AfriGIS celebrates ongoing commitment to skills development
South Africa is facing a continued shortage of critical skills, particularly in the information technology sector. Employers are struggling to fill the IT skills gap, with demand exceeding supply. That’s why AfriGIS made a commitment more than a decade ago to invest in several skills training programmes.
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How we hurdle the final obstacle to explosive online commerce in Africa
Couriers can help online retail in Africa overcome the final stumbling block to grow revenues and expand markets using quality verified and validated address data.
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How African online retail will grow to the next level
Online retail in Africa represents an enormous growth opportunity but it will only be realised when online retailers and their courier partners can solve the “last mile” challenge of first-time delivery success. Here’s how they can do just that.
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Proof that there’s more to uplifting people than skills transfer
Joseph was one of our first learners and he’s still with us 10 years later. He’s become part of the family, now has his own family, and a very promising career in geospatial intelligence. Read the story about how he went from hacking together his own PCs for LAN gaming and web development in Soshunguve to a call centre, Microsoft certification, to become a senior talent at AfriGIS.
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Geospatial data science is good for the books: here's why
Companies shouldn’t have to write off significant income to irrecoverable debt. This is how many are dealing with the crisis.
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Society of Southern African Geographers’ Academic Conference
The Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology at the University of Pretoria invites geographers, academia, students, and the local geography industry professionals to attend the 2022 Society of South African Geographers (SSAG) biennial conference from the 12-14 September 2022. Directly after the biennial conference, the student conference will take place online, 15-16 September 2022.
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This is how you identify and fix poor quality address data
Six ways you know your address data are low quality, how to identify the problem, and what you can do about it.
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How the brands we love use data now to actually be better
Maps apps and apps that use maps are so integral to our every day lives that we barely notice them anymore. But they make a big impact. Find out why the past was difficult, what the new challenges are, and how the brands you love use geospatial intelligence to make a difference.
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48th SAFARI into Data
The objective of this SAFARI is to take a closer look at the Data we hold and process. We need to deliberate on, not only the Risks, but more so the Opportunities we have.
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AfriGIS has Africa’s only verified and validated administrative boundary data
We are the first and only company that provides verified and validated geospatial data on Africa’s administrative boundaries, helping couriers, retailers, financial services and many more organisations do business across the continent.
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