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How to Establish a Digitally Inclusive Economy Through Technology

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Technology has a runaway effect. Through devices and broadband, people can find services, resources and opportunities—and those who have access to it get further ahead. However, there are still billions of people who are being left behind due to a lack of availability and cost of devices. This is the paradox of the digital divide, and it affects communities, societies and economies globally. The world’s leading international institutions are sounding the alarm. The World Trade Organisation believes levelling the playing field should be a strategic focus for everyone who participates in the digital economy because when such considerable amounts of human potential are left untapped, nobody wins. At the same time, the United Nations affirms that social inequality will be exacerbated unless pe...

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5 Digital Privacy Predictions for 2021

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2020 demonstrated how overwhelmingly important a connected infrastructure and digital services have become for the daily functioning of society. This realisation has led to a shift in attitudes to privacy and the way citizens, organisations and governments perceive it. With that in mind, here are five trends that lie ahead in the privacy field in 2021 – according to Kaspersky: Consumer privacy is going to be a value proposition and will, in most cases, cost money. Increased data gathering during the pandemic, and growing political turmoil that crossed into digital platforms, have combined to yield rapid growth in public awareness of unfettered data collection. As more users look to preserve their privacy, organisations are responding by offering privacy-focused products – the number and di...

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Airtel Africa and Telkom Under Investigation by the Communications Authority of Kenya

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Airtel Africa and Telkom have been placed under scrutiny after allegedly violating the quality of services across their networks. According to Gadgets Africa, The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) believes both telcos failed to meet the minimum 80% threshold on quality of calls across 33 counties in 2020. “Telkom Kenya scored an average mark of 73% while Airtel had 52% in the survey conducted last year. Meanwhile, Safaricom dominated with a 92% overall mark in the survey.” In a recent report, the CA says that “as Airtel’s and Telkom’s performance did not meet the set target of 80 percent for voice services they were issued notices of non–compliance that require the firms to improve their quality of services in the country in compliance with the set threshold.” “The Authority is evalua...

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Ukheshe Partners with KCB to Boost Payment Services in East Africa

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Ukheshe has partnered with the Kenya-based lender KCB Bank Kenya to issue both physical and virtual banking cards across East Africa. According to Victor Ndlovu, VP of Ukheshe Africa, the deal will include other innovative digital products such as QR issuing and acquiring. “By joining forces with KCB we are well-placed to address several open-loop market opportunities while boosting wider consumer adoption. Payment options across various segments will benefit such as payroll, companion cards, multi-currency prepaid cards, travel cards and gift cards, together with social security and other government benefit programs such as insurance claims.” Ndlovu says financial inclusion remains a massive challenge in the region and across the continent where millions of people are either unbanked or s...

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IN PICTURES: 2020 tt100 Business Awards Programme

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The 2020 tt100 Business Awards took place on Thursday, 12 November 2020, at The Da Vinci Institute based in Modderfontein, Johannesburg. The awards programme serves to showcase business who have demonstrated excellence in the Management of Technology, Innovation, People, Systemic Thinking, and Sustainable Performance. Endorsed by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), The Da Vinci Institute and PwC, the 2020 awards highlighted success stories of how innovative and disruptive organisations, through tenacity and perseverance overcame the challenges, and yielded positive results on their journey of technological and innovation excellence. Awards were handed out in these categories; the Management of Technology, Management of Innovation, Management of People, Systemic Thinking, S...

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Facebooks Warns of ‘Significant Uncertainty’ Despite Surge in Usage

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Facebook reported its financial results for the quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2020. The social media company revealed that it’s seen an increase in usage, proving that it could thrive despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s a closer look at the full-year highlights: Facebook daily active users (DAUs) – DAUs were 1.84 billion on average for December 2020, an increase of 11% year-over-year. Facebook monthly active users (MAUs) – MAUs were 2.80 billion as of December 31, 2020, an increase of 12% year-over-year. “We continue to face significant uncertainty as we manage through a number of crosscurrents in 2021,” says Facebook CFO, David Wehner. “We believe our business has benefited from two broad economic trends playing out during the pandemic. The first is the ongoing shif...

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Nutanix Appoints New Regional Sales Director Sub-Saharan Africa

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Nutanix has appointed Rowen Grierson as regional sales director for Sub-Saharan Africa. Grierson succeeds Paul Ruinaard who has left to pursue personal interests. A seasoned professional, Grierson was formerly the regional sales director for the West, East and Central Africa regions, and with his new appointment will now add the Southern Africa territory to what is a growing market for the company. Prior to joining Nutanix he served a tenure in the leadership of Fortinet and was amongst others the territory manager for F5 in Sub-Saharan Africa. With more than 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, he has a proven track record in business and strategy development, sales execution, and customer experience. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_411.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_411.td-a-rec-img...

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3 Cyber Threat Predictions for 2021

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The beginning of the year is always a sound time to review the main developments and incidents that took place in the cybersecurity industry. Lockdown measures driven by the ongoing pandemic have changed systems around the world. Digitalisation, which is the main driver of these changes, will maintain momentum in 2021. To look at the impact these events had on organisations and individuals, and predict what they could mean for the overall evolution of the threat landscape, Kaspersky shares its vision on what we could face in terms of cyber threats in such areas as healthcare, education and ICS attacks in 2021: 1. Evolution of ICS oriented attacks Each year actors develop more and more advanced targeted threats. Some closely examined features of industrial businesses and gained access to va...

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Airtel Africa Renews Spectrum License in Nigeria

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Sourced from Comms MEA Airtel Africa has paid N71.6 billion to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to renew its 900 and 1800 MHZ spectrum licence for the next 10 years. Chief Executive Officer of Airtel Africa, Raghunath Mandava says that their current license was due to expire at the end of November 2021. He goes on to say that the Nigerian market is the “largest market and we remain focused on bridging the digital divide and expanding our broadband capability in the country.” “On behalf of Airtel Nigeria and the Group, I would like to thank both the government of Nigeria and the NCC for their cooperation and support in this important process.” The new license is expected to remain vaild until 30 November 2031. Nokia and Airtel Partner to Lay 5G Foundations in Kenya Nokia and Air...

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What is the Haller App and How is it Assisting Farmers in Africa

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Across Africa, unsustainable farming practices combined with climate change have exhausted the soil — leaving much of the ground unfarmable. In addition to the growing lack of arable land, agricultural knowledge and education have proven to be in short supply. With this in mind, the Haller Foundation — a UK based charity and Kenyan NGO — devised a plan to provide farmers across the continent with the information, skills and infrastructure they need to thrive through an award-winning mobile app. The Haller Farmers app leverages the increasing availability of mobile connectivity in Africa to promote viable farming techniques needed to maximise food production and help build thriving, self-sustaining communities. Initially launched in 2014 and redeveloped as a native, downloadable app in 2020...

MTN Donates $25 million to the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme MTN Donates $25 million to the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme
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MTN Donates $25 million to the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme

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Sourced from TheTechieGuy (https://thetechieguy.com/) MTN is donating $25 million to support the African Union’s COVID-19 vaccination programme. This is expected to secure up to seven million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for health workers across the continent, which will contribute to the vaccination initiative of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). “The devastating impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented and profound.  Public and private partnerships are needed if we are to succeed in the fight against the pandemic and restore social and economic norms for our continent and our communities,” says Ralph Mupita, President and CEO of MTN. South Africa’s President and Chairperson of the African Union, Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the African Union ha...