Icasa releases long-awaited spectrum as temporary crisis fix

Icasa is making spectrum, including 5G, available for operators during the Covid-19 crisis. The move is a temporary measure to tide the country over the current period and allocations will be valid until November 2020. The regulator aims to ease the burden of...

ADC buys Standard Bank data centre

Africa Data Centres is acquiring Standard Bank’s purpose-built Tier IV data centre in Samrand. Designed to provide the security and reliability demanded by a banking IT system, the data centre is configured with total redundancy of all power and cooling...

Contingency planning can minimise disruption

Contingency plans will minimise the business impact of cancelled or postponed events and enable organisations to overcome associated disruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gartner. “Due to the uncertainty surrounding the current event and...

Remote working adds unintended risks

Many companies are having to shutdown their premises temporarily at short notice due to the Covid 19 pandemic – and this could be adding to their risk profile. According to the risk consultants of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), improper action...

Blockchain on the radar in 2020

Data gathered by InsideBitcoins.com indicates that about 38% of organisations are planning to integrate blockchain solutions into their operations in 2020. From the data, it appears that 15% of the enterprises will adopt blockchain solutions on a large scale while 23%...

Second African Business Heroes competition kicks off

The Jack Ma Foundation has launched the second edition of the “Africa’s Business Heroes” (ABH) prize competition with applications now open to African entrepreneurs from all 54 African countries, as well as every sector, age group, and gender....