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6 Reasons Why More Students Are Choosing Careers in Technology
Did you know that South Africa’s unemployment rate is slowly rising to one of the highest in the world? With that, students of South Africa are actively looking for opportunities and skills that are in high demand both in their…
5 Reasons to Attend the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2022
Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit 2022 – Managing Risk and Continuity in the Public Sector. Public sector organisations are currently at more of a risk than ever before to be the target of a cyber-attack, be it aimed ransomware or social…
The 15 African Countries with the Most Expensive Data
Countries in Africa generally have some of the most expensive mobile data in the world due to several factors, including the unavailability of telecoms infrastructure and high taxation in the African telecom industry by governments. Many telecom firms may hold…
Cassava Wins $50-Million Investment for Africa’s Cybersecurity
African integrated tech firm, Cassava Technologies, today announced that it has secured a $50-million investment from C5 Capital (C5), a specialist venture capital firm that invests in cyber security, space, and energy security. The investment is part of a broader…
Who is Jumia Kenya’s Incoming CEO?
Africa’s e-commerce giant Jumia announced last week a leadership change for its Kenyan arm. Jumia Kenya CEO Betty Mwangi, who had only been at the company for the last nine months since joining in 2021, will be replaced by Juan…
South Africa’s Government is Keeping its Ministers Load-Shedding Free
South Africa’s government has spent R1,981,000.00 ($116,147.34) on the procurement and installation of electricity generators at the homes of its Ministers since 2021 and a further R652,750.00 ($38,211.82) since the first half of 2022 to keep these generators running, according…
Could Fintech Ignite South Africa’s “Kasi Economy”?
With the majority of South Africa’s urban population residing in townships, according to the World Bank, and with an 18 percent contribution to South Africa’s GDP, the informal sector is one of the most important parts of the entire economy,…
South Africa’s NEC XON Joins Forces with American A10 Networks
South African-based telecom solutions supplier NEC XON has partnered with America’s A10 Networks to take advantage of its range of networking solutions, including its carrier-grade network address translation (CGN). The new partnership is slated to address NEC XON’s challenge of…
Wits University: How AWS Cloud Training Helped Avoid COVID Disruptions
Johannesburg’s University of Witwatersrand says that in 2020 in response to South Africa’s strict lockdown measures, it managed to move its entire learning management system (LMS), Sakai, to the cloud in just two months leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS). This…
Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit: The Real Cost of Not Knowing
Investing time and money into cybersecurity practices has changed from being ‘a nice-to-have’ to a definite must-have in the daily operations of any modern enterprise, but when it comes to public sector organisations, understanding and investing in proper cybersecurity practices…
The Future of Work Looks Bleak for South Africa’s Newborns – New Study
Climate change and artificial intelligence-enabled technology development will be key drivers of how work is organised and valued in 2050, but whether it will be a dystopian or progressive future will depend on how far South Africa democratises technology and…
Top 4 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. New features come to the highly popular Microsoft Teams platform, MTN South Africa once again sees itself at the top…
1 in 3 Untrained Employees Will Click on a Phishing Link – New Report
KnowBe4, one of the world’s largest cyber-security awareness training companies and simulated phishing platform provider, has released the new 2022 Phishing by Industry Benchmarking Report to measure an organisation’s Phish-prone Percentage (PPP), which indicates how many of their employees are…
Standard Bank Turns Tail on Vaccine Mandate Firings
One of South Africa’s largest banking groups, Standard Bank, has done away with its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for its employees. This is after the bank has reportedly already dismissed 40 employees and placed others on “Special Leave” for refusing…
24 South Africa Women to Join 2023’s Women Techsters Fellowship Class
A total of 24 women from South Africa have been admitted to the class of 2023 of the Women Techsters Fellowship, Technology for Social Change and Development Initiative (Tech4Dev) has announced in Lagos, Nigeria. The Women Techsters initiative is aimed…
The 10 African Countries with the Most Cryptocurrency Holders
If you look at the markets currently, you would find that cryptocurrency is undergoing what some analysts are calling the “Crypto Winter” highlighted by a vast devaluation of large swathes of the crypto industry culminating in the loss of around…
