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$100-Billion in Investments Up for Grabs for SA’s Green Energy Startups
South Africa’ clean energy startups and entrepreneuers will have an opportunity to pitch to a room full of international and local investors with the potential to funding investment opportunities at the Green Energy Africa Summit on 5 October 2022. As…
What Caused Capitec’s Massive 40 Hour Outage?
Customers of Capitec Bank South Africa were unable to use any of the bank’s digital services, including its mobile app, internet banking services and USSD services from the morning hours of Thursday last week until around Saturday morning when the…
Cell C Offers Free Data Bundles to Those Affected by Load Shedding
South African telecom Cell C has launched a new solution to help its prepaid customers claim some of the data they may have lost during the country’s ongoing rotational blackouts, either as a result of inability to access data due…
Is My Car Insurance Still Valid If My Car Registration Expires?Â
With millions of cars on the road, and each car carrying both mandatory and optional auto insurance coverage, the vastness of the car insurance industry is bound to create some confusion and questions. There are so many terms and conditions…
The 7 Best Websites to Buy Twitter Followers (Real & Active)
The Twitter social network has more than 390 million active users and is one of the most used social networks by people of all ages. This one works as a microblogging platform since 2006 and its algorithm works in a…
43.5% of SA’s Women in Tech Say They are Paid Less Than Men
Cybersecurity awareness firm KnowBe4 Africa has released the results of their latest survey titled the 2022 KnowBe4 Women’s Day Survey, gaining insights from more than 200 women from across the technology industry in South Africa. The survey focused on some…
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. Capitec experiences outages on its services, Tyme Bank moves towards a major acquisition, the SABC announces a huge victory for…
Why Digital Trade is Key to Unlocking Africa’s Economic Potential
Digitalization brings new opportunities in trade and creates the potential to underpin resilience in times of crisis. The digital transformation of customs and borders in Africa could improve efficiencies in processes and yield trade gains on the continent of $20…
Meta Expands Instagram’s NFT Support to Africa
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company is expanding its NFT and digital collectable support on the Instagram social media platform to countries in Africa and other continents. The international expansion follows the initial test launch of the…
Women in Tech: New Startup Accelerator Launches in Ethiopia
The Tech African Women (TAW) programme has officially launched in the hopes of providing support and acceleration to women-owned African tech startups, taking their businesses from the idea stage into real-world operations. TAW is spearheaded by the United Nations Economic…
MultiChoice Once Again in Hot Water with Nigeria’s Government
Nigeria’s Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has dealt a series of fines to MultiChoice Nigeria, and other media companies in the West African country, amounting to $12,000 (N5-million) for airing a BBC documentary that the Commission says “glorified the activities of bandits…
FNB Launches New Wireless LTE Data Deals & More
FNB, one of the largest banks in South Africa, has announced the launch of a range of new products including a new range of wireless LTE data deals through FNB Connect, as well as digital learning products, a method to…
Capitec SA Experiences Outages on its Banking App
Capitec South Africa has apologised to its customers for any inconveniences caused by ongoing outage issues on its mobile banking app and other digital services. The bank says that IT technicians are currently “doing everything they can” to repair the…
MTN South Africa Apologises for Wide Ranging Data Outages
MTN South Africa has experienced outages in its mobile data networks in two of the country’s provinces, leaving customers without access to the carrier’s data. Customers in parts of the Free State province and Western Cape Province in South Africa…
Procurement Advantages for Business Partners as Exclusive Networks Africa Maintains B-BBEE Level 1 Rating
Exclusive Networks Africa has maintained its certification as a Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Level 1 contributor, allowing it to pass on a preferential procurement rating, in turn, of 135 percent to its business partners. In addition, says Managing Director…
Ongoing: Unknown “Malicious Actor” Drains Millions From This Crypto Blockchain
New reports are indicating that the Solana blockchain ecosystem, the fifth largest blockchain on Earth by total value locked (TVL), has been the victim of an attack by an unknown malicious actor. The attack is apparently still ongoing and over…
