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Cell C Offers Free Data Bundles to Those Affected by Load Shedding
South African telecom Cell C has launched a new solution to help its prepaid customers claim some of the data they may have lost during the country’s ongoing rotational blackouts, either as a result of inability to access data due to power outages or limited network access due to unpowered towers. The offers are free to customers who make purchases from 150MB of mobile data across qualifying bundles and can be claimed on *147#. These bundles are not available for purchase and are available to prepaid customers only. Offers are for either social or streaming mobile data that can be claimed within three days from date of purchase of a Cell C data bundle. The bundles can be claimed 24/7 even when loadshedding is suspended. “Cell C understands the frustration customers experience when loadshed...
43.5% of SA’s Women in Tech Say They are Paid Less Than Men
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Meta Expands Instagram’s NFT Support to Africa
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Women in Tech: New Startup Accelerator Launches in Ethiopia
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MultiChoice Once Again in Hot Water with Nigeria’s Government
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MTN South Africa Apologises for Wide Ranging Data Outages
MTN South Africa has experienced outages in its mobile data networks in two of the country’s provinces, leaving customers without access to the carrier’s data. Customers in parts of the Free State province and Western Cape Province in South Africa experienced these outages in the early hours of Thursday morning. According to an MTN spokesperson, the network downtime was due to “urgently planned repair work” but restorations are in progress. The carrier says that restoration should be completed around 09:20, however, users on DownDetector are still reporting a heightened level of network outages as of 10:00 on Thursday morning. The outage spike was around 8:00. Image sourced from DownDetector.co.za. “Our apologies to our customers in those areas who were affected. The work was urgently requ...
Capitec SA Experiences Outages on its Banking App
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FNB Launches New Wireless LTE Data Deals & More
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Openserve Splits From Telkom South Africa
Image sourced from MoneyWeb.com. South African wholesale network infrastructure provider Openserve has officially split from its parent Telkom Group today, according to an announcement from Telkom. As part of its Q1 SENS announcement, Telkom Group says that it has approved the legal and structural separation of Openserve. The ISP will split from its parent effective 1 September 2022. Highlighting the decision, Serame Taukobong, Telkom Group CEO says, “We have been on a journey to transform and unlock value in the Group by separating the operating businesses to become standalone entities, which started with BCX and subsequently Gyro, which now operate as separate legal entities wholly owned by Telkom SOC.” “Openserve follows suit as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Telkom Group, which will ...
Phising Scams Surge 234% in Africa, Especially in Tech Powerhouses
Image sourced from NorthJersey.com New data from Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky reveals that the prevalence of phishing and social engineering scams has increased significantly in Africa in Q2 2022 in comparison with the previous quarter. The company’s security solutions detected 10,722,886 phishing attacks in Africa in Q2, showing a 234% increase from the previous quarter. Tech powerhouses across Africa have seen the highest amount of growth in scams. Kenyan users have been influenced the most by this type of threat: there were 5,098,534 phishing attacks detected in 3 months – a growth of 438% when compared to the previous quarter. It was followed by South Africa (4,578,216 detections and a growth of 144%) and Nigeria (1,046,136 detections and a growth of 174%). In particular, ...
Ongoing: Unknown “Malicious Actor” Drains Millions From This Crypto Blockchain
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Tyme Bank Makes Major Moves in SME Fintech with New Acquisition
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