South Africa’s former president, Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, died on Thursday leaving a final apology via video for crimes against other ethnic groups during decades of apartheid. “I, without qualification, apologise for the pain and the hurt and the indignity and the damage that apartheid has done to Black, Brown and Indians in South...
Day: <span>11 November 2021</span>
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Growing Africa’s Next Generation of Unicorns
In 2020 and 2021, the African continent spawned more unicorns than ever before with at least eight companies now being valued at more than one billion dollars by investors. To keep the momentum going in 2022, Pranary (formerly Startup Circles), will be kicking off its Business Growth Week from Monday, the 15th of November 2021. This is a free...
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Supporting the Modern Smart home Consumer by RocketNet and RouteThis
The rapid uptake in Fibre services Over the last two years, the increased demand for internet service providers (ISPs) has been driven by increased broadband usage and more connected devices. This demand has, at times, resulted in sub-par connectivity. These connectivity issues have resulted in blowback to ISPs and manufacturers of IoT devices. The growing...
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Facebook is used in Kenya for Sex Exploitation of minors – New Report
Is Meta’s Facebook platform is becoming unsafe space for children? The newly published report by Disrupting Harm found that internet based sexual exploitation of minors in Kenya was found to be more rampant on Facebook. According to Interpol, UNICEF and End Violence against Children found that Facebook accounted for more than 90% of all the instances...
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Clubhouse introduce New feature ‘Replay’ that Let Users to Record live Rooms and Share them later
Clubhouse always finds a new way to attract users and to stay on their platform. The company rolls out a new feature that allows the platform hosts, creators and moderators to record a live audio room and make it available to anyone who missed that show to check it out later on. The new feature...
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Telkom is Looking for Strategic Partners for IT Business says CEO Sipho Maseko
The mobile operator looks to collaborate with people who have cybersecurity skills ‘that would ostensibly be global … to make sure that it is not just a technical fit that we work towards, but also a cultural fit’: outgoing CEO Sipho Maseko. FIFI PETERS: Telkom released its results a little earlier today. You’ll remember it graduated...
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Airbnb Rolls Out New Feature to Keep up with Travel Trends
Airbnb is rolling out new features, including verified internet speeds at hosts’ homes and options to search for listings up to a year in advance, as the vacation-rental company bets that remote work and flexible travel is here to stay. The more than 50 new features, announced a day after US borders reopened to foreign...
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Apple Inc says Apple Store will Remain Open to work with Developers over Holidays
Developers over the years have raised concerns about Apple Store for closing their doors over holidays. The tech giant announced it won’t be closing down the App Store to developers submissions over the holidays, as it has been the case with the previous years. Festive season is the busiest time for app developers as customers...