Nigeria telcos under investigation for malpractices
Nigeria mobile operators from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA – MOBILE network operators in Nigeria are under probe over the increasing rate of drop calls. The Senate, which has opened investigations, has proposed the refunding of clients affected by the inconvenience. The Senate committees on Communications, Trade and Investment are More...
Banks in war of words over ballooning Africa debt
African Development Bank from ALEXIS DOUMBIA in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ABIDJAN – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has reacted strongly to accusations by the Word Bank Group that it was contributing to the More...
Scammers drool over prospects of Valentine’s Day loot
KnowBe4 Africa Managing Director, Anna Collard. Photo by Dion Henrick, CAJ News Cape Town Bureau. by DION HENRICK CAPE TOWN – CYBER security experts are wary of the likelihood of an increase in online More...
Africa’s digital freedom celebrated alongside Mandela
Former South African president, Nelson Mandela. by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – THE South Africa Central Registry (ZACR) is celebrating three years since the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and More...
US to return millions stolen by Nigeria dictator Abacha
Former Nigerian military ruler, Sani Abacha from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA – THE United States (US) is to return to Nigeria more than $309 million stolen by former military dictator Sani Abacha More...
AI forecast to create opportunities than eliminate jobs
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – A TECHNOLOGY executive has allayed fears of Artificial Intelligence (AI) replacing jobs but believes its adoption would create opportunities for humans. Brendan McAravey, More...
Scores of ‘Yahoo Boys’ nabbed at Nigeria nightclub
Nigeria’s suspected internet fraudsters, ‘Yahoo Boys’ arrested from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – NIGERIAN authorities have arrested 89 suspected internet fraudsters during More...
Russia’s silent assassins defraud African banks
Cyber attack by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – BANKS in Sub-Saharan Africa are at the mercy of a Russian speaking hacking group, most likely to be the infamous Silence outfit previously responsible for the More...
Windows7 demise leaves users vulnerable to cyber crooks
Microsoft’s Windows 7 by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – AS of January 14, a quarter of the world’s personal computers (PCs) will be more vulnerable to ransomware as Windows 7 end of life. Microsoft More...
Nigerians’ top expectations for 2020 revealed
Overpopulated Nigeria demand more jobs, energy and better life from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA – A MAJORITY of citizens in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, expect improvements in the More...