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How Information Security Certification Can Benefit Your Organization
Information security is a critical concern for all organizations, as the protection of sensitive data and systems is vital to the success and survival of any business. Obtaining information security certification can provide numerous benefits to an organization, helping to…
Risk Management: Are you certified?
The ISO 31000 Lead Risk Manager certification course helps participants develop their competencies to support an organization create and protect value by managing risks, making decisions, and improving performance using the ISO 31000 guidelines. Risk management certification is a formal…
SLOW PROGRESS IN DIGITAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IS STALLING SOUTH AFRICA’S DIGITAL REVOLUTION
The future of work is digital and South Africa (SA) needs to aggressively develop systems to propel the country and its youth forward in the coming year. SA has no time for conceptualising with no action in the coming year,…
Qualcomm Announces Africa Innovation Platform
With collaboration from government stakeholders, this new initiative will support African startups, universities, and the continent’s technology ecosystem. Qualcomm Incorporated today announced the launch of the Africa Innovation Platform, a suite of mentorship, education, and training programs created to support…
Mukuru & WeThinkCode Partner to Host Women-Only Hackathon: SheHacks
Mukuru, a leading next-generation financial services platform in Southern Africa, and WeThinkCode, an academy that delivers a world-class coding curriculum for dynamic youth while addressing the industry skills shortage, hosted a women-only hackathon at the end of Women’s Month aimed…
How the Rebooked App Offers SA Students Relief from High Textbook Prices Â
For thousands of South African university students, financial challenges become hard choices when they need to buy expensive textbooks. Sacrifices, including food, must be made to get the specialised textbooks needed to continue studying. For a student from Molteno in…
National Digital Academy Launches in Côte d’Ivoire
Smart Africa’s capacity-building arm, the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) continues to expand its footprint in Africa, with Côte d’Ivoire being the latest country to benefit from the digital skills development initiative. Launched in partnership with the Ministry of Communication…
ICT Skills Registry Launches in South Africa
The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA), in partnership with the Wireless Access Providers Association of South Africa (WAPA) and the Wireless Application Service Provider Association (WASPA), announces the launch of phase 1 of the ICT Skills Registry, a searchable database…
Why Digital Tech Skills Need to Be Included at All Levels of Education
Education is, without a doubt, a fundamental human right. And today, digitalisation enables us to improve education and provide equal access to all. But where do we even begin? In a world where everything is online and any business that isn’t…
Exclusive Networks Africa & Literacy for Life Uplift Vulnerable Children Through Early Childhood Development AssistanceÂ
The importance of supporting education in South Africa to uplift members of the country’s poorest communities – both children as well as adults – has a critically important role to play in the economic transformation of the country at a…
Primus Institute of Technology Targets Southern Africa with New Information Security Certification Program
Primus Institute of Technology (PIT), a newly launched technology training and research organization based in South Africa, is making it easier for African technology professionals to acquire internationally recognized information security credentials. Today, the institute announced the opening of registration…
Sign Up Now: Edutech Project Wants to Train 1-Million Developers Across Africa
Today, the Power Learn Project (PLP) has launched the #1MillionDevs4Africa Program in South Africa in partnership with Adanian Labs SA and the ICRD Group’s Startup Business Campus. The project aims to train 1 million developers across Africa by 2027. South…
5 Risk Management Certifications You Should Not Ignore
Are you thinking of advancing your risk management career? Then you may consider getting a Risk Management certification. In recent times, much effort has been put into better understanding business risk and its nature, which led to the creation of…
Fraudsters Launch Phishing Attacks on Universities
With universities becoming more concerned about their networks’ cybersecurity, attackers find ways to breach these systems by targeting inattentive students, staff and professors. Experts from Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky highlight intensified phishing campaigns with fraudsters exploiting the names of some…
More & More South Africans Are Considering Online Schools – New Survey
Even prior to the pandemic, online schools had their fair share of critics among South Africans, but this perception drastically changed due to the lockdowns and increased isolation. So, was this purely a short-term solution for parents during the pandemic?…
Coding Bootcamp for African Girls Comes to Namibia – Registrations Open
The Connected Africa Girls Coding Camp is back this year with its 5th edition commissioned by ECA in partnership with the government of The Republic of Namibia, UN Namibia, UN WOMEN, and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). This hybrid training…
