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    The state of cybersecurity across African businesses

    By First Distribution powered by AVeS Cyber Security5 August 2019

    Promoted | Do you understand where the information security gaps are in your business – and what’s at risk if they aren’t addressed?

    Watch | Accenture’s Kabelo Makwane on business disruption in Africa

    By Accenture5 August 2019

    Promoted | In this video, Kabelo Makwane, MD for Accenture Operations in Africa, explains that the continent stands at an inflection point.

    LanDynamix provides security peace of mind to SAHETI

    By LanDynamix5 August 2019

    Promoted | The South African Hellenic Educational and Technical Institute is benefiting from a managed firewall service provided by LanDynamix.

    Econet Media shuts down its Kwese pay-TV business

    By Agency Staff4 August 2019

    Zimbabwe’s Econet Wireless will shut its African pay-television unit due to the country’s economic condition and shortage of foreign currency, group CEO Douglas Mboweni said.

    TalkCentral: Ep 268 – ‘Putsonderfibre’

    By Duncan McLeod4 August 2019

    In the podcast this week, your hosts chat about Telkom’s plan to kill off copper – and that means DSL. Is this a good thing or not, and what does it mean for those who can’t get fibre?

    Coding in SA schools – what needs to happen to make it work

    By The Conversation4 August 2019

    South Africa is training a group of teachers to learn how to code and how to teach coding. The subject will be piloted at a thousand schools across five provinces, starting in the 2020 academic year. Can it work?

    Executives abandon SOEs over indecision

    By Agency Staff4 August 2019

    Top South African businessmen called upon to help save ailing state-owned companies are abandoning their posts, frustrated by indecision and political interference.

    Facebook to put its name on Instagram, WhatsApp brands

    By Agency Staff4 August 2019

    Facebook plans to attach its name to Instagram and WhatsApp, branding them “Instagram from Facebook” and “WhatsApp from Facebook”.

    Spectrum licensing must drive down data prices, CompCom says

    By Staff Reporter2 August 2019

    The Competition Commission plans to engage with Icasa on the planned licensing of 4G/LTE and future 5G spectrum to ensure there is “not only universal coverage but also (affordable) access”.

    Second time lucky for Naspers as it prepares for European listing

    By Agency Staff2 August 2019

    Naspers has corrected a problem that forced Africa’s biggest company to delay a planned listing of Internet assets in Amsterdam, sending mail to the right addresses to reach shareholders.

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