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  • BCX announces winners of Digital Innovation Awards 2023

    BCX announces winners of Digital Innovation Awards 2023

    The winners of BCX’s fifth annual digital innovation awards have been announced.

    BCX is an information and communications technology services provider subsidiary of Telkom Group based in South Africa.

    According to Jan Bouwer, Chief of Solutions and Innovation Sponsor at BCX, the firm introduced the public sector as a category this year, as well as the best society and sustainability as a sub-category.

    Since 2019, the Telkom subsidiary has been hosting an annual event known as the Digital Innovation Awards.

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    The significance of these awards

    According to Bouwer, the prizes are significant for the promotion of innovation and the acceleration of South Africa’s digital transformation.

    “In this digital era, where innovative technologies are sculpting the business and public landscapes, we encounter challenges that, with a proactive approach, can transform into opportunities,”

    “Navigating this intricate terrain demands staying intimately connected with our customers and citizens to consistently challenge established norms by leveraging technology.” he added.

    The small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) category awarded the grand prize to Medsol AI Solutions for their creation of an artificial intelligence tool that can identify breast cancer.

    The award for “Best in Technology” was given to Momint, a company that uses blockchain technology to make it easier for individuals to invest in solar power through crowdsourcing.

    CareConnect was given an award for being the most beneficial to society and the environment. Patients have discretion over what information is shared with service providers thanks to the firm’s health information exchange, a digital system that stores patient information and is hosted by the company.

    The South African Revenue Service was awarded the grand prize in the public sector category. This was in recognition of the South African Revenue Service’s efforts to improve the quality of the services it provides through the implementation of an automated assessment system for personal income tax.

    The eThekwini Municipality was awarded the Best in Tech prize in this category because it has created a data lake and centralised all of the information for the purposes of digitalisation, automation, and data visualisation.

    The Johannesburg Public Library was given an award for being the most beneficial to society and the environment. Reading abilities and literacy levels can both be improved with the use of a new mobile e-learning platform that has been created by the government agency.

    In the last category, honours were given to the most deserving groups from the private sector. Netcare was victorious in the competition as a result of its successful installation of an electronic medical record system, which significantly improved record administration.

    The customer engagement invention that was introduced by the financial company Absa earned it the Best Technology Award. This innovation takes a data analytics predictive modelling approach to improve the overall customer experience.

    BCX expresses gratitude

    The free online learning platform offered by Afrika Tikkun, which offered low-bandwidth access to internationally recognised Microsoft certificates, was the reason the company was selected as the winner of the Best in Society and Sustainability Award.

    “We extend our thanks to all participants for being part of this inspiring initiative. Let this celebration of innovation, progress, and limitless potential inspire many others to innovate and transform our country into an innovation hub for the continent.“ remarked Bouwer.

    About BCX

    The South African company Business Connexion Ltd. works with computers and the internet. You can also buy BCX on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The ICT group does business in the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia, and Tanzania are now part of BCX in Africa.

    BCX is a Gold Status Partner with Microsoft and one of the biggest Oracle Platinum Partners. It works with 48 of the most well-known and trusted tech companies in the world. BCX is the company with the most data centres in Africa. It has offices in six African countries and the UK.

    BCX’s goal is to help its users and offer a reliable and affordable way to get the right insurance and risk management services.

  • BCX and Alibaba Cloud Distribution Agreement Deal for South Africa

    BCX and Alibaba Cloud Distribution Agreement Deal for South Africa

    The business unit responsible for the integration of information technology at Telkom South Africa, known as BCX, has entered into a strategic collaboration with Alibaba Cloud, the division of Alibaba Group responsible for digital technology and cloud services.

    As part of the deal, BCX will have the exclusive right to sell Alibaba Cloud products and services across South Africa.

    In a joint statement, the companies explained that Alibaba Cloud provides a wide variety of cloud computing products and services for the entire spectrum of information and communications technology (ICT) applications. These applications include databases, networking, security, analytics, big data, application services, and more.

    According to the statement, “This is Complementary to BCX’s Offering as a Vendor-Agnostic SystemsIntegrator that Develops Solutions for Its Clients Based on Their Exact Use Case Across a Wide Range of Technology and Vertical Sectors.” This adds to what BCX has to offer as a vendor-neutral systems integrator that makes solutions for

    “We are happy to build a partnership with BCX to bring advanced, secure, and reliable cloud services and technologies to businesses in South Africa and beyond,” said Daniel Jiang, general manager of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence for the Middle East and Africa. “BCX is a leader in the cloud computing industry, and we are excited to work with them.”

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    BCX CEO Jonas Bogoshi said, “The partnership gives us the chance to expand our reach and services and create new revenue streams. This is part of our larger plan to grow our business and grow our partner ecosystem. ”

    The partnership is beneficial for BCX

    According to the continuation of the statement, the South African market will benefit from competitive pricing, increased variety, and cloud technologies. Telkom SA said that the ICT solutions industry was having trouble with supply-chain problems, so this partnership could also help BCX.

    The IT business remains challenging due to the lingering impact of COVID-19 and the global shortage of chips, which led to BCX being unable to fulfil backorders for IT hardware in the first nine months of the financial year, “the operator said,” explaining why BCX was unable to fulfil backorders for IT hardware during the first nine months of the fiscal year.

    BCX, which Telkom purchased in 2015 for 2.7 billion South African rand (about US$205 million at the time), saw its revenue dip by 3.6% in Q3 to roughly R3.8 billion ($242 million) as a direct result of the worldwide supply issues.

    At the end of the statement, it said that the companies plan to combine their technological skills, areas of expertise, and competencies to create services that help businesses use cloud computing technologies to grow and expand.

    About BCX

    Business Connexion (Pty) Ltd., BCX, is an information and communications technology (ICT) firm with its headquarters in South Africa. Additionally, the BCX stock can be found on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The ICT business has a significant global presence, with operations across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. In Africa, Bcx grows in Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Zambia and Tanzania. In addition to having offices in the Middle East, this organization also has locations in the United Kingdom. The capacity of the BCX data centre is the highest of any in Southern Africa.

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    About Alibaba

    Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational technology business that specializes in e-commerce, retail, the Internet, and technology. It was founded in 1999. The company was established on June 28, 1999, in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and it offers consumer-to-consumer (C2C), business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-business (B2B) sales services via web portals. Additionally, the company offers electronic payment services, shopping search engines, and cloud computing services. It is the owner and operator of a varied portfolio of firms located worldwide and engaged in various business activities.