Can you love bitcoin and the environment at the same time?

The Ombudsman for Banking Services’ annual report reveals that it opened 7 717 formal cases in 2020 – a new record. That’s a 19% increase on the prior year, despite the Covid-19 lockdown.

Kenya’s Safaricom posted a drop in its full-year core earnings as the impact of Covid-19 cut revenue from financial services and calls, though it predicted a recovery based on second-half numbers.

US President Joe Biden has ordered the creation of an air accident-style cyber review board and the imposition of new software standards for government agencies following a spate of digital intrusions.

Tesla will no longer accept bitcoin for car purchases, CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday, citing long-brewing environmental concerns for a swift reversal in the company’s position on the cryptocurrency.

Promoted | Long-held practices relying primarily on detection and response don’t hold water anymore – if we are honest with ourselves, they were never “good enough”. By Skybox Security’s Gidi Cohen.

The SABC has begun warning viewers of its analogue terrestrial television channels that the broadcasts are coming to an end as the country finally moves to digital terrestrial technology.

A pandemic-fuelled online shopping boom lifted South Africa’s e-commerce sales by 66% last year to more than R30-billion, according to a new research report published on Wednesday.

Ethiopia’s decision to exclude mobile money from the terms of two new telecommunications licences cost the government about R7-billion from bid levels, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said.

Cryptocurrency ether hit a record high on Wednesday, taking gains this year to almost 500% on the back of a growing interest in decentralised finance applications.