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Uganda strengthens security with Automated Biometric Identification System
Digital security company, Gemalto is supplying its Cogent Automated Biometric Identification System (CABIS) and LiveScan technology to the Ugandan Police. These biometric solutions enable the police force to better solve crimes through the electronic collection, storage and processing of fingerprints, palm prints and…
IT News Africa: Most Read Articles of the Week
Another week has gone by where technology news has been dominating the headlines both across Africa and around the world. This week in tech saw a number of tech developments across the African continent and the world. From new innovations…
Ethiopia tightens privatisation of telecom companies
Ethiopia’s state-owned telecommunications company will be the first of four companies to be privatised, an official in the finance ministry said in a press briefing. The communications director in the ministry of finance, Haji Ebsa said the government will give…
Apple and Google’s feud continues
Earlier this week, Apple disabled Facebook and Google’s internal applications after privacy violations were revealed, leaving Google and Facebook employees at a standstill for key operations. However, on Thursday, February 7, Apple widened its privacy feud with tech giants, blocking…
SONA 2019 highlights economic growth through electronic payments
Last night’s State of the Nation Address touched on a number of valuable points around the government’s commitment to work together with South African businesses to build a better country for all. Priorities mentioned included the need to accelerate inclusive…
Rwanda invests in first smartphone factory
In October 2018, Rwanda-based technology company Mara Corporation said it was investing $100 million in South Africa to make affordable, high tech smartphones. Mara founder Ashish Thakkar noted that the African continent currently had over 400 million smartphones in use,…
Google launches Web Rangers in partnership with Kenyan scouts
Google has supported the Kenya Scouts Association to hold the 2019 edition of Web Rangers, a youth programme for online safety, to mark Safer Internet Day. The scheme has been run in over fifteen countries and was launched in Kenya…
More organisations to adopt mobile-centric biometric authentication by 2022
Gartner has predicted that by 2022, 70 per cent of organisations using biometric authentication for workforce access will implement it via smartphone apps, regardless of the endpoint device being used. In 2018, this figure was fewer than 5 per cent. Lower costs…
WhatsApp bans 2 millon fake accounts per month
Social media platform, WhatsApp bans about two million accounts per month from its messaging platform. According to the company, three-quarters of problematic accounts are identified without user report or human intervention, 20 percent of them at the time of registration.…
Facebook creates jobs with content review centre in Kenya
Social network platform, Facebook, has announced plans to open a content review centre in Nairobi, Kenya. The company will work together with Samasource one of the largest digital employers in East Africa in creating employment as well. Facebook’s first content review centre…
Top 10 EdTech startups transforming learning in Africa
The global tech revolution is greatly changing the way we work in every sector. EdTech, which merges innovation with teaching, has made education more accessible and comprehensive across the world. Most recently we’ve seen that established schools have adopted robotic…
African leaders set to tackle healthcare issues in Addis Ababa
According to the 2018 WHO Global Health Expenditure Database, African countries are gradually increasing domestic investments in health with 35 out of 55 AU Member States (over 64%) having increased the percentage of their Gross Domestic Product invested in health…
FNB named Africa’s most valuable banking brand according to survey
First National Bank has taken over the title as Africa’s most valuable banking brand for the second year in a row, according to the latest Brand Finance Africa Annual Survey. The report notes that FNB, at US$1.7 billion, is the most…
WhatsApp introduces new privacy settings for iPhone
Popular Facebook-owned chat service WhatsApp has updated its iOS app, on Tuesday, 05 February with support for biometric authentication, allowing users to ‘lock’ the app with Face ID or Touch ID. To activate the new feature, you’ll need to head to the…
Amazon defends facial recognition tool
As with many new technologies, there’s currently a lot of speculation surrounding the application of facial recognition capabilities, such as Amazon Rekognition. The e-Commerce platform, has defended its facial-recognition tool, Rekognition, against claims of racial and gender bias, following a study published by…
IoT Forum Africa 2019 to showcase latest innovations in IoT
Internet of Things Forum Africa returns to Johannesburg for the third year on 26 and 27 March 2019 at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hosted by IT News Africa, IoT Forum Africa 2019 is shaping up to…
