Imprisoned Nigerian scammer commits million-dollar fraud
Nigerian fraudster Hope Olusegun Aroke arrested from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA – THE Nigerian Correctional Service has opened investigations after a prisoner allegedly masterminded internet fraud to the tune of $1 million (over R14 million). It is believed some correctional services officers were complicit in the fraud allegedly More...
COMMODITIES: Foot and mouth scare returns to haunt SA’s economy
Foot and mouth outbreak in South Africa by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE latest outbreak of foot and mouth disease can trigger an import ban of South African livestock products and deal a major blow More...
Zimbabwe’s EcoCash system crashes
EcoCash from WALTER MAFEKING in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI – MOBILE telecommunications giant Econet Wireless has botched up a weekend system upgrade, seriously inconveniencing its subscribers. The company More...
Investing in LTE crucial even in 5G era
Huawei Vice-President for Southern Africa, David Chen by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – INVESTMENTS in fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology (4G)/ Long Term Evolution (LTE) remain More...
Call to digitalise Africa’s informal sector
DRC woman selling beans from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI – EXPERTS believe Africa’s informal sector must leverage emerging digital technologies to meet local and global market needs. Several More...
Locusts invasion worsens dreadful Ethiopia drought
Desert locusts from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA – THE massive destruction by desert locusts in Ethiopia is worsening food insecurity in a country where about 8 million people were More...
Dos Santos urges energy investments to propel 5G
Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos from DION HENRICK in Cape Town CAPE TOWN – PROMINENT African businesswoman, Isabel dos Santos, has called on stakeholders to increase investments in the More...
Huawei, Safaricom clinch ‘Most Innovative Service’ award
Safaricom and Huawei Receive Prestigious “Most Innovative Service” Award at AfricaCom 2019 from MTHULISI SIBANDA in Cape Town CAPE TOWN – HUAWEI and Safaricom have received the prestigious Most Innovative More...
SA ‘commander’ minister wins for seizing digital revolution
Minister of of Communications, Telecommunications and Postal Service, 14 April 2016 Deputy Minister of communication Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams. File photo by MTHULISI SIBANDA CAPE TOWN – SOUTH Africa’s Minister More...
MTN deploys 5 000 OpenRAN sites globally
MTN pre-paid subscribers to enjoy newly introduced bonanza promotion by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE MTN Group is to deploy more than 5 000 sites across its 21 operations, thereby bringing second-generation More...