The University of the Witwatersrand and IBM have formed a partnership to bring quantum computing to Africa as part of the US technology giant’s efforts to expand the technology around the world.

Vodacom Group’s unit in the Democratic Republic of Congo has petitioned the nation’s top administrative court to reverse a government order withdrawing its 2G licence.

IBM is starting up so-called camps across Africa to train hundreds of engineers and scientists in quantum coding as the US tech giant readies to take hold of commercial opportunities on the continent.

Communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams has welcomed the first meeting of the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) as a step towards achieving its objectives.

Facebook has launched a new app that will pay users to allow the social network to collect data on how people use their device and the apps downloaded to it.

Messaging platform Telegram has confirmed it was the target of a cyber attack but said it was aimed at disrupting the service rather than an attempt to steal user data.