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US charges international cyber crime ring, Nigerian implicated
US charges international cyber crime ring, Nigerian implicated. On Wednesday 7 February 2018, the US Justice Department announced charges against 36 individuals, which included a Nigerian man, as part...
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Johannesburg entrepreneurship hub opened by The Workshop and MiWay
Johannesburg entrepreneurship hub opened by The Workshop and MiWay On 8 February 2018, Co-working specialist The Workspace and insurance company, MiWay, announced that the companies have collaborated...
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Goodwell Investments raises $24 million for African investment
Goodwell Investments raises $24 million for African investment. On Wednesday 7 February 2018, Impact investing firm Goodwell Investments announced that it has raised US $24.8 million. The firm raised...
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Nigeria: Keystone Bank launches new mobile banking app
Nigeria, Keystone Bank launches new mobile banking app. On Wednesday 7 February 2018, Nigerian Bank, Keystone Bank, announced the launch of its new mobile banking application which, according to the...
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Afrimax announces sale of Busy Internet Ghana
Afrimax announces sale of Busy Internet Ghana. The Afrimax Group has successfully completed the sale of one of its African subsidiaries, Busy Internet Ghana Limited, to AI Technologies Limited, a...
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Cyber security: The winner takes it all
Anton Jacobsz, MD at Networks Unlimited. It is pretty much a given that the majority of people have their personal information documented somewhere in virtual space. This data has been captured in...
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Boost security by detecting active compromises
Simon Campbell-Young, Sales Director at Credence Security. A huge surge in large-scale ransomware attacks, such as the recent WannaCry, Petya and variations thereof, coupled with massive data breaches...
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Bytes Managed Solutions appoints Hardus Hurter as Sales Manager
Hardus Hurter, Bytes Managed Solutions newly appointed Sales Manager. Bytes Managed Solutions, part of Allied Electronics Corporation Limited (Altron), has appointed Hardus Hurter as Sales Manager....
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Startups use Blockchain technology to make everyday life better
Startups use Blockchain technology to make everyday life better. The Unlock The Block hackathon was hosted by Linum Labs and the African Institute of Financial Markets And Risk Management (AIFMRM) and...
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HApp-e-tax tax app launches in South Africa
HApp-e-tax tax app launches in South Africa. A tax app named hApp-e-tax has launched in South Africa. The app will assist accountants, auditors, tax practitioners, lawyers, those in business and...
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Software AG names new CEO
Software AG names new CEO. The Supervisory Board of Software AG has appointed Sanjay Brahmawar (47) as the new Chief Executive Officer of Software AG for five years as of August 1, 2018. Brahmawar...
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Microsoft Digital Civility Index reveals South Africa's online behaviours
Microsoft Digital Civility Index reveals South Africa's online behaviours. Microsoft, coinciding with Safer Internet Day (SID), released the results of its Microsoft Digital Civility Index. The index...
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Cyber security is smarter now so there’s no excuse
Cyber security is smarter now so there’s no excuse.(image: Yu Samoilov) Office 365 missed nearly 1 million spam, phishing, and other e-mails in September 2017 that contained malware of 10 million...
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Airtel Kenya ready to roll out 4G network
Airtel Kenya ready to roll out 4G network. (image: Shutterstock) The Communications Authority (CA) has confirmed that Airtel Kenya has finalised payment for its 4G LTE licence Kenya. The telecom...
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IT News Africa: Top Stories Of The Week
IT News Africa: Top Stories Of The Week Yet another week has flown by where all the biggest news stories from across Africa, and indeed the rest of the world, have all had one thing in common, they...
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Cloud Infrastructure Services: The perfect fit for SMBs
Sachin Bhardwaj, eHosting DataFort, Director, Marketing and Business Development IDC had forecasted that Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) will spend $564 billion on IT hardware, software, and...
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Panasonic launches Limited Edition EX series television to celebrate 100 year...
Panasonic launches Limited Edition EX series television to celebrates 100 year anniversary. Panasonic celebrated their 100th year anniversary by revealing their exclusive Centenary Limited Edition EX...
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The path to Business Agility in 2018
Biase De Gregorio, Partner and Agile Lead at IQbusiness. The fast-paced modern world is driven by technology, and as customers become more tech savvy, so too must organisations. But some are oblivious...
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Intel breaks Guinness World Record at Olympic Winter Games
Intel breaks Guinness World Record at Olympic Winter Games. (Image Source: Wired.com) 1,218 Intel Shooting Star drones made history for the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 opening ceremony with...
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Are investment banks ready for blockchain-enabled distributed ledgers?
Prashant Prakash, Blockchain Lead for Financial Services practice at Accenture in South Africa. Two years ago, Accenture published a report on the potential impact of blockchain technology on the...
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