According to the Facts and Figures 2023 report, just 37% of Africa’s population uses the Internet, representing a digital divide for hundreds of millions of people. Only a tiny fraction of the continent’s people have access to a high-speed broadband connection at their homes. For the millions of households waiting for reliable broadband, the arrival of 5G...
Day: <span>3 September 2024</span>
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Brazil telecoms Regulator threatened to Sanction Elon Musk Starlink
Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk’s business empire ratcheted up further as the country’s telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink hours after its top court stood behind a controversial decision to ban social network X from the country. Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva also backed the top court’s Judge...
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Checkers partners with Chef Jamie Oliver to endorse Discovery Vitality HealthyFood
Chef and healthy eating advocate Jamie Olivier has joined forces with Checkers to endorse its new partnership with Discovery Vitality’s HealthyFood benefit that launched on 1 September. Oliver, an outspoken advocate for healthy eating, believes the Checkers HealthyFood benefit is a positive initiative for South African shoppers. “Anything that can help people on the path...
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Transnet secures R5billion loan from BRICS bank to improve SA’s Freight and Rail Sector
BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB) announce a R5 billion loan agreement with Transnet. The loan, which will be guaranteed by the South African government, was announced by director general, Duncan Pieterse during a meeting of the New Development Bank in Cape Town. The loan agreement, signed during NDB’s 9th Annual Meeting, aims to enhance the efficiency...