The Global Partnership for Ethiopia, the Safaricom-led consortium that won a licence to build a network in the East African nation, has appointed Anwar Soussa to lead the venture.

Botswana has granted a generation licence for a 100MW solar project to local firm Shumba Energy, making it the first independent power producer to set up a large-scale solar plant in the country.

The National Prosecuting Authority said on Monday that Interpol has issued red notices for two Gupta brothers wanted in connection with alleged corruption.

China’s antitrust regulator is set to formally block Tencent Holdings’ plan to merge the country’s top two videogame streaming sites, Huya and DouYu, three people familiar with the matter said.

The hackers behind a mass ransomware attack exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in IT management software made by Kaseya, cybersecurity researchers said.

A social media site launched on Sunday by Jason Miller, a senior adviser to former US President Donald Trump, was briefly hacked, and more than 500 000 people have registered to use the site, Miller said.

South Africa hit a record of 26 000 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, its second record-breaking tally in as many days, as a rampant third wave of infections coursed through a largely unvaccinated population.

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