Mooketsi Mocumi, strategic communications and corporate affairs adviser. South Africa now has something the telecommunications sector has long called for: a costed, structured roadmap to achieve universal, meaningful connectivity. The proposed investment of roughly R142 billion to deliver 100Mbps broadband to all households by 2035 is ambitious, necessary and overdue. But the most important question…
NewsFeed Standing in front of a map of the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes how six countries ‘wanted to strangle us’ but instead ‘we strangled them… and we have more to do’. Ambassadors from Israel and Lebanon are set to hold talks in Washington DC on Tuesday, but they’ve issued conflicting statements…
Vertiv, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, is hosting the next edition of its AI Innovation Roadshow for Africa, this time in a fully digital format. The webinar is set to take place on Wednesday, 15 April at 11am SAST. Under the theme “AI-ready data centres for Africa: building infrastructure for what’s next”, the…
As parents contend with rising costs and an overall tighter economic climate, more of them are using those challenges as an opportunity to have frank talks with their kids about money, according to a recent survey. Honest conversations — including telling your kids “no” when they ask you to buy something, and explaining why —…
Edward Müller, Senior Solutions Architect, Mint Group. It’s no surprise to learn that students at all levels are using artificial intelligence tools, specifically large language models such as Copilot, ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. But adoption rates are nonetheless staggering: 92%, according to surveys by Oxford’s Higher Education Policy Institute. Such a figure will be cold…
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In the late 1990s, Microsoft learnt a lesson it seems to have spent the last two decades trying to forget: you cannot force a user to love a product through sheer technical coercion. Back then, the weapon of choice was the bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows, a move that eventually triggered a landmark antitrust…
Hundreds of petrol stations in the Republic of Ireland have run out of fuel as the protests and blockades continued for a fifth day.
IC Logistix introduces the Fujikura 99S Fusion Splicer. IC Logistix (ICL) is proud to announce the introduction of the Fujikura 99S Fusion Splicer, a next-generation fibre-optic splicing solution that represents a significant advancement in network deployment and maintenance technology. Designed to meet the evolving demands of modern fibre infrastructure, the 99S delivers superior accuracy, increased productivity and reliable…
Pope Leo XIV offered his strongest condemnation yet of the war in Iran, appearing to take multiple veiled shots at President Trump on Saturday, speaking out against military actions “some adults proudly boast about.” The rebuke, during a prayer vigil for peace at St. Peter’s Basilica, comes days after the pope said it was “truly…
