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Tag: Africa
Konecta’s Mariano Castaños Explains The CX Outsourcer’s Comdata Merger
The merger will make Konecta the 5th largest CX outsourcer globally, with over 100,000 employees.
Zain Patel Named Chairperson of the BPESA National Board
Patel will replace Evan Jones, who has served as BPESA’s National board chair for the past 4 years.
Intel Appoints Saf Yeboah Amankwah From McKinsey as Chief Strategy Officer
Yeboah-Amankwah will be responsible for the Global Strategy Office, including Intel Capital, and will work with the executive team on developing and driving growth-oriented strategies.
Sophos Says Paying the Ransom Doubles Cost of Recovering from a Ransomware Attack
According to antivirus researcher Sovos, paying ransomware criminals only encourages the practice, leading to more ransomware attacks.
PayPal’s CTO Sri Shivananda Talks Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, & Whether Cryptocurrencies Have A Future
20 years ago, PayPal was a scrappy startup, a FinTech disruptor. 2 decades later, the company is a financial giant, in some ways part of the financial establishment it initially took on. Still, the industry continues to evolve, and new technologies threaten even currency itself. Cognitive Business News founder and publisher Loren Moss recently was...
IRPA-AI to Launch South African Chapter in 2019
The U.S.-based Institute for Robotic Process Automation and AI (IRPA-AI) is planning to open a new chapter in South Africa in 2019, making its first foray into the continent and adding to a growing global presence that already touches Colombia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Today’s announcement will be formalized later this week...
Google to Open Artificial Intelligence Research Center in Ghana
Google plans to open its artificial intelligence center in Accra, Ghana, later this year. It will be its first such location in Africa.