Mthulisi Sibanda

3 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

The Red Cross is digitising its processes to enhance its humanitarian efforts in Uganda. The Uganda Red Cross Society's (URCS) programme has been so successful that the aid agency plans to replicate it in South Sudan, Sudan, and Zambia. URCS is equipping its workers with digital tools, and its branches can now act on real-time information, resulting in speedier responses, increased accountability, and community-driven humanitarian programming. It has 51 offices nationally.

3 weeks ago | news.sap.com | Mthulisi Sibanda

This is according to the recently published Africa’s AI Skills Readiness Revealed report by System Applications and Products (SAP), a German multinational software business. The report, launched in Johannesburg, South Africa, following SAP research in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, predicts that 230 million new digital jobs will be created in Africa by 2030.

1 month ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Uganda took a significant step yesterday towards leveraging the power of the internet to transform its people and economy. Local telecom business Sombha Solutions Store, global technology company Veea Inc, and infrastructure provider BG Titan Group (BGT) have developed the country's first collaborative, shared-infrastructure 'Internet-for-All' prototype network.

1 month ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Uganda took a significant step yesterday towards leveraging the power of the internet to transform its people and economy. Local telecom business Sombha Solutions Store, global technology company Veea Inc, and infrastructure provider BG Titan Group (BGT) have developed the country's first collaborative, shared-infrastructure 'Internet-for-All' prototype network.

1 month ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to add US$1.5 trillion to the African economy by 2030, if the continent captures 10% of the AI global market. This is according to the recently published Africa AI Skills Readiness Revealed report by System Applications and Products (SAP), a German multinational software business.