Southern Africa
SA University to Start Issuing Certificates with Blockchain Security Features
Image sourced from Pixabay The University of Johannesburg (UJ) reportedly plans to start issuing degrees and certificates with blockchain security features to avoid fraud. According to Broad Media, the certificates will help stop counterfeiting and avoid the fraudulent representation of qualifications. UJ is one of the first universities to start offering digital certificates to its students to make it easier for them to recover lost certificates and share them with third parties such as potential employers. The South African university will start including blockchain security features on its digital certificates in 2022, according to reports. “The new blockchain-based certificate features will enhance the security of certificates even more. Certificates issued from this year on will have ...
Disney+ Annual Subscription Now Available in SA: All the Details
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MTN SA Launches New FLTE & 5G for the Home Packages
MTN has yesterday announced a new range of 5G offerings and has expanded its Home FLTE offerings through its Supersonic brand. The newly launched month-to-month Uncapped Home FLTE priced from R499 and Uncapped Home 5G from R699, come with a free-to-use router, the telco says via press release. This builds on the launch of the innovative Airfibre solution at the beginning of 2021 and makes further strides in helping connect the unconnected at affordable prices. “Our aim is to consistently provide additional affordable options for more people to access high-quality solutions, with low latency and stable download speeds. We are extremely excited to build on our FLTE and Air fibre innovations to now bring the cutting-edge benefits of 5G to our users,” says Megan Nicholas, MD at Supersonic. “5G...
The Importance of Training in Managing a Cybersecurity Skills Shortage
According to a report released by Ireland-based multinational professional services company Accenture, a low investment in cyber security, and immature cybercrime legislation, makes South Africa a target for cybercrime, with the country registering the third-highest number of cybercrime victims worldwide. In addition, as with other countries, the cybersecurity skills shortage is hindering the ability of businesses to effectively manage and stay ahead of constantly-evolving cyberthreats. The lack of skills means businesses find themselves on the back foot, looking for individuals who are able to manage and run solutions, manage incident and security teams, and having to ensure the implementation of a strong security posture. This is not isolated to a single partner or end-user o...
Luno Secures 10-Million Customers in over 40 Countries
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Yoco Adds the Khumo Print to its Flagship Range of Smart Card Machines
Yoco has added the Khumo Print to its range of flagship card machines in its mission to help the self-employed get paid no matter what their needs are. The Khumo Print, an addition to the smart card machine Khumo, comes with a built-in printer for businesses specifically looking to provide customers with receipts. “While our earlier card machines focussed on bringing the necessities to small business owners who did not have access to card payments, we are now concentrated on providing them with every tool they need to get paid and run a successful business,” said Lungisa Matshoba, Yoco’s CTO. Like its namesake, the Khumo Print is a full touchscreen standalone card machine with unlimited 4G data and wifi to ensure that merchants are able to transact in any business environment. The Khumo Pr...
KZN Floods Shut Down 500 MTN Sites
MTN confirmed on Tuesday that 500 of its sites have shut down due to the ongoing floods in some parts of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). According to Independent Media, the South African mobile telecommunications company said that the floods have caused a lot of damage to infrastructure and have caused power outages in the province. “The flooding in the KZN region has caused power outages at many of our sites, and while we have battery back-up at many of the sites, these batteries have been depleted,” Jacqui O’Sullivan, MTN SA’s spokesperson, said. Areas that have been impacted by the outage include Durban South, South Coast, Umlazi, Amanzimtoti, Ballito, and Salt Rock, according to the giant network provider. O’Sullivan said that their major challenge is getting to the impacted areas at the moment b...
The Cloud Computing Skills Landscape in SA According to Standard Bank’s Yasirah Sakadavan
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Uber Seeks to Help Out its SA Drivers With These New Offerings
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FNB Partners with AURA to Keep Customers Safe
Sourced from Htxt.Africa FNB today announced that it has partnered with AURA, a safety marketplace platform that uses smart auto-dispatch technology, to add GuardMe to its banking app. FNB banking customers can now access instant emergency response services, anywhere, anytime via the FNB banking app. A new addition to the eBucks Rewards app. Powered by South Africa’s leading security and medical response marketplace, AURA, the in-app panic button, GuardMe, is available to all FNB customers who register for the service. This technology solution allows FNB customers to immediately request rapid mobile emergency responses in the event of an emergency or the threat of a crime such as theft or hijacking. As soon as the panic button is activated, the AURA-powered platform auto-dispatches the clo...
DiDi Shuts Down Operations in South Africa
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