Editor’s note
Emerging Technologies Shaping the Future of Businesses
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ecently, Oracle held its Impact Technology Summit in Nairobi geared towards driving awareness of emerging technologies and their impact on business. The Summit, which brought together business leaders and domain experts focused on how emerging technologies are influencing business innovation. According to Corine Mbiaketcha Nana, Managing Director Kenya Hub covering East, Central and West Africa at Oracle, emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and Blockchain are changing the way companies do business at every level, across every function, in ways we are only starting to imagine. This comes at a time when Liquid Telecom Kenya, in partnership with Sigfox, plans to build and deploy a nationwide IoT network covering up to 85 per cent of the Kenyan population. According to the company’s Head of IoT Strategy, the network will allow Kenyans to develop their own homemade solutions for the many unique socio-economic and business challenges they face. According to Guido Verweij, Travelport’s regional managing director, Africa, such emerging technologies are also transforming the travel experience. The future of creating experiences lies in the transformative impact of IoT, Mobile, Big Data, AI, and cloud computing, which are powering the travel industry to offer more than just a trip. Apparently, it’s the high time for business leaders to see emerging technologies as disruptive opportunities rather than challenges. There is no doubt that such technologies will enable significant leaps forward in terms of efficiency, innovation and competitiveness in business.
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