SA firms shielded from rising cyber threats
Vodacom Business Managing Executive for Cloud, Hosting and Security, Mr Kabelo Makwane. by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – A PARTNERSHIP between a local operator and a web infrastructure company is anticipated to address South African businesses’ vulnerability to the global cyber-crime pandemic triggered by the coronavirus (COVID-19). Vodacom More...
5G earmarked to help combat COVID-19 scourge
5G City 5G City by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE recent launch of fifth-generation (5G) technology in South African is presenting attractive opportunities for consumers, carriers and the information and More...
Botswana Stock Exchange reports turnover drop
Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE – THE Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has reported a decline of over half in turnover to P363,8 million (US$31,1 million) over More...
MTN data usage doubles over lockdown period
MTN South Africa Executive: Corporate Affairs, Jacqui O’Sullivan by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – MTN, just ranked the best performing network in South Africa in the second quarter of 2020, has reported More...
Mobile money ban sends Zimbabwe’s economy spiraling
EcoCash from WELLINGTON TONI in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE – WELCOMED in some quarters and denounced in others, the divisive ban on electronic money transactions in Zimbabwe has sent trade in the notoriously More...
COVID-19 triggers child labour spike
child labour in Ivory Coast. Photo, file picture child labour in Ivory Coast. Photo, file picture from ALEXIS DOUMBIA in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ABIDJAN – IVORY Coast is experiencing a surge in child labour More...
Standard Bank repositions its brand
Standard Banks Instant Money by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – AFRICA’S biggest bank by assets, Standard Bank, has repositioned its brand and tagline in a move the company said it epitomised where it views More...
Threat against Africa Facebook users unearthed
Evina Chief Executive Officer, David Lotfi by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – A French-based anti-fraud firm said it had unmasked malware by digital fraudsters targeting users of Facebook in Africa. Paris-headquartered More...
Diabetes doubles in COVID-19 afflicted SA
South African president and African Union (AU) chairman Cyril Ramaphosa by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THERE is concern at the prevalence of diabetes, which is the leading underlying cause of a spike in the More...
Angola needs to increase power to diversify economy
Angola national assembly from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA – ANGOLA must in the next five years ramp up its power transmission and distribution capacities if it is to attain its goal of industrialising More...