MediaTek, a global fabless semiconductor company powering nearly 2 billion connected devices a year, has collaborated with Digit to offer affordable 4G smartphones to Vodacom customers and make modern 4G/ LTE smartphones affordable to millions of its customers in South Africa, Egypt and Tanzania who are still using 2G devices. The Digit4G Energy smartphone is powered...
Month: <span>January 2024</span>
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Access Bank gets approval for standalone lending company, Oxygen X
Access Corporation, the parent company of Nigeria’s biggest bank by assets, is launching Oxygen X, a consumer lending subsidiary, to provide digital lending solutions to a bigger market than its banking customers. While Access Corporation has not disclosed a launch date for Oxygen X, it has received approval in principle from the Central Bank to...
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East Africa adopts Diversified Resource Development Strategy
Boasting an abundance of renewable resources, East Africa has garnered substantial attention from major international players within its clean energy market. Robust policies and declining costs of technology in the sector, coupled with regional market and infrastructure reforms, are poised to accelerate the deployment of clean energy projects. Yet the region is also anticipating first...
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Fixed-wireless access 5G is key to bridging digital divide in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) 5G is emerging as the technology of choice for closing the remaining digital divide in Africa and bringing the educational, entertainment, business and lifestyle benefits of fast broadband to a much wider population in Africa. This will lead to a 5G boom for the African telecoms sector over the next five...
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New Trends | South Aafrica’s Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2024
The persistent myth is that cybercrime only targets the biggest companies and economies but cybercriminals are not bound by geography, and rapidly digitising economies lure them in large numbers. South Africa is a prime example: even though it ranks 38th among major economies according to worlddata.info, several reports place it among the nations with the...
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OPINION | Five “Techolutions” for 2024 writes Musa Kalenga
This year marks a critical juncture where marketing, advertising, and technology will intertwine more closely than ever, presenting both challenges and opportunities. We stand at the forefront of a new era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer behaviours. Should you be scared? More excited I’d say. As we delve into this transformative landscape,...
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Amazon layoffs 5% of the workforce in its Audible division
Amazon’s Audible announced that is reducing the headcount by 5% as the company tries to keep its head above the water. In an email to staff members, Audible’s CEO Bob Carrigan said the company has taken a “tough decision to reduce roles within our organization. Approximately five percent of our workforce is impacted by this...
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53% of employees in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa region Fear spying from Drones says Kaspersky
According to the results of the recent Kaspersky Business Digitisation survey that was conducted in the Middle East, Turkiye, and Africa (META) region earlier this year, 53% of employees are afraid of drone spying. Corporate spies and hackers use drones to get trade secrets, confidential information, and other sensitive data from corporations and data centers. A...
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MultiChoice relaunch ShowMax 2.0 with affordable packages
MultiChoice has relaunched ShowMax, its subsidiary and streaming service with new exclusive features to entice the end user to sign up and stay with the platform. The move is part of the streaming platform’s big ambition to compete with international streamers such as Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video. Comcast, US media conglomerate bought 30%...
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Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of White House race, endorses Trump
Vivek Ramaswamy, a multi-millionaire former biotech executive, ended his White House bid on Monday and endorsed Donald Trump after his longshot bid caught attention but failed to catapult him high enough in the Republican Party’s first nominating contest in Iowa. Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old born in Ohio to immigrant parents from southern India, was one of the...