Information Technology

Are Financial Services Embracing Analytics and Artificial Intelligent?

LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – If there’s one industry that’s been through the mill over the past few years, it’s the financial services industry. Plagued by unparalleled levels of change in terms of business processes, regulations and customer expectations and facing new digital threats all while still reeling from the 2008 global economic crisis, the sector has proven itself to be resilient. Though the outlook for the industry is looking to be more positive,…

African Could Drive A Globally New Stock Exchange Model

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – For decades, analysts and influencers have believed that Africa would emerge from its colonised past most powerfully by developing new business and economic models. The global economy had evolved in the West and could therefore not hope to accurately serve the needs of nations that had been bereft of wealth and self-determination for so long. Africa would need to leapfrog Western habits of thinking, creating new approaches to politics,…

Opinion Piece : Artificial intelligence (AI) a day …

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – One of the greatest benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) to humankind is its influence on the medical field. “Powered by some of the most sophisticated technology, AI is assisting in improving medical diagnosis,” says Anton Jacobs, managing director at African value-added technology distributor, Networks Unlimited. From an AI doctor and chatbot to AI’s powerful applications, machine learning and deep learning, a world that used to be all about coding,…

Understanding Validation and Data Security in The Context of Regulated Industries

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – Any software used in the controlled environment of the pharmaceutical, life sciences and healthcare industry and directly related to the manufacturing process must have validation done for acceptance by the regulatory authority of FDA. The concept of validation entails that there must be documentary evidence that the system is capable of producing consistent data related to a product that meets the quality attributes and pre-determined specifications. The Salesforce software…

Embrace the impact of digitalisation and turn disruption into opportunity

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LAGOS (Capital Markets in Africa) – The growth of digital technologies is seeing disruption taking place across industry sectors. For companies operating in Africa, the opportunities these presents are too significant to ignore. Long considered the next frontier when it comes to innovation, the continent is poised to benefit from this push towards digitalisation. “With the gap between technology and business all but disappearing, decision-makers are faced with a choice of either embracing a new,…

Datatec Shares Soar by a Record After $830 Million Asset Sale

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JOHANNESBURG (Capital Markets in Africa) – Datatec Limited shares jumped by the most on record after the South African IT services company agreed to sell the North and Latin American operations of its Westcon-Comstor business for as much as $800 million. Synnex Corporation of the U.S. will take over the operations and buy a 10 percent stake in the rest of the Westcon-Comstor division for $30 million, Johannesburg-based Datatec said in a statement on Tuesday. The deal will…

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