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Botswana Steps Up to Help South Africa with Load Shedding Woes
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Talking Public Sector Cybersecurity with Nclose – ITNA Digital Innovation Podcast EP 6
This week’s podcast is sponsored by the Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit held on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2022. This virtual event will have all the information you and your public organisation will need to prepare yourself for the next coming cyber-attack. Don’t be caught unawares – the attack is coming, and African enterprises will be prized targets – prepare yourself now before it’s too late. Register for #PubliSec2022 and learn from a host of cybersecurity experts on how to protect your organisation from the worst threat actors out there. In this episode of IT News Africa‘s Digital Innovation Podcast, Luis Monzon chats with Stephen Osler, co-founder and business development director of South African cybersecurity firm Nclose. Stephen and Luis talk about cybersecurity in the public s...
South African Online Payments Group Joins Forces with Samsung
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Is Nigeria Facing a Phishing Epidemic?
Sourced from Pure Cloud Solutions According to a new Digital Payment survey from Russia-based cybersecurity group Kaspersky, a staggering 61% of respondents from Nigeria said they faced phishing scams when using online banking or mobile wallet services. 67% have personally encountered fake websites, and a massive 82% experienced scams (via texts or calls) using social engineering. When asked about awareness of threats against digital payment methods, the majority of respondents from Nigeria report that they are aware of both the financial phishing attacks (95%) and online scams (97%). 78% also stated that they are informed about banking malware on PCs and on mobile. This type of malicious software steals money from users’ bank accounts. However, 98% think that banks and payment companies s...
The Latest Trends of Bitcoin Trading in Morocco
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South Africa’s Cybersecurity Response Chairperson to Speak at #PubliSec2022
The Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit hosted by IT News Africa on the 2nd and 3rd of August 2022. Sign up here: https://itnewsafrica.com/event/event/public-sector-cybersecurity-summit-2022/ Irene Moetsana-Moeng, the Director at South Africa’s Public Sector Agency & the Chairperson of the country’s Cybersecurity Response Committee has been confirmed as a speaker at this year’s Public Sector Cybersecurity Summit held on 2nd and 3rd August 2022. Moetsana-Moeng is an Information Technology and Cybersecurity executive with extensive experience across the Airline, Insurance industries and Public Sector. She led the development of South Africa’s Cybercrime Bill and coordinated and managed the Global Action on Cybercrime capacity-building project sponsored by Council of Europe which led to th...
“The Plan to Fix Load Shedding” – 8 Changes Announced by Ramaphosa
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Oracle Cloud Products Come to Africa Data Centre Facilities Across Continent
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New Hyperscale Data Centre Campus Opens its Doors in Johannesburg
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Airtel Africa Coughs Up $40-Million for New Kenyan Spectrum
Sourced from Comms MEA Airtel Africa, one of the continent’s largest telecommunications groups with a presence in 14 countries, today announces that its Kenya subsidiary, Airtel Kenya, has concluded its purchase of additional spectrum in the country. According to the announcement Airtel Kenya has purchased 60 MHz of additional spectrum in the 2600 MHz band from the Communications Authority of Kenya, for a gross consideration of $40-million. The current spectrum license is valid from July 2022 for a period of 15 years. “This additional spectrum will support our 4G network capacity expansion in the market for both mobile data and fixed wireless home broadband capability, and will allow for future 5G rollout, providing significant capacity to accommodate our continued strong data growth in th...
How African Influencers for This Crypto Firm Can Make $1500 a Month
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The 4 Biggest Cyberthreats Affecting SA’s Government Institutions
South African government departments, organisations across industry sectors regardless of size, and even private individuals online all face the constant risk of being victims of a cyberattack, according to Russia-based international cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. While this is not a unique challenge to the African country, it is certainly a growing one that requires the “reprioritisation” of cybersecurity countermeasures, it says. “If we have a look at the local market, the types of cyberattacks we are seeing impacting businesses, and across different industries, reinforces the need to be vigilant and educate employees on what constitutes cybersecurity best practice, especially as cybercriminals tactics and methods evolve,” says James Gumede, SADC Territory Account Manager at Kaspersky. Fr...
