South Africa’s MTN Group and India’s Bharti Airtel have reached an agreement to launch cross-border remittance services between Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso for the telecommunications operators’ Mobile Money customers on either side of the border
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Banks and other financial institutions may be forced to shut off access to their online banking systems for those still using Microsoft Windows XP, support for which comes to an end this week. According to Trend Micro, a security software firm, the vulnerabilities in the software, which was first released
In a five-bedroom house in Centurion, a group of people mill around, chatting, poking, fiddling. They are surrounded by the paraphernalia of their interests – cables, screwdrivers, PC screens blinking with computer code and even a cluster of homemade 3D printers. The back opens into a large garage where onlookers watch
MTN South Africa has warned its customers of a new Sim swap scam that takes advantage of warning notices usually issued by the mobile operator via SMS. “This is another attempt by malicious users to obtain the personal banking details of MTN customers,” it says. The syndicate behind the scam sends an e-mail similar to
It’s April Fools’ Day on this week’s episode of the ZA Tech Show and Brett Haggard welcomes David Greenway and Liron Segev back for a chat about the latest technology news. Topics discussed include the most popular April Fools’ Day pranks, an Easter egg on the Capitec website, the outcome of the mobile
MTN has announced a new international roaming service for the 21 countries in which it operates in Africa and the…
Telkom’s group chief of regulatory and corporate affairs, Ouma Rasethaba, will take the reins as chief risk officer with immediate effect, the telecommunications operator said in a statement on Tuesday. The appointment of Rasethaba, who has been with Telkom since 2006, will complete an executive committee structure, will
Brett Haggard and Dave Greenway are back in the studio this week, hosting StrategyWorx’s Steven Ambrose in a discussion all about first tweets, the mobile termination rates court case, the launch of the HTC One M8, the iPad 4 replacing the iPad 2 as the entry-level tablet from Apple, Google’s partnership on Glass with
An executive director of JSE-listed technology company Pinnacle Holdings has been arrested for allegedly attempting to bribe a top manager of the South African Police Service, it has emerged. Takalani Tshivhase appeared in the Pretoria specialised commercial crimes court on a charge of corruption, according to a police spokesman
It’s all about “sidetracking” and “ratholes” on this week’s episode as Brett Haggard and Dave Greenway chat to Boozehound and all-round Internet guy Andy Hadfield about goings-on in the technology world. Topics discussed include: The Cell C and MTN mudslinging match, Safact’s copyright blunder, proof of the Big Bang theory