Facebook unveils programme for community leaders

Facebook has launched the Community Accelerator programme, available in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. An evolution of the Facebook Community Leadership Programme (FCLP), the six-month accelerator programme provides training, mentorship and funding to help community...

Users urged to stay alert to virus scams

Kaspersky researchers have found multiple Covid-19-related malicious e-mail campaigns and hundreds of downloadable files that attempt to infect users’ devices with threats. While news on the coronavirus spread continues to appear and dominate the headlines,...

Liquid Telecom prepared for virus outbreak

Liquid Telecom has put plans in place to deal with the novel coronavirus Covid-19. With more than 2 000 employess in 13 African countries, the company has issued a statement sharing the steps it has taken to mitigate risk during the outbreak. Liquid Telecom has a...

PC monitors hit 5-year high, but slowdown expected

The worldwide market for PC monitors grew 5% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19), according to preliminary results from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. Global shipments exceeded expectations,...

Youth don’t think education prepares them for jobs

An online poll of 40 000 young people in more than 150 countries reveals that many young people feel their current education is not preparing them with the skills they need to get jobs. One-third (31%) of the young people responding via the UNICEF engagement platform...

AI emerges as new malware threat

The past year has seen changes in messaging-specific threats along with the use of more sophisticated malware, as well as the potential abuse of emerging technologies in artificial intelligence to inform future business protection strategies. These are among the...