Browsing: digital economy

The e-commerce sector in South Africa is expanding rapidly, with local revenue predicted to reach the $7.9 billion mark by…

Digital wallet use, especially in Africa, makes sense when so many people live in rural areas where there isn’t easy…

According to a new Kaspersky survey¹, 51% of employees surveyed in South Africa feel the need for better digital skills…

Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, today announced the launch of two new…

In a groundbreaking development, Bayobab, previously known as MTN GlobalConnect, has received regulatory approval in Nigeria for its National Long-Distance…

In an increasingly interconnected world, cybersecurity is paramount. One emerging threat is cyber extortion – a form of online blackmail…

The South African Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT), represented by Acting DG Ms Nonkqubela Jordan-Dyani, and Huawei represented by…

Our youth will be tomorrow’s leaders. This is something we frequently hear, but how are we preparing them?  South Africa…

Governments and businesses around the world recognise the need to create strong talent pipelines to support growth and development in…

South Africa faces daunting economic challenges, including a soaring unemployment rate of 32.9% and a struggling power grid in crisis…

Growing South Africa’s digital economy has been a major policy pillar for the country’s government for some time now. It’s…

Career opportunities existing in the digital economy will come under the spotlight as the country kicks off the 2023 Youth…

From looking at innovation differently to creating an enabling environment for it to thrive, Paul Carter-Brown, CTO and director at…

Thousands of young African prospective students will be able to access world-class courses in the most in-demand technology fields offered…

South African start-up ExploreAI Academy has partnered with international technology training provider ALX to roll out training programmes in data…

MTN Group’s leadership today met with Ugandan President His Excellency Mr. Yoweri Museveni on the sidelines of his two-day state…

South Africa’s principal central securities depository and central collateral platform Strate has announced its acquisition of Trustlink, an enabler of…

Africa is rapidly emerging as a major player in the global data centre market, with a number of countries investing…

The 2Africa subsea cable, the largest subsea cable system in the world, has landed at the Vodacom network facility in…

ICT skills development is critical for South Africa to participate in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and reap the benefits…

The African Telecommunications Union (ATU) held a ministerial forum on Day 0 of AfricaCom 2022, bringing together participants from Malawi,…

Good fibre is a cornerstone of the digital economy and governments, the private sector and industry bodies all have a…

South Africa is well-positioned to be the leading digital economy on the African continent and even in the developing world.…

World Bank data shows that South Africa is the most unequal nation on the planet. Communism was formally ended in…

CSquared, an open-access wholesale broadband infrastructure company, lands Google’s Equiano, a subsea internet cable running through Portugal to South Africa, in…