Posts

Showing posts from June, 2024

Pioneering the Future of Esports for South Africa's Youth

Image
Telkom VS Gaming proudly highlights the transformative impact of esports on South African youth. As a leading force in the industry, Telkom VS Gaming is demonstrating how, with Telkom, anything is possible. Once seen merely as a hobby, esports has rapidly evolved into a dynamic platform offering numerous opportunities for personal and professional growth. This evolution is particularly evident in South Africa, where the rise of esports is changing the lives of many young people. Through support and initiatives like Telkom VS Gaming, esports is providing youth with avenues for skill development, teamwork, and career opportunities. For many young South Africans, esports is becoming a pathway to new opportunities in technology, media, and professional gaming. Participating in esports requires more than just gaming skills; it nurtures critical thinking, strategic planning, and effective communication. These skills are not only applicable in gaming but also in academic and professional ...

Vodacom invests over R400 million to improve network connectivity in Free State and Northern Cape

Vodacom Central Region, encompassing Free State and Northern Cape,  is investing over R400 million this financial year into the region’s network to increase capacity and resilience and accelerate access to connectivity throughout the province, particularly in deep rural areas. The region spent half a billion rands during the 2023/24 financial year and R340 million in 2022/23 on expanding broadband coverage across the region. This is an investment totalling over R1 billion over three years and it is part of  Vodacom’s long-term vision, to have the widest and reliable network accessible to all South Africans, irrespective of where they live.    “We are investing heavily in the network in Free State and Northern Cape in order to achieve our goal of building an inclusive digital society. Our goal is to give our customers access to a superior network and we do this by adding new sites and upgrading our network. We intend to use this network rollout and deployment to help ...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NVIDIA Announce ‘NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE’ to Accelerate Generative AI Industrial Revolution

Image
New Lineup Features First-of-Its-Kind Turnkey, AI Solution Including Sustainable Accelerated Computing with Full Lifecycle Services to Streamline Time to Value with AI LAS VEGAS – June 18, 2024 – HPE Discover 2024 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) and NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA AI Computing by HPE, a portfolio of co-developed AI solutions and joint go-to-market integrations that enable enterprises to accelerate adoption of generative AI. Among the portfolio’s key offerings is HPE Private Cloud AI, a first-of-its-kind solution that provides the deepest integration to date of NVIDIA AI computing, networking and software with HPE’s AI storage, compute and the HPE GreenLake cloud. The offering enables enterprises of every size to gain an energy-efficient, fast, and flexible path for sustainably developing and deploying generative AI applications. Powered by the new OpsRamp AI copilot that helps IT operations improve workload and IT efficiency, HPE Private Cloud AI includes a self...

First Galaxy Watch FE Empowers Even More Users with Samsung’s Advanced Health Monitoring Technology

Image
Galaxy Watch FE offers holistic health insights & connected Galaxy experiences with stylish design   Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.   has announced the release of Galaxy Watch FE, a new addition to the Samsung smartwatch line-up designed to extend the company’s advanced and holistic wellness experience to even more users.   Incorporating the ground-breaking hardware performance and advanced health and fitness monitoring features of Galaxy Watch, the Galaxy Watch FE features a stylish  and durable design . This new smartwatch is ideal for those looking to begin their journey to improve their overall wellness with comprehensive insights.   “At Samsung, we strive to bring health and fitness monitoring capabilities to as many people around the world as possible, helping them to make the changes needed to improve their wellness daily and help them reach their goals,” said Junho Park, VP and Head of the Galaxy Ecosystem Product Planning Team, Mobile eXperience Busi...

Castrol Celebrates Youth Day with the Official Launch of Kya Sands Independent Workshop

Image
What better way to mark 16 th   June and Youth Month than by celebrating the progress of a young entrepreneur, Thabiso Mkhize of Mumbo Repairs? Today, Castrol officially launched the latest Castrol-branded Mumbo Repairs workshop in Kya Sands, located in the north of Johannesburg. “This is actually the second Castrol-branded Mumbo Repairs workshop—there’s already one operating in Durban. Thabiso is an inspirational entrepreneur who is well on his way to building a significant company,” says Melanie van Straaten, Sales Director at Castrol Southern Africa “We’re thrilled to be associated with a businessman of his calibre and look forward to journeying alongside him into the future.” Mkhize was born and raised in the rural areas around Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal. Mumbo, the name he chose for his business, is his clan name, anchoring traditional Zulu culture in a thoroughly modern setting. He always knew he wanted to work with his hands, and when his dream of studying electrical engineer...