Load shedding: Imperative for business to protect data
Load shedding by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – INFORMATION technology and business leaders must consider the potential risks of data loss due to power outages bedeviling South Africa. They must make disaster recovery plans to mitigate the risk of prolonged outages, especially in the event of a site failure. This is advice of a technology executive More...
Liquid boosts portfolio in Africa, Middle East
Cysiv MEA Vice President of Operations, Sherif Shaltout from AHMED MOOLA in Cairo, Egypt CAIRO – LIQUID Technologies has acquired Cysiv MEA (Middle East, Europe and Africa), a technology company specialises in More...
SA’s best mobile network operator revealed
SA mobile operators by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – MTN has retained its awards for the fastest overall speeds in South Africa. However Vodacom keeps its award for consistency and Telkom retains its status More...
MTN increases revenues, subscriber base
MTN Group President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph Mupita by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG – MTN has reported group service revenue growth of 14,4 percent to R196,5 billion (US$10,8 billion) for the year More...
Airtel embarks on 5G, IoT services rollout
Airtel Africa from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – AIRTEL Africa has taken another step in its efforts to offer customers fifth-generation technology (5G) and internet of things (IoT)-based on-demand More...
Modest growth in Nigeria broadband penetration
broadband from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS – NIGERIA has recorded a considerable increase in broadband subscriptions over the past year to 90 million. The figure for December 2022 represents an More...
Digital revolution accelerated in South Africa’s mining sector
Comsol and Ericsson by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG – COMSOL and Ericsson have partnered to accelerate digital transformation in South Africa’s mining sector. Ericsson will provide Comsol with its More...
Honor opens sales of X7a in SA
Honor X7a by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – HONOR has announced the open sale of its X7a smartphone in South Africa. It is available at Telkom on 24-month installments priced between R289 and R579. Consumers More...
Kenya unveils digital training scheme for women
Kenya First Lady, Rachel Ruto, presided over the launch of the Digital Skills Literacy programme, in Nairobi from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI – THE Kenyan government is to train hundreds of More...
Training offered to 25 000 African data scientists
ALI Chief Executive Officer and founder, Fred Swaniker. from DION HENRICK in Cape Town CAPE TOWN – THOUSANDS of students across the continent will undergo training in data science and data analytics over the More...