South Africa's Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is inviting applications for its ISPA Inspires educational sponsorship for the 2024 academic year. Applications open tomorrow (Tuesday, 1 August 2023) and will close on Friday, 1 September 2023. Sponsorship...

MTN, in a public-private partnership with the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), is set to tackle the challenges posed by load shedding on South Africa's roads. A service level agreement (SLA) between the two parties will see MTN SA providing backup power to Soweto...

MTN group president and CEO Rob Shuter will step down from his role at the end of his fixed four-year contract in March 2021. The group made the announcement today (11 March 2020) in its financial report for the year ended 31 December 2019. For the year, subscribers...

While South Africa's economy languished in the final quarter of 2019, financial services was identified as one of the more positive sectors. This correlates to BankservAfrica's Economic Transactions Index (BETI) for February where the data reflects constant...

Facebook has launched the Community Accelerator programme, available in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria. An evolution of the Facebook Community Leadership Programme (FCLP), the six-month accelerator programme provides training, mentorship and funding to help community...

Kaspersky researchers have found multiple Covid-19-related malicious e-mail campaigns and hundreds of downloadable files that attempt to infect users' devices with threats. While news on the coronavirus spread continues to appear and dominate the headlines, attackers...

Liquid Telecom has put plans in place to deal with the novel coronavirus Covid-19. With more than 2 000 employess in 13 African countries, the company has issued a statement sharing the steps it has taken to mitigate risk during the outbreak. Liquid Telecom has a...

The worldwide market for PC monitors grew 5% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2019 (4Q19), according to preliminary results from International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker. Global shipments exceeded expectations, reaching just...

An online poll of 40 000 young people in more than 150 countries reveals that many young people feel their current education is not preparing them with the skills they need to get jobs. One-third (31%) of the young people responding via the UNICEF engagement platform...

The past year has seen changes in messaging-specific threats along with the use of more sophisticated malware, as well as the potential abuse of emerging technologies in artificial intelligence to inform future business protection strategies. These are among the...