New campaign targets financial and military organisations

Kaspersky researchers have linked more than 300 samples of a backdoor called Bisonal to a campaign by the advanced persistent threat actor (APT) CactusPete, a cyberespionage group active since at least 2012. The latest campaign has focused on military and financial...

Entries open for 2021 Commonwealth youth awards

Exceptional young people can now submit entries for the 2021 Commonwealth youth awards to win prestigious titles and cash grants. The awards recognise and reward young people whose work has made a major impact on people and communities in their country. Young leaders...

Nigeria takes steps to curb corruption

As a participant in the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee, Nigeria is taking steps to tackle corruption and money laundering by enhancing corporate accountability and transparency through a new registry disclosing persons with significant control of...

Report says secondary education should prepare youth for work

The Mastercard Foundation hasreleased an important new report, Secondary Education in Africa: Preparing Youth for the Future of Work, indicating that changes in the nature of work are placing a premium on skills that help young people be adaptable, resilient, and...

‘Light and thin’ returns in 5G handset design

On June 6, 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) of China officially issued 5G commercial licenses, marking the first year of China’s 5G commercialisation. In August of the same year, the first domestic 5G mobile phone was launched....

Africa bucks global trend during pandemic

Today (14 August) marks six months since Covid-19 was first detected in Africa and, while the virus has raced through many other regions of the world, the pandemic’s evolution on the continent has been different. Preliminary analysis by the World Health...