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Ethio Telecom Partners with Ericsson to Launch 4G Network for South West Ethiopia
Image sourced from FurtherAfrica. Ethio Telecom is partnering with Ericsson to expand its 4G services into the South West region of Ethiopia during 2021. A decisive move that correlates with Ethiopia’s plans into introducing international investors and partners into their monopoly-laden and virtually untapped telecoms space. The service provider will use Ericsson Radio System products and solutions for this deployment. The core expansion will take place in Ethio Telecom’s regional data centres and the data centres in Addis Ababa. Through this partnership, Ethio Telecom will seek to modernise its network by transitioning from the current Operations Support Systems (OSS) systems to the more advanced and high-capacity Ericsson Network Manager (ENM). Ethio Telecom will also introduce Ericsson ...
How SMEs Can Take Advantage of Intelligent Automation and Why They Should
Image sourced from CXOToday. In the past, most business experts believed that there were simply too many situations, variables, and possibilities for companies to manage to effectively be able to automate their front-office processes and procedures. This was especially true for those processes and procedures that relied on human workers making decisions. Even when technology started to catch up, many still considered it the domain of large companies, which could afford both the technology and development resources. This is no longer the case. What is Intelligent Automation? We have now seen the introduction of Intelligent Automation (IA), which combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, and process automation. Companies can use IA to create smart business processes that can think,...
How Mobile Money is Supporting Merchants in Emerging Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
Image sourced from WeeTracker. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_3a1.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_3a1.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } While the world continues to deal with the challenges of the pandemic, it is emerging markets such as Sub-Saharan Africa that have faced the biggest challenges. According to the World Bank, Sub-Saharan Africa has been hit the hardest by the economic impact of COVID-19, with an estimated 23 million people in the region projected to be pushed into poverty by the pandemic. SMBs Need Support with Challenges Caused by COVD-19 /* custom css */ .tdi_3_0ed.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_0ed.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } While there are some sectors in the region that have accelerated their adoption of digital technology throughout the pan...
vivo Officially Launches V21 Smartphone in Kenya
Image sourced from GSM Arena. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_034.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_034.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Previously, IT News Africa reported that vivo had announced the launch of its new flagship V21 smartphone in Kenya. Yesterday, global smartphone brand vivo finally launched its V21 smartphone in the country. The device is the latest in vivo’s longstanding V-series smartphones. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_f21.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_f21.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } This move comes after the brand partnered with the UEFA Euro Cup as the official smartphone sponsor and it seeks to leverage this global success to take on the Kenyan market. The Evolution of “Selfies” The new V21 showcases a unique Optical Stabilization (OIS) front c...
South African Emergency Powership Deal Scrapped Due to Environmental Concerns
Image sourced from Karpowership SA. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_964.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_964.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Karpowership has been refused environmental approvals for three gas-to-power projects in South Africa. Approvals were blocked by the country’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment for reasons including that it did not comply with public participation rules. The Turkish company gained significant media attention after it was announced the winner in a 2000 megawatt (MW) government emergency power tender designed to help ease the massive strain on South Africa’s embattled power utility Eskom and lessen the impact of the rolling blackouts the country faces every year. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_349.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.td...
Antivirus Pioneer John McAfee Found Dead in Prison Cell
Image sourced from Reuters. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_66d.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_66d.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } John McAfee, tech pioneer and creator of the popular and widely used eponymous antivirus software has been found dead in his cell in the Brians 2 penitentiary outside of Barcelona, Spain on Wednesday. The 75-year-old is believed to have committed suicide. McAfee has been serving time in Spain since being arrested at Barcelona airport as he was boarding a flight to Istanbul. McAfee was wanted for arrest in the US for allegedly deliberately failing to file tax returns between 2014 and 2018, despite earning millions from consulting work, cryptocurrencies and selling the rights to his life story. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_491.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; ...
Why Hospitals Are Such Lucrative Targets for Cybercriminals
Image sourced from Alpine Security. Ransomware attacks are on the rise. After a surge in remote working and with employees accessing organisational networks in ways that aren’t always perfectly secured, cybercrime has spiked over the past few months as malicious parties have taken advantage of the sudden move to life in lockdown. Opportunistic hackers have found a particularly tender target to focus on: hospitals and healthcare providers. Across Europe, hospitals are being taken down on a far too regular basis, causing IT systems to fail – sometimes with fatal consequences. Of all the industries to attack, why healthcare in particular? While all organisations suffer when cybercrime strikes, with lives at stake cybercriminals know hospitals can’t afford any downtime. This means those in the...
Synology Launches DSM 7.0 and C2 Cloud Expansion – Taking Data Management into Next-Gen
/* custom css */ .tdi_4_d6f.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_d6f.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Synology today announced the imminent release of DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0 and a massive expansion of the Synology C2 platform with four new cloud services. Focusing on enhancing security, system management capabilities, and improving data collaboration, DSM 7.0 is an enormous step forward for Synology’s NAS and SAN product lines. Building upon the success of C2 Storage, Synology is rolling out both hybrid and cloud-only products, including a new password manager, directory as a service, cloud backup, and secure file transferring solutions. Synology is heavily invested in expanding the availability of its cloud platform by starting work on opening a new data centre location t...
How AfChix and USAID Are Helping African Women Connect Their Own Communities to the Internet
Image sourced from AfrikaTech. AfChix – a network of African women in technology – is enabling women in rural Kenya, Senegal, Namibia, and Morocco to take the lead in connecting their communities to the internet for the first time. The organisation is one of the winners in the third round of the WomenConnect Challenge, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The WomenConnect Challenge WomenConnect is a global call for solutions to improve women’s participation in everyday life by meaningfully changing the ways women access and use technology. As a winner in the first round of the WommenConnect Challenge, launched in 2018, AfChix has already built four community networks by installing communications infrastructure in rural areas. AfChix trains local women t...
Comic Con Africa Sets Live Return Date After Being Forced Online
Image sourced from YOMZANSI. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_106.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_106.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Comic Con Africa is set to return on 22-25 September 2022 for a 3-day event to be hosted at the Johannesburg Expo Centre. The first two events, Comic Con 2018 and 2019 were both organised by Reed Exhibitions Africa. The third live event was planned in 2020, but it was moved online due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with similar expo events in the country. The event is seemingly going to skip 2021 in the hopes that next year’s landscape is a little less COVID positive. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_42f.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_42f.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } ⚠️ IMPORTANT UPDATE⚠️ To our Com...
3 Important Reasons for African SMEs to Revise their Business Models Post-COVID
Image sourced from CodeXtra Trends, /* custom css */ .tdi_4_3b6.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_3b6.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } For every company, innovation is tremendously important, but in many cases, innovation is only associated with new products or technical renewals. However, business model innovations can be significantly more profitable, and current pandemic-driven changes in customer behaviour and technological innovations have created a window of opportunity for companies to explore new business models. Every company has a business model, but at times, this must change to ensure the company’s ongoing success and ultimately, its survival. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_a9d.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_a9d.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Even minor ...
President Buhari’s Administration Facing Lawsuits Over Twitter Ban
Image sourced from Reuters. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_896.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_896.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } There are at least 2 large-scale pending legal suits that have been filed against the federal government of Nigeria over its controversial 4 June decision to indefinitely suspend access to Twitter in the country. Since the ban, the legality of the government’s decision has been widely questioned, and stakeholders in the civic space have seemingly begun moving to challenge the decision which has sparked national outrage and attracted international media criticism in the weeks since the ban. SERAP Seeks Legal Action /* custom css */ .tdi_3_622.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_622.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } The Socio-Economic Rights an...
