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Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced ambitious plans to invest between R200 million and R400 million in upgrading the country’s stadium infrastructure in preparation for the 2027 ODI World Cup. This massive effort aims to ensure that South Africa, along with co-hosts Zimbabwe and Namibia, are fully ready to deliver a world-class tournament experience.

The 2027 edition of the ODI World Cup will mark the first time the coveted event returns to the African continent since 2003, when South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya shared hosting duties. This upcoming tournament represents a golden opportunity for the region to show its sporting capabilities.

According to CSA’s CEO, Pholetsi Moseki, the organization will start a comprehensive review of the eight designated World Cup venues over the…

New data reveals that, while over half of UK SMBs planning to invest in AI in the next year, training and development as well as the correct technology infrastructure will be essential to ensure its success

New research launched today reveals that, while the majority (61%) of UK SMBs are optimistic about AI and plan to invest in the technology in the next twelve months, nearly half of employees are worried about its impact on their jobs and quality of work.

The study, commissioned by phone and communication platform Aircall in conjunction with Sapio Research, looked at behavior and attitudes towards AI in the workplace from 500 SMBs from across the UK.

Of those surveyed, over half (53%) of UK SMBs confirm they will be investing in AI in the next 12 months. However, just under…

Growing up, you may not have been a fan of (or even heard of) Korean films and dramas. Perhaps it was the Western discovery of the now infamous K-drama genre, the chart-topping band BTS or the release of the multi-Oscar-winning thriller Parasite that got your attention. Either way, the whole world has played host to the undisputed rise in the popularity of South Korean culture in recent years. 

The latest decision of streaming giant Netflix reflects this surge of love for Korean culture – something which is known as ‘Hallyu’, a Chinese term meaning ‘Korean Wave’. The site announced earlier this week that they plan to invest billions in South Korea in an attempt to bring in more subscribers and re-ignite the platform’s growth.

K-Everything: The Rise Of South Korean Culture 

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The combination of group.ONE and dogado group will create a diversified pan-European champion in the web hosting and domains market, with one-stop-shop solutions to support SMEs with their online presence and success.

International private equity firm, Cinven, today announces that the Seventh Cinven Fund, in partnership with leading global investor Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (“Ontario Teachers’”), has agreed to acquire and combine group.ONE and dogado group (“dogado”). The combination of group.ONE and dogado will create a leading pan-European one-stop-shop provider of online presence solutions for small- and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) and small-office home-offices (“SOHOs”) including domain, web hosting, cloud hosting, business software and…

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — ScaleGrid, a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) provider with its headquarters in Palo Alto, CA and with offices in Bangalore, India and Vancouver, Canada, today announced a growth equity round led by private equity firm Spotlight Equity Partners to support its growth in the managed databases market. ScaleGrid provides fully managed database hosting solutions for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis™, MongoDB® Database and Greenplum on both private and public clouds. The managed database market is a rapidly expanding market, and, according to Gartner, is expected to account for 50% of the total database management system market revenue by 2023. Gartner also projects that by 2022, 75% of all databases will reside in the cloud.