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Day: <span>16 January 2023</span>

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Spotify back online after brief outage according to Downdetector

Spotify back online after brief outage according to Downdetector

Audio streaming platform Spotify suffered a brief outage on Friday, leaving tens of thousands of users unable to access the platform before services appeared to come back online. “Everything’s looking much better now!” Spotify Status, an account that provides updates about the audio platform’s status, said on Twitter. Downdetector, which tracks outages through a range of...

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Kaspersky supports International Criminal Police Organization’s (INTERPOL) operation to combat cybercrime in African countries

Kaspersky supports International Criminal Police Organization’s (INTERPOL) operation to combat cybercrime in African countries

The threat intelligence data was shared with INTERPOL as part of the agency’s long-standing Gateway project Kaspersky has contributed to INTERPOL’s Africa Cyber Surge Operation (ACSO) by sharing data, comprising of indicators of compromise (IoCs) on various cyberthreats and types of cybercriminal activity targeting African countries. This evidence provided the grounds for a series of...

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The future of mobile gaming and what it means for media and marketers

The future of mobile gaming and what it means for media and marketers

Gaming is commanding a growing share of consumer attention with little indication that this trend will be abating any time soon.  Mobile games generated revenue of more than US$93bn globally in 2021, accounting for 52% of the international games market. Lockdowns imposed in 2020 and 2021 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic meant that most...

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[African] Fintech revenues could grow by 8X to reach $30 billion by 2025 – McKinsey & Company

[African] Fintech revenues could grow by 8X to reach $30 billion by 2025 – McKinsey & Company

African fintech has a significant impact on day-to-day life on the continent and with its current upward trend it can be perfectly poised to rapidly advance Africa’s global competitiveness As the fastest-growing start-up industry in Africa, African fintech raised over US$1,3 billion in 2021 alone, the success of fintech companies is being fuelled by several...

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Alibaba Netpreneur Training Welcomes 86 New Graduates from Africa

Alibaba Netpreneur Training Welcomes 86 New Graduates from Africa

The 86 graduates emerged following their successful completion of a series of classes, assignments and assessments Alibaba Global Initiatives (“AGI”) today announced the graduation of 86 African entrepreneurs from the latest edition of the Alibaba Netpreneur Training (“ANT”) Program. Held from mid-October to mid-November, the Africa-specific edition was rolled out with support from the Africa’s Business Heroes...

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