider of socially powered messaging solutions, believes that it – and other tech tools - could be utilised for far more, especially now that vaccines are being opened up to younger generations. He says that while the WhatsApp chatbot is slightly more convenient than government’s COVID-19 resource and news portal, it isn’t adding any new va...

2Sep

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South Africa News, Tech

Is Johannesburg The City of “AI” Gold?

Recently announced research by the AI Media Group, Cape Town, South Africa, points towards Johannesburg fast becoming the continents Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tech Capital of Africa Launched in early 2018 the AI Media Group set out to create a new hybrid analysis, trade & advisory operation to build one of the largest communities of technology practitioners discussing the application of AI / 4IR technologies in a business context on the African continent. Dr Nick Bradshaw, Founder and CEO of AI Media stated, “One of our key goals was to assess and showcase the growing emerging market opportunity in the Africa region for this particular technology category. When we started this journey there was literally zero, or at best, fragmented data on the companies and people driving this s...

31Aug

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Events, South Africa News, Tech

The 4th Edition of Africa’s Largest Artificial Intelligence Trade Expo & Conference

The 4th Edition of Africa’s Largest Artificial Intelligence Trade Expo & Conference, AI Expo Africa, kicks off 7th September and will run as a 3 day ONLINE live event followed by 30 day On-demand show. Event organiser AI Media Group have seen record breaking interest from over 9000+ delegates from 73 countries this year all focused on acquiring and deploying real world AI, RPA & smart technologies in business, government and society TODAY. Dr Nick Bradshaw, AI Media Group CEO and AI Expo Africa founder commented, “Both delegate and exhibitor interest has been high this year, even with the challenges of COVID19, our online event platform has made it easy for local, regional and global delegates & companies to attend the show. Building on the successful online format from 202...

24Aug

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Tech

5G Technology brings a new vision of the future for 5G Service Industry

5G is a next-generation technology in mobile broadband that will enable exponentially faster uploads and downloads. The global 5G services market is growing at a CAGR of 17.7% during the forecast year. The 5G service is primarily being adopted across industries due to the faster connectivity it offers, as compared to the current networks available. The Internet of Things (IoT), along with 5G, is used in smart cities, smart farming, smart homes, and others. The market for 5G services are rising due to the need for reduced latency in communication and increased reliability of the network. The 5G service is expected to grow continuously due to increasing data traffic and the adoption of the service in IoT devices and various such uses. The use of 5G in infrastructural developments such as sm...

23Aug

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Tech

What’s Next in AI?

By Tonya Nyakeya, THINKLab & Ecosystem Lead at IBM Research - Africa Artificial intelligence has transformed the world – there is no doubt about that. As AI continues to mature, nations around the globe – especially in Africa – should rely on it more than ever to drive large-scale transformation and competitiveness. From agriculture and remote health services to translating languages, AI can play an important role in helping Africa tackle economic problems. As the adoption of AI driven by the continuing repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis, general business needs, and the technology being more accessible across the continent – building strategic private-public collaboration among government, key stakeholders, startups and developers to accelerate the adoption of AI has become incre...

18Aug

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Business, South Africa News, Tech

PRP Solutions Improves Decision-Making with Digital People Management Solutions

Modern business practices in a hybrid work from home and work from office environment needs a flexible work environment that boosts productivity and increases operational efficiency PRP Solutions, people management and workplace cloud solutions specialists, announced it is providing organisations with a more systemic and centralised solution suite able to show accurate, real-time data to improve people management in an increasingly distributed work environment. "Even though the business environment has changed dramatically since March last year, companies still want to find the best ways to unleash the power of their people," says Kriya Govender, CEO of PRP Solutions. "Now, more than ever, there is an awareness of how precious time has become with employees trying to balance work from ho...