CONTENTS
ISSUE 02
News 06
Latest regional news roundup from across Africa
Latest Intelligence 10
Trending 12
Designing the next generation data centre
South African recessionary conditions putting squeeze on IT spending
Project Latest 14
Comment 16
17 18
What smart cities really mean for Africa
Mega ICT spending in Africa linked to revamp of economies
5G networks road to progress for African nations
Why managing data orchestration in cloud disaster recovery is important
Industry Watch 54
Regional ICT industry to show modest growth
Editor ’ s Question 58
Daniel Heal at Control Risks East Africa , George Nicholls at Control Risks Southern Africa , Graham Grose at IFS
Get to Know ... 62
East Africa ’ s cloud champion
Final Word
63 Stepwise approach to leverage IoT for your marketing
64 Why the CIO cannot be an ERP project champion
65 Cyberthreats in 2017 , known and unknowns
EDITOR ’ S NOTE
Opportunity calling
Africa may have legacy government institutions and practices , but reform is on the way . We look at how Sudan is revamping its judicial system with the help of UAE based e-transformation application specialist , Al Taqnyah Business Solutions . As with any legacy transformation system , the biggest challenge is seldom technology or its application . In the case of Sudan Judiciary , it was the business process discovery stage , where the client and Al Taqnyah documented every existing process and converted them into common process management notation . As the availability of payment issuing channels grows in Africa so does the opportunity to automate them with more value additions . UAE based , payment issuance and acquirer specialist , OMA Emirates is expanding into Africa , starting with its North African partnership involving Business Rules Solutions . Finally , research and consulting specialists , Control Risks , Gartner , IDC give their forecasts for East , Southern Africa , Africa and Middle East , and the industry for 2017 . Best wishes for the year ahead .
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