- 21. Rising crypto adoption will temper regulation
- (Africa)
- ... the South Africa Reserve Bank recently disclosed plans to limit the amount of local currency that can be sent out of the country using cryptocurrencies. The aim is to curb the use of virtual currencies ...
- Created on 09 December 2019
- 22. Co-innovation will be biggest tech enabler
- (Opinion)
- South African businesses need to start making strategic decisions to put technologies to work says Keith Matthews, South Africa Country Manager, Orange Business Services. As the world moves quickly ...
- Created on 09 December 2019
- 23. Nigeria in a spam jam
- (Africa)
- West African country among top 20 nations affected by spam calls and SMS suggests Truecaller report. Nigeria is one of the top 20 countries affected by spam calls and SMS' globally, according to ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 24. ZASpace Inc to unite and expand SA's geospatial ecosystem
- (South Africa)
- ZASpace Inc, SANSA's new industry forum for South Africa's emerging geospatial industry, has been launched. The South African Space Agency (SANSA) has launched an independent not-for-profit industry ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 25. Nilesat-301 satellite to be built by Thales Alenia Space
- (Africa)
- ... will work with Nilesat-201 to provide Ku-band services for the Middle East and North Africa. "Nilesat-301 will also help extend the company's provision of Ku-band communications and direct digital broadcasting ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 26. African businesses trust their IT strategies to the cloud
- (Africa)
- ... and consumption across Africa, according to Kabelo Makwane, Managing Executive of Cloud, Hosting & Security at Vodacom. He says enterprises and consumers need to worry less about securing the underlying ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 27. Danish FinTech firm GrowthBond tries its hand at Africa
- (Africa)
- Company launches to help small business fund Facebook adverts. A Danish FinTech company has launched in Africa, providing revenue-based financing for Facebook adverts to small businesses, and connecting ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 28. Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA) unveils BEE deal
- (Kyocera Document Solutions)
- Kyocera Document Solutions South Africa (KDZA) has sold a stake in its business to Nozala Women Proprietary Limited in a deal that will allow additional equity for black women. Kyocera Document Solutions ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 29. Vox enhances its core network with Angola Cables
- (Africa)
- Deal will mean remote peering access to the undersea SACS linking Africa with the Americas. Integrated ICT and infrastructure provider Vox has entered into a partnership with Angola Cables that ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 30. Mauritius plans to issue digital currency
- (Mauritius)
- ... of Horizon Africa, a blockchain start-up in Mauritius. "Personally, I think that during the last 2-3 years, there has been a lot of focus on FinTech and blockchain technology from the Mauritian government ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 31. Dimension Data MEA launches security services brand
- (Africa)
- ... We've built Dimension Data Security to make sure we're offering world-class solutions to our Pan-African and Middle Eastern clients, while making sure they suit the unique needs of our clients operating ...
- Created on 04 December 2019
- 32. New coding tool launched to bolster skills development
- (Africa)
- African Development Bank, Microsoft aim to scale up the program to 130 centres of excellence across the continent over a 10-year period. The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Microsoft have launched ...
- Created on 04 December 2019
- 33. uKheshe, Mastercard target potential 11 million customer base in SA
- (South Africa)
- ... The companies want to combine their expertise and reach to boost financial inclusion, "targeting the more than 11 million South Africans who are un/underbanked and remain stuck in a cash economy." According ...
- Created on 03 December 2019
- 34. Regulation not a bottleneck to crypto adoption
- (Africa)
- ... Capital (South Africa), argues that regulation does not stop cryptocurrency adoption except in unique cases where it is completely banned and enforced by severe penalties. He cited the case of India ...
- Created on 03 December 2019
- 35. Big blow for Vodacom, MTN as CompCom orders data cost cut
- (South Africa)
- ... August 2017. Since 2016, South Africans have been complaining about the high price of data through the social media banner #DataMustFall, and both the Competition Commission and ICASA initiated inquiries ...
- Created on 03 December 2019
- 36. MainOne readies submarine cable for service in Ivory Coast
- (Ivory Coast)
- ... well as providing point-to-point International Private Leased Circuit (IPLC) communication services for businesses and enterprises, riding on its submarine cable along West Africa to the rest of the world," ...
- Created on 03 December 2019
- 37. Teraco appoints new CEO and asserts its position as Africa's leading data centre
- (Teraco Data Environments)
- Teraco, has announced that Lex Van Wyk will step down as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 January 2020, and will be succeeded by Jan Hnizdo. Africa's largest vendor neutral data centre, Teraco, ...
- Created on 03 December 2019
- 38. Preparing for December's e-commerce sales surge
- (Opinion)
- ... Friday and Cyber Monday, expecting consumers to spend 36% more in 2019 than in 2018. Although, spending will increase during Black Friday, buying goods online is also growing in South Africa at an estimated ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
- 39. Altron co-launches new cashless payment solution in Rwanda
- (Rwanda)
- Initial rollout is for 10,000 units, valued at about RWF 2-billion (R31 million). JSE-listed technology company Altron, through its Rest of Africa (ROA) operations, has partnered with Pascal Technologies ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
- 40. Ethiopian Airlines flies with Wi-Fi
- (Ethiopia)
- ... from passengers Sheba miles account. The price per MB in currency and miles is presented as follows: 100MB= 10USD/100MB=4000 miles 200MB=20USD/200MB=8000 miles Ethiopian Airlines Southern African ...
- Created on 02 December 2019
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