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Tourism Suffers as COVID-19 Restrictions Throttle Safari Industry
SafariBookings.com, an online marketplace for African safari tours, recently ran its fourth monthly survey among 308 safari tour operators. The survey’s aim was to acquire a detailed understanding of the impact in the safari industry from the downturn in travel…
Top 5 Most Trending Stories – Week in Review
As this week comes to a close we take a look at the stories that resonated most with our readers. Chaos has erupted in the United States and as the world reacts to the protests and violence, the social media…
Energy Leaders Give Insight on the Future of Kenya’s Oil and Gas Transition
Kenya’s oil and gas industry is in a state of transition, as its major oil and gas development — Blocks 10BB and 13T in Turkana — has been put on hold, with Tullow Oil submitting a notice of force majeure…
African Union Forms Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing on the Continent
The Commissioner for Social Affairs, Amira Elfadil Mohammed, today rolled out the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) at the African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In his message to participants in the rollout event, the Chairperson of…
Opportunities & Risks From the 4th Industrial Revolution in Africa
Insurance provider and risk mitigator Aoncyber has published a new report titled “Cyber Risks in Africa.” The report focuses on the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) which is ushering in a new economy and a new form of globalisation, both of…
Dropbox Launches New Password Manager in Private Beta
Dropbox has quietly launched a new password manager named Dropbox Passwords. The app is only available in a private beta on Android, and although it can be downloaded, users won’t be able to use it yet – at least not…
Ride-Hailing Businesses Begin to Recover
Uber Technologies Inc.’s global rides business is down 70% from this time last year, a small improvement from its rock-bottom fall during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Though slight, it is an indication that recovery is coming, albeit slowly.…
4 Free Sites You Can Use To Create Your Perfect Website
A great way to advertise yourself or your business, especially nowadays, is with a website. A personal website shows potential employers or clients that you are technically informed and ICT-conscious. Personal websites can be great outlets for your creativity, a…
Slack and Amazon Join Forces to Take On Microsoft Teams
Slack is partnering with Amazon in a multi-year agreement that means all Amazon employees will start to use video-conferencing and business communication platform Slack. This deal comes on the heels of Slack facing increasing competition from Microsoft’s Teams platform. The…
‘Call of Duty’ Creators Are Implementing More Systems to Curb Racism in Games
Call of Duty developers Infinity Ward has announced that the company will be issuing more bans for racist usernames, and will begin taking more steps to monitor racist content in-game in the future. The Call of Duty series of games…
Zoom Denies End-to-End Encryption to Free Users
Videoconferencing company Zoom confirmed this week that it won’t enable its end-to-end encryption for free calls because it wants to allow law enforcement access to these calls if necessary. Zoom’s statement about the policy reads: “Zoom does not proactively monitor…
Consumers See Tech Innovations as Critical to Future Environmental Sustainability, says Report
The latest Ericsson ConsumerLab report reveals fresh insights on consumer attitudes toward sustainability challenges – and how technology could help them to make a greater positive impact. From governments and businesses to millions of school children going on strike as…
This New Facebook Feature Will Let You Delete Your Old Cringeworthy Posts
Facebook has launched a new feature called Manage Activity which allows users to travel through their old posts and pick and choose which ones to keep and which ones to delete. The new feature will make it easy for users…
MTN Planning to Launch a 5G Network at the End of June
MTN has confirmed that it is planning on launching its own 5G network at the end of this month. The company had initially planned to launch at the start of June, but encountered “delays in bringing some equipment into the…
7 South African Businesses That Might Not Survive the Lockdown
The South African economy is preparing to emerge from the lockdown with nearly 2 million fewer jobs. Thousands of businesses are not expected to survive the chaotic period. Here are 7 prominent companies and businesses that are either close to…
Google Faces $5-Billion Lawsuit for Allegedly Tracking ‘Incognito Mode’ Internet Use
Google is facing a new wave of legal issues. The latest is a $5-billion lawsuit in the US over claims that the search engine giant collected user information when they surfed the Internet in Google Chrome’s ‘private’ Incognito Mode. The…
