Apr 16, 2020
South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) is advising members that hosting so-called “fake news” websites is prohibited by Clause 11(5) of the Disaster Management Act regulations which makes it an offence to publish any...
Apr 16, 2020
The African Development Bank-managed Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a $760 000 grant to Empower New Energy (EmNEW) to develop at least eight small renewable energy projects with capacity ranging from1-10 MW, towards bankability and...
Apr 16, 2020
Phishing email attacks related to Covid-19 were up 600% in Q1 2020, according to KnowBe4’s Q1 2020 top-clicked phishing report. During the quarter, simulated phishing tests with an urgent message to check passwords immediately was most popular at 45%. Following...
Apr 16, 2020
Worldwide IT Services and Business Services revenue grew 5% year over year in 2019, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Services Tracker. This represents the second consecutive year the market has accelerated since 2017 (from 4%...
Apr 16, 2020
Information workers prefer a smaller phone, and vendors should be looking at this opportunity. This is the word from Frank Gillett, vice-president and principal analyst at Forrester, who writes on why Apple would consider a new “small” iPhone, and why...
Apr 16, 2020
A Gartner poll of 38 sales leaders on 14 April 2020 showed that 38% of organisations have already cut sales operations budgets and another 14% plan to cut their budgets in the next three months due to the coronavirus. As a result, sales operations leaders must adjust...
