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Students needed equipment for remote learning. Raspberry Pi 400 gave them access to online opportunities When the pandemic hit, nursing and midwifery students training for vital frontline roles had to switch to remote learning for some of their studies, but many lacked equipment at home to access online material. Wisenet stepped in to help by donating computers: the compact desktop Raspberry Pi 40...Read More

Micros South Africa, in conjunction with Singapore-based CPR Vision Management, this week launched an innovative e-gifting platform designed to help companies in the hospitality industry increase direct and repeat business, acquire new customers, and reward and win back existing customers. Named Isipo, the new platform is based on a platform developed by CPR Vision Management and widely used in the Asia Pacific region. “E-gifting saved many hotels during the lockdowns, but what’s really exciting is how it can be used to turbo-charge growth and improve margins as the hospitality industry takes off,” said Reginald Sibeko, Managing Director, Micros SA. “Today’s market is all about experiences, and Isipo provides a way for South African and African hospitality players to sell the emotional, experiential side of their business.” Speaking at the launch this week, Cameron Richards, CEO of CPR Vision Management, highlighted the many ways that e-gifting vouchers could be used to open up...Read More

Micros South Africa MD Reginald Sibeko outlines Micros South Africa, and how it is positioned to assist with technology and innovation as the hospitality industry rebounds from Covid-19; while Adapt IT Tony Vicente explains how the Hospitality Tech CONNECT22 event also aims to assist with this recovery boom. The hospitality industry was hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic; however, this did enable business introspection and the acceleration of technology and innovation, and with the industry now showing signs of a rebound, there are opportunities to capitalise on prevailing trends through the continued, bolstered use of these. This was the key message from the Micros South Africa Hospitality Tech CONNECT22 event, held on October 10 in Johannesburg. Micros South Africa was formed in February 1997 with the acquisition of the distributor rights for Southern Africa for the then Micros Inc. Now, it is an Oracle Gold Hospitality Partner and distributes the Oracle Hospitality...Read More

Tashas Group South Africa Operations Executive, Tanith Quait JOHANNESBURG – TASHAS Group, the restaurant company, has embarked on a technology drive as it pursues growth in South Africa. This is part of initiatives to multiply its global footprint.Micros South Africa has begun a countrywide rollout of the Oracle Micros Simphony point-of-sale (PoS) solution for Tashas. Tashas in Lynnwood, Pretoria was the first site to go live at the end of July. This rollout is set to continue over the coming months. Tanith Quait, Operations Executive, Tashas Group South Africa, said they chose to work with Micros South Africa, a member of the AdaptIT group, because of its track record as a specialist implementer of solutions for the hospitality sector. “We are growing in South Africa, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other international territories as we work towards increasing our global footprint, so the ability to manage the restaurants centrally is essential for us,” she said. Quait said in...Read More

The technology group says it is ready to get back to its strategy of growing its operations through acquisition Nearly a year after a takeover that led to its delisting from the JSE, technology group Adapt IT says it is ready to get back to its strategy of growing its operations through acquisition. Earlier in August, the company acquired a Mauritian-based software business that serves the hospitality sector. .. Source: BusinessDay...Read More

Adapt IT Holdings Limited (“Adapt IT”) has concluded a transaction with AGILEUM Hospitality Limited to acquire the hospitality business as a going concern, through its Mauritian entity Adapt IT International Limited as of 2 August 2022. This transaction includes the Oracle Hospitality rights to service the Indian Ocean Hospitality market. Adapt IT is a South African headquartered global software and services group and a member of Volaris Group Inc. Adapt IT provides specialised software and digitally-led business solutions assisting over 10 000 businesses in over 55 countries worldwide across targeted industries to Achieve more by improving customer experience, core business operations, business administration, enterprise resource planning and public service delivery. Adapt IT will operate the Mauritius Hospitality business by leveraging its subsidiary Micros South Africa − an Oracle Hospitality partner since 1997. Micros South Africa has deep insights and experience in the...Read More