Routine malaria vaccinations get underway in Africa
Following a successful pilot programme, today the world's first WHO-recommended malaria vaccines are being administered through routine immunisation programmes across Africa, beginning with Cameroon. Vaccinations are taking place across 42 health districts, chosen in...
WhatsApp and its role in elections
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Developers drive move to containers, Kubernetes
When Linux containers first emerged as an architectural concept for building and packaging applications, they opened the door to a whole new world for developers. By Markus Eisele, developer adoption program lead: EMEA at Red Hat The Kubernetes container orchestration...
Digital wellness takes on new importance
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Vehicle sales lose momentum in July
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MTN anticipates lower six-month earnings
MTN has issued a trading statement alerting shareholders to an expected earnings decrease for the six months ended 30 June 2021. The group expects to report a decrease in earnings per share (EPS) of between 75% and 85% (or 506 cents to 573 cents). Considering the EPS...
Voice assistant transaction values set for 320% growth
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Massive growth for AMD
American multinational semiconductor company, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), recorded tremendous growth in the first half of 2021. According to data presented by Safe Betting Sites, AMD's 2021 Q2 revenue experienced a 99% YoY increase from Q2 2020. AMD went through an...
Business printer sales recover, set for growth
Sales of printers through European distributors were up strongly in June 2021 (by +17,2% in units year-on-year), and revenues grew even more (by +21,8%), according to the latest data published by Context. Consumer printers, which were in very short supply during April...
MTN ups the prize for business app of the year
In its 10th year of recognising app development, this year the MTN Business App of the Year competition will be giving away R1-million in prize money to entrepreneurs and app developers with creative ideas and solution-driven apps. "To mark the milestone of ten years...
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African insurers hindered by ICT challenges
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Comprehensive protection for all devices
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Samsung launches Smart TV holiday promotion
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Project management to boom in 2014
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AfDB, AVU explore e-learning benefits
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