The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) was established in 1999. Over the past 20 years, CiTi has played an integral role in catalysing and supporting the Cape Town tech ecosystem, now recognized as the most productive on the African continent. In 2018, both CiTi’s Entrepreneur Development and Skills Development (CapaCiTi) programmes expanded to support entrepreneurs and youth across the country, and on a Pan-African scale.

While technology and the Internet has made it possible for SMEs to compete with their big brothers and do business with anyone from Cape Town to Canada, it also makes us vulnerable to a whole new type of criminal. If left unchecked, these digital thieves can cause irreparable harm to a small business and even lead to its downfall. Here are some tips to help you better protect your company's important information.

Integrating technology into your business processes is one of the best ways to make your business more efficient. However, as a business owner it is important to understand which processes would benefit from automation and which will not. While efficient processes gain more efficiency through automation, inefficient processes gain more inefficiency. This article outlines a thinking process that may help you better decide which business processes will benefit from automation.

Choosing a hosting provider for your website and company data can seem like an impossible decision. There are so many factors to consider. Experience, speed, security, access, and pricing are just some of the important characteristics you should be looking for in your hosting provider. This article takes a brief look at these factors.

If you’re trying to run a business from your dining room table, on a dial-up Internet connection with the computer you’ve had since high school, it might well be time to revamp your home office.

Companies outsource for a myriad of reasons. In particular, it makes good business sense to outsource non-core or specialised areas such as IT-related tasks. Here's why.

In order for businesses to operate efficiently, they have to consolidate information inputs from multiple departments. The best way to do this and avoid inevitable human error is to automate various processes.