‘No choice but to move forward’, says Obama

‘No choice but to move forward’, says Obama

Former US President Barack Obama has called on the world to cling to the freedoms won by icons like Nelson Mandela. Obama delivered the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture, in partnership with the Motsepe Foundation, in Johannesburg yesterday (17 July), ahead of Mandel...

Facebook celebrates Mandela Day

Facebook is celebrating Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July, marking 100 years since his birth, by inspiring its global community to reflect on Mandela’s legacy of compassion, justice and care for the community. “Nelson Mandela dedicated his life...

Mobile growth will add $150bn to region’s economy

More than half the population of sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by 2025, according to the latest edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy report series. The new report forecasts that there will be 634-million unique mobile subscribers...

Digitisation key to Africa’s power challenges

Impediments to Africa’s growth and stability include inadequate power generation and – more significantly – low levels of electrification caused primarily by faulty, aged or wrong setup of transmission and distribution infrastructure. As Africa faces...

CIOs urged to get in early on blockchain

More than $4-trillion in goods are shipped globally each year. The 80% of them carried via ocean shipping creates a lot of paperwork – in fact, the required trade documentation to process and administer all the goods is estimated at one-fifth of the actual...

Most users can’t be bothered with security

The majority of Internet users are annoyed with web and phone security measures. Researcher from Fico found that, out of 2 000 polled adults, 81% don’t see the need for what they call unnecessary security procedures. The poll found that 64% of the respondents...