Big investment needed to prevent more energy poverty

Energy is key to the growth and prosperity of any modern economy, but it is estimated that nearly 1-billion Africans lack access to clean, sustainable energy. The shortage of electricity in many African countries is approximately equivalent to 1% of the global...

Liquid adds Equiano capacity

Liquid Dataport has acquired a pair of fibre cables on Equiano, the new West coast submarine cable, capable of delivering up to 12Tb of new Internet capacity. The Equiano sea cable is the highest capacity cable landing in South Africa. According to David Eurin, CEO of...

Private investors ‘back innovators to boost African connectivity’

Venture capital and private equity investors believe increased innovation in the delivery of Internet connectivity in Africa will help drive dramatic expansion in connecting the continent, new research from blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile shows....

Quarter of finance leaders plan to increase CSS funding

Only 7% of CFOs plan to decrease customer service spending over the next 12 months, according to a July 2022 poll of 234 finance leaders by Gartner. Twenty-one percent plan to increase customer spending and 72% to maintain spending despite economic pressures....

51% of daily Bitcoin volume is fake

According to an analysis by BanklessTimes.com, more than 51% of the total Bitcoin trading volume on various exchanges is fake. Commenting on the report, BanklessTimes CEO, Jonathan Merry, says: “It’s difficult to talk about cryptocurrency without talking...
Cybersecurity incident responders have strong sense of service

Cybersecurity incident responders have strong sense of service

IBM Security has announced the results of a global survey that examines the critical role of cybersecurity incident responders at a time when the physical and digital worlds are increasingly converging. The study, released during National Cybersecurity Awareness...