The Facebook-owned messaging app moves ahead with its planned privacy update that caused uproar, using the opportunity to take a swipe at its competitors.
The Climate Science Information Centre will connect users in Sub-Saharan Africa to resources from climate change organisations.
Developers and industry in Africa have the technology at their fingertips to develop African solutions to African problems, says Sudipto Moitra, GM: ICT at MTN SA Business.
ITWeb, in partnership with MTN Business, is running a survey on ICT maturity to gain a clear, data-driven understanding of where SA businesses stand in terms of ICT maturity. The survey covers everything from infrastructure and cybersecurity to digital literacy and compliance.
To gather further insights into ICT maturity within respondent organisations, the survey poses the following questions:
By completing the questionnaire, you’ll contribute to this local research project and stand a chance to win a Takealot voucher to the value of R3 000. The detailed results of the survey, and the prize winner, will be published on ITWeb.
The mobile operator awaits judgement regarding the country’s decision to impose a R40.2 million fine and to revoke its unified licence.
Local research firm BMIT urges government to clear uncertainties around issues like digital migration so the wholesale open access network can bear fruit.
The Economic Freedom Fighters bemoans the lack of progress in allocating spectrum, warning that if corruption influences the process, data costs will remain high.
As banks globally undertake digital banking transformations, embedded finance is a fast-growing trend that many companies have begun implementing within their own strategies.
Amid SA’s spiralling crime rates, King Price Insurance partners with Secura to roll out an app-based emergency response service for clients.
Parliament’s Committee of Communications and Digital Technologies is set to invite the social media player to respond to questions about misinformation on its platform.
Facebook has a strong case to answer before Parliament, regarding its role in the dissemination of COVID-19 misinformation in SA, says the Democratic Alliance.
Through a strategic partnership, MTN customers with a Mastercard virtual payment solution linked to their MoMo wallets can make payments to global merchants.
MTN, Cell C, Telkom and Vodacom see an uptick in online sales, as more consumers adapt their purchasing behaviour to e-commerce.