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Stadio Launches New Digital Badging Initiative for African Students
JSE-listed higher education provider, STADIO, has launched a new digital badging initiative for African students. STADIO Stripes helps students prepare for the world of work by recognising their skills-based achievements in addition to the traditional qualification transcript. Employers are warning…
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Google to Slow Down Hiring for the Rest of the Year
Google CEO Sundar Pachai has told employees that the company will be slowing down the pace of hiring for the rest of the year. According to The Verge, Pachai says the giant tech company will not be freezing hiring entirely,…
Streaming Subscriptions Jump Up by 70% in South Africa
FNB, one of the largest banks in South Africa, says that consumer spending on audio and video streaming services such as Apple iTunes, Spotify, Google Music, Deezer, Amazon Prime, ShowMax, Netflix, and YouTube has increased by 70% from the period…
Google Countersues Tinder Owner in Fees Battle
Google, one of the leading tech companies, is countersuing the company which owns Tinder, Match Group, over a fees battle and Google Play Store policies. The owner of several dating sites initially sued Google in March, claiming that its Google…
SAP Africa Appoints New CFO
Business management software maker SAP Africa has announced the appointment of Sandi de Souza as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Africa region. “Sandi has been an integral part of our organisation’s financial operations for more than a…
Huawei South Africa to Invest $5.8-Million in SMEs as Part of New Cloud Plans
Huawei South Africa has announced that its third data centre availability zone is set to go live three years ahead of schedule, as well as its $5.8-million (R100-million) Cloud Spark programme, which is set to provide support to more than…
IT Angola Rebrands, Joins the Paratus Fold
Angolan telecommunications service provider, Internet Technologies Angola (ITA), has officially changed its name as part of an extensive rebranding and harmonisation process led by its parent company, the pan-African Paratus Group. ITA will, with immediate effect, operate under the name…
New R10-Million 4IR Skills Programme Guarantees Jobs to SA Youths
IT services management firm 4Sight Holdings has launched an ambitious pilot programme to provide 50 young people in South Africa with niche training in Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies over the period of 18 weeks. The company says that there…
Momint to Tokenise Iconic South African Coins
The South African Gold Coin Exchange & The Scoin Shop has partnered with Momint, a South African Web 3.0 tech firm to tokenise an exclusive Complete Denomination Coin Proof set of the old Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) coinage for the digital era. Collectively…
Brain Drain: SA’s Eskom Loses Top Nuclear Exec to Canada
South Africa’s embattled power utility has today announced that its Chief Nuclear Officer, Riedewaan Bakardien, has resigned from the company to emigrate to Canada and serve in an “executive position” in a Canadian nuclear utility. Bakardien is expected to depart…
Safaricom Chalks Up Almost $500-Million Profit from M-Pesa Unit
Safaricom, a Kenyan mobile operator company, made an Sh50 billion ($423.8-million) profit before tax from its M-Pesa mobile money service in the year ended in March 2022. According to Business Daily, the performance statement shows that while M-Pesa business contributed…
Microsoft Teams Announces New Features
Tech megacorp Microsoft has announced a wide range of new features and capabilities for Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 at its recent Build 2022 developer conference. Teams Live Share and Loop components were among the biggest announcements, making it easier to…
Will Bitcoin’s Woes Only Get Worse?
Crypto-enthusiasts are warned that things may get a lot worse before they start getting better. This is especially true for the world’s most important cryptocurrency. Wall Street is currently expecting the crypto winter to grow colder with a majority of…
Leaked Uber Files Reveal Illegal Activities at the Company Over the Years
Thousands of files dubbed Uber Files have been shared with a whole lot of media outlets detailing how the company broke some laws to be the global ride-hailing giant that it is today. The leak consists of over 124,000 documents…
Twitter Looks to Sue After Elon Musk Pulls Out of Deal
Twitter, one of the world’s largest social networking companies, has reportedly hired the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to sue billionaire Elon Musk after he pulled out of the $44-billion acquisition deal on Friday. The CEO of Tesla…
Is Hacking Humans Easier Than Machines?
When it comes to cybersecurity, technology is not enough. Yes, it is the foundation. But it is not enough to mitigate the growing threat of cybercrime. The reality is that, even with best-in-class security systems, firewalls, endpoint protections and zero-trust…
