Opinion

Adaptability over lock-in: reimagining the role of technology in Africa

There remains an uncomfortable truth about technology investment – rigidity costs more than it saves. All-in-one systems, long-term vendor dependencies and software lock-ins are giving way to a new reality where success rests on how rapidly an organ...

Mandla Mbonambi
Mandla Mbonambi
CEO of Africonology
Africonology Solutions
More in this category
Information Technology
More in this category
Travel Technology
More like this
Mandla Mbonambi
by Mandla Mbonambi
23 October 2025Africonology SolutionsInformation Technology
Africonology Solutions
Opinion

Digital intelligence - a catalyst for African growth

Africa’s transformation story is often centred around infrastructure. Cables, towers, devices, datacentres. However, transformation doesn’t start with hardware; it starts with people, with connections and insights on platforms designed to help compa...

Mandla Mbonambi
Mandla Mbonambi
CEO of Africonology
Africonology Solutions
More in this category
Information Technology
More in this category
Innovation
More like this
Mandla Mbonambi
by Mandla Mbonambi
14 July 2025Africonology SolutionsInformation Technology
Africonology Solutions
Supplier News

Bolton White Group Hotels partners with IDS Next to elevate service standards

Bolton White Group, a leading hospitality brand in Africa renowned for service excellence, has partnered with hospitality technology leader, IDS Next, using IDS Next’s FortuneNext 7.0 Hotel ERP to provide service excellence. Among its three properti...

IDS NEXT
More in this category
Information Technology
More in this category
Revenue Management
More like this
Bolton White Group Hotels partners with IDS Next to elevate service standards 7 December 2023IDS NEXTInformation Technology
Bolton White Group Hotels partners with IDS Next to elevate service standards
Case Study

How Parkhotel Adler drove direct revenue by upgrading its technology stack

Family-run for 16 generations, Parkhotel Adler is one of the world’s oldest historic hotels in the world. The hotel, which consists of five buildings from different eras, a lake, and a park, is located on the outskirts of Hinterzarten, where it blen...

Revinate, Inc.
More in this category
Information Technology
More in this category
Revenue Management
More like this
How Parkhotel Adler drove direct revenue by upgrading its technology stack30 October 2023Revinate, Inc.Information Technology
How Parkhotel Adler drove direct revenue by upgrading its technology stack