Voluntary recall for Tesla cars

Tesla has issue a voluntary recall for a faulty parking brake that could remain engaged, and that could affect up to 53 000 vehicles. The defect could affect the electric parking brakes on the Model S and Model X cars built between February and October 2016. TO date,...

Facebook celebrates African developers

Facebook celebrated its growing African developer and partner ecosystem at its annual F8 developer conference, held in San Jose, California, on 18 and 19 April. African developers shared the stage with Facebook and developers from around the world, showcasing...

Users are more savvy about cyberthreats

The number of people who are concerned about their security, and are ready to protect themselves against cyberthreats, is constantly growing. This is a clear trend for the second half of 2016, according to the Kaspersky Cybersecurity Index, which polled 17 377...

How to provide affordable power and profit

A new World Bank study presents a sobering assessment of the financial health of electricity utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, and suggests how utilities can be profitable while extending affordable services for the poor. “A central but under-reported issue on...

Junk status focuses attention on payment systems

Given South Africa’s current economic outlook – following two ratings agencies recently downgrading the country to “junk” status, and a third potentially pending – local businesses and their cash flows will be squeezed now more than ever....

Liquid Telecom, Intelsat team up on broadband

Pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom and Intelsat, have announced a new agreement that will introduce high performance Intelsat EpicNG satellite services into the Liquid Telecom network. As part of the new, multi-year agreement, Liquid Telecom has committed to...