Namibia most attacked by cybercrooks in Africa
Cyber criminals SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – NAMIBIA is the country worst targeted by cybercriminals in Africa as the continent exceeds the global average by more than twice over the past six months. Zambia, Morocco, South Africa and Nigeria, in that order complete the top five countries most impacted by cybercrime in the region. This More...
Nigeria nabs 94 Yahoo boys in nightclub raid
Nigeria’s ‘Yahoo Boys’ from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – NIGERIAN authorities have arrested 94 suspected internet fraudsters during a raid at a local club notorious for hosting More...
Gauteng prepares youths for 4IR
Gauteng Provincial MEC for Education, Panyaza Lesufi by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – GAUTENG, South Africa’s economic hub, is addressing and responding to the acute engineering and technical skills shortage More...
Mozambique positions self as global oil, gas hub
Oil and gas production in Mozambique from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO – FOLLOWING a second final investment decision (FID) in as many years, Mozambique has officially positioned itself More...
5G beckons but 4G remains key for Africa
5G in Africa by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – THE fourth generation of mobile networks (4G) remains key for Africa’s digital future as the 5G era approaches. This is according to experts at the just-ended More...
Free trade pact to spearhead Africa’s economic growth
Carel Coetzee, Chief Executive Officer of NEC XON, delivering the keynote address at the company’s annual summit in Sun City, South Africa. Pic: NEC XON from MTHULISI SIBANDA in Sun City SUN CITY – A More...
Mauritius economy on track with historic rail network
Metro Express SAVIOUS KWINIKA recently in Port Louis, Mauritius PORT LOUIS – THE multimillion-dollar Mauritius Metro Express light rail network, dubbed the country’s biggest infrastructure investment More...
Judgment debts haunt defiant resource-rich African countries
A worker inspect facilities on an upstream oil drilling platform at the Total oil platform at Amenem, Port Harcourt , Niger Delta, Nigeria. AFP from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA – THE hefty financial More...
Nigeria convicts Facebook hackers for fraud
Nigeria’s romance scammers, file photo from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – NIGERIAN authorities have sentenced six individuals to one year imprisonment each for internet fraud via the social More...
North Africa building a vibrant digital economy
Huawei Cloud SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG – GOVERNMENT and the private sector are promoting the digital economy and the building of an efficient technological ecosystem in North Africa. This has been the principal More...