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Uber Hits One Billion Trips Milestone in Africa
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Nigerian Government to Train 200,000 Public Servants for eGovernment Initiative
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Why Storage Lies at the Heart of Effective XaaS Delivery
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Mark Zuckerberg Says the Metaverse will Come Costly
Mark Zuckerberg visits Meta’s first ever retail shop. Image sourced from Facebook (Mark Zuckerbeg). Mark Zuckerberg told shareholders on Wednesday that the metaverse project will bleed a lot of money and that some products will not be ready for 15 years. According to Business Insider, the Meta CEO told shareholders that he spent $10-billion on the idea of a virtual world in 2021 alone. “We want to get the hardware to be as affordable as possible for everyone, and make sure the digital economy grows,” Zuckerberg said. Meta currently has 10,000 employees working on the metaverse and wants to hire an additional 10,000 to work on the project. The giant company also announced that it is holding up on hiring, so the plans to push this project forward might be delayed further. Zuckerberg re...
Yoco Launches New Online Payments Solutions at its Yoco Next Event
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MTN Named the Number 1 African Brand
MTN Group, with operations in 17 countries across Africa, has been ranked the number one African brand and among the top 10 brands on the continent in the annual Brand Africa 100 survey. At a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria to mark Africa Day on Wednesday 25 May 2022, Brand Africa said that MTN was the #1 African brand in both the spontaneous recall (where respondents are asked to name a brand across any category and region) and prompted recall (where respondents are guided to recall an African brand) rankings. This is the first time MTN has scooped both awards. MTN was also named the highest-ranking telecoms brand on the continent. “We are humbled by the recognition and remain focused on playing a leading role in building a more digitally inclusive society across Africa,” said MTN Group Presid...
SA Edutech Startup FoondaMate Raises $2-Million in Seed Funding
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5 Steps to Create a Cloud Migration Strategy for Your Business
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Commvault Signs Partnership with Logicalis for Metallic SaaS
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MTN Business & BT Join Forces to Enhance Communications Services in Africa
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Activist Groups Call for Shell to Stop Oil Extraction in Nigeria
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How Loadshedding Can Cause Cyber Security Risks
Image sourced from Forbes. Work-from-anywhere (WFA) model have greatly expanded in South Africa in recent weeks, as loadshedding forces remote workers to seek power from a multitude of sources, in malls and coffee shops, meaning they may be alternating between mobile phones, tablets and laptops across any number of potentially unsecured public Wi-Fi hotspots. This mobility increases the cyber security risks presented by all these devices that are often poorly secured to begin with. Smartphones, in particular, have become a critical part of the remote workforce toolkit. They are such an integral part of each person’s daily routine, people may regard them as trusted and safe. As a channel to your personal data, banking and accounts, and a link to your work and business data, smartphones...
