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6 things you should know about MTN’s messaging platform, Ayoba
On Tuesday, 12 November 2019, MTN announced that its instant messaging platform, Ayoba has reached 1 million monthly active users. Ayoba is a messaging app localised for African and Middle East consumer needs, under an independent Over the Top (OTT)…
Gozem and Total collaborate to offer cashless payments for drivers in Togo
Gozem, an African transport app, and Total Togo announced on Monday, 11 November 2019, that they have entered into a strategic partnership. Through this agreement, Gozem’s partner-drivers in Togo will have access to Total cards linked to their Gozem digital…
Paxful surpasses 3 million crypto wallets milestone
Paxful, a peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace, announced on Monday, 11 November 2019, a major growth milestone – it now services 3 million wallets with more than 800,000 being added in the last 12 months, predominantly in the USA, Nigeria, and Ghana.…
Activated data is key to cloud responsibility
As data moves to the cloud, data volumes continue to explode and become increasingly fragmented across devices, locations and service providers. This exponential growth of data and information ushers in the increased burden of responsibility on organisations to strictly enforce…
Vodacom invests billions in its South African network
Vodacom has released it’s interim results revealing a major investment in its South African network. The results, for the last six months ended 30 September 2019, show that almost R4.8-billion was spent on expanding and improving the mobile communications company’s…
The extent of targeted cyber attacks across Africa revealed
On Monday, 11 November 2019, Kaspersky released statistics drawn from its Advanced Persistent Threat reporting service. Since the start of 2018, the global cybersecurity company has kept a close eye on the META region for APT attacks, working on 29…
Spacecom to better connect rural and low-density communities in Angola
Spacecom, an operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, announced on Monday, 11 November 2019, that an unnamed Angolan satellite services company has signed a contract for C-Band HTS capacity on the newly launched AMOS-17 communication satellite. The Angolan company will…
Amazon launches an SME skills development programme in South Africa
On Monday, 11 November 2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of the AWS Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (AWS EEIP) – designed by AWS South Africa and Amazon Data Services South Africa. The AWS EEIP aims to see over…
Self-driving vehicles – is our ICT ready for it and what do we need to do to prepare?
One of the biggest challenges facing the mass rollout of autonomous vehicles is the development of adequate legislation. As with all new things, this type of legislation has not been seen before and we are essentially starting from scratch. Once…
Rain 5G goes public in South Africa
Rain has officially opened its 5G network to the South African public. The up-and-coming network provider announced on Monday, 11 November 2019, that its unlimited 5G offering gives consumers data at speeds of up to 700Mbps for just R1000 per…
Streaming analytics is key to leveraging value from M2M and IoT data
The Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine to Machine (M2M) communications are by no means new concepts, having existed for many years already. What is new and revolutionary is what we are now able to do with the data these…
PEG Africa expands solar energy solutions across Africa
West Africa-based pay-as-you-go (PAYG) solar company, PEG Africa announced on Friday, 8 November 2019, that it has moved into Mali – leveraging its successful expansion playbook on the back of a profitable first year in Senegal. PEG Africa provides households…
How to drive down storage costs even when data volumes are exploding
As data volumes continue to increase exponentially the value of data is more critical to business than ever before. Yet IT budgets are constantly being squeezed and since enterprise storage makes up a significant proportion of IT costs, it is…
WhatsApp bans users in groups with controversial names
Some regular Whatsapp users have been banned from the private messaging platform for being a part of groups with suspicious or questionable names. WABetaInfo says that it has been “receiving a lot of reports from users that have been banned…
FinTechs could shape tomorrow’s finance regulations
Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. Somewhere in Africa, savvy entrepreneurs come up with a potentially disruptive solution to a longstanding infrastructural challenge. They found their own FinTech, win an innovation prize or two, and manage to raise…
Telkom faces troubling times
South African network provider, Telkom is facing several setbacks – including thousands of customers ditching the service provider every month, a poor reputation, increasing debt, and to top it all off, its share price has fallen by over 10%. Telkom…
