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ICT infrastructure a barrier to data centre adoption in Africa

To help Africa realise the benefits of the data economy, more data centres in the region are urgently needed. However, building data centres starts with enabling access to the ICT infrastructure and ecosystems, and...

Nokia prepares Ooredoo Tunisia for 5G with cloud mobile core project

Nokia has announced that Ooredoo Tunisia will deploy the Nokia AirGile cloud-native core and services to power its current 2G/3G/4G network in order to prepare for the transition to 5G. Ooredoo Tunisia has 8.8 million...

A new South African cloud market emerging

Thanks to the arrival of Microsoft Azure data centres in South Africa, it is expected that more born-in-the-cloud organisations will start taking root here. And with smaller companies now finding it easier to migrate...

Update: City of Johannesburg confident majority of systems will be restored

The City of Johannesburg has confirmed that it will not concede to the demands of hackers and is confident that it will be able to restore systems to full functionality. In a statement, Councillor Funzela Ngobeni...

D-Day for banks and the City of Johannesburg to pay ransom demands

Today is D-Day for for banks and the City of Johannesburg to pay ransom demands that were sent through by hackers last week. It is alleged that two separate groups of hackers are threatening to close down the finance...

AfricaCom will include exhibition split into technology zones

An exhibition split into technology zones is to run alongside this year’s AfricaCom. AfricaTech will take over the whole of CTICC 2 within the Cape Town International Convention Centre, with the zones and...

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