Nov 12, 2019
Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town – MTN and Huawei have demonstrated C-Band 5G running live on the MTN network. C-band, the so-called “golden band” for 5G spectrum, is a valuable slice of spectrum and comprises a frequency range of...
Nov 12, 2019
Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town – Inclusivity is a cornerstone of the digital economy. John Senior, managing partner of Bain and Company, Africa, points out that the World Economic Forum believes the digital economy has the potential to reduce...
Nov 12, 2019
Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town – As well as providing the platform that lets customers digitalise their operations, telecommunications companies should be digitalising themselves. This is particularly important in Africa where there are so many...
Nov 12, 2019
Kathy Gibson is at AfricaCom 2019 in Cape Town – For Africa to take part in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), it’s vital that the continent is connected – and that it is connected in a smart way. “If you want to drive the digital economy,...
Nov 12, 2019
Since the start of 2018, Kaspersky researchers have kept a close eye on the META region for Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) attacks and worked on 29 investigative cases across Africa. These statistics are drawn from Kaspersky’s APT intelligence reporting...
Nov 12, 2019
Today (12 November 2019) marks the 28th birthday of the South African Internet. The year 1988 saw Mike Lawrie lead the Rhodes University team that established the very first South African Internet networking system. While SA’s first Internet Protocol (IP)...
