NAPAfrica among world’s top IXPs

Teraco, Africa’s only vendor neutral data centre, has announced that. Africa’s largest Internet Exchange Point (IXP) NAPAfrica is now ranked in the top 15 of the largest global IXPs. According to Teraco, this ranking position is in terms of the number of...

Students lead cryptocurrency use in Africa

African virtual currency users are currently most likely to be male, under 30-years-old and a graduate, or studying towards a tertiary qualification. This is according to report from global peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplace Paxful, which accepts more than...

FNB shifts to platform-based innovation

Kathy Gibson reports – FNB is shifting from a bimodal model of digital innovation to a massive platform-based journey. CEO Jacques Celliers explains that, until now, technology innovation has been centred round digitising manual processes – but this has...
Complex carbon credit trading takes to the blockchain

Complex carbon credit trading takes to the blockchain

Trading carbon offset credits in an open market is a tough proposition: the more complex credits don’t have a simple value like a stock, and there hasn’t been a formula to determine their individual value. This has made accounting for them and selling them...

Govt commits to renewables, silent on nuclear

Government has re-affirmed its commitment to renewable energy as part of the country’s energy mix while avoiding any mention of its plans for nuclear energy. In is keynote address at Africa Utility Week, Energy minister Jeff Radebe assured delegates that the...

DIY electricity could kill the grid

A roadmap for South Africa’s energy future warned of a rise in “do-it-yourself-electricity”, leading to the possible collapse of the country’s energy grid. Energy expert Ted Blom’s presentation at Africa Utility Week Tuesday was in sharp...