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Introducing the Art of Phone Shui
HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, is introducing the world to a new philosophy: The Art of Phone Shui – a spoof of the philosophy of Feng Shui, and brings to life the benefits of living a pure and uncluttered…
Darktrace revealed as Gold sponsor of IoT Forum Africa
Darktrace has been confirmed as a Gold Sponsor for the second edition of Africa’s leading Internet of Things (IoT) conference, Internet of Things Forum Africa 2018 (#IOTFA2018). The conference will tackle transformational IoT trends and explore the benefits of IoT…
Google and FPB partner on Safer Internet Day
On Tuesday 6 February 2018, the world celebrates Safer Internet Day and Google took the opportunity to announce that it has partnered with the Film and Publications Board (FPB) to empower learners, educators, and parents. Celebrated annually on the second…
Solutions to help you secure your IoT devices
IoT security is becoming more urgent. In October, 2017 warnings cropped up of a brewing Internet of Things (IoT) botnet building for an unknown attack at some time in the future. More than one million organisations – organisations, not devices…
AccessKenya rebrands and focuses on developing ICT solutions
AccessKenya Group has announced the final stage of transition. The company rebranded to Internet Solutions Kenya- with a suite of ICT solutions offering dubbed FUTUREWARE. Access Kenya was acquired by Dimension Data in 2014 and since then the business has…
Sendy plans East African expansion
Sendy, a logistics firm backed by Safaricom, has announced plans to expand into East Africa by the end of 2018. The on-demand logistics firm allows customers to order courier services over their mobile phones. The company offers customers a wide…
Airtel Nigeria customer seeks 5 million naira in compensation
It has emerged that Niyi Bada, a subscriber on Airtel’s network in Nigeria, has logged a claim demanding that the company pay him a ₦5 million (USD $13, 907) compensation for alleged illegal and constant deductions for airtime recharges on…
Make the most of your money with AI and machine learning
Research firm Ovum predicts that by 2021 virtual digital assistants will be on 7.5 billion active devices by 2021, with smartphones and tablets leading the voice AI-capable device market. While a variety of popular apps such as Apple Siri, Google…
Study: Over 50 percent of organisations hit by ransomware in 2017
Sophos has announced the findings The State of Endpoint Security Today which shows the extent to which businesses are at risk of repeated ransomware attacks and are vulnerable to exploits. The survey polled more than 2,700 IT decision makers from…
​Mobile-first: The way forward for financial services sector
The unbundling of banking and transactional functions from traditional financial services providers – driven by increased development of mobile technology, regulatory change, and competition from agile new challenger banks and fintech providers – is forcing banks to radically rethink their…
Cyber threats set to grow in 2018 for South Africa
Nothing underlines South Africa’s integration into the global economy more than the country’s increasing vulnerability to the growing incidence of cybercrime, says Neil Cosser, Identity and Data Protection Manager for Africa at Gemalto. This is set to continue into 2018,…
Vodafone Zambia appoints new Chief Sales and Distribution Officer
Vodafone Zambia has announced the appointment of Amon Jere as the new Chief Sales and Distribution Officer as part of the 4G operator’s drive to expand and fortify its distribution footprint and grow market share. Jere, whose previous role was…
Johannesburg to host TIPS conference
An offshoot of the TT100 awards, TIPS conference 2018 (#TIPS2018) which will address the effective management of Technology, Innovation, People and Systems (TIPS), will be held at the Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 28th of February. TIPS…
Jumia Travel recognises top players in the travel industry
Jumia Travel celebrated the 2nd edition of the Nigeria Travel Awards. The awards aimed at celebrating hoteliers, airlines and travel websites for their contributions to the success of the travel, hospitality and tourism industries in 2017, as well as to…
Are you investing in sticky-tape cloud solutions?
Africa’s only neutral cloud infrastructure business, Routed, says that while IDC predicts public cloud revenue to reach $236 billion by 2020, local companies are still making basic mistakes when investing in cloud infrastructure. “Cloud is more than a decade old…
Watch: Dr. Thomas Mensah discusses Africa’s “Silicon Valley” potential
At the Technology Innovation Conference 2018, held between 1-2 February 2018, IT News Africa spoke to Dr. Thomas Mensah, a world-renowned inventor from Ghana who played an invaluable role in the creation of Fibre Optics and in setting up the…
