eMedia banks on Openview as eVOD gears up for data boom

eMedia banks on Openview as eVOD gears up for data boom

eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif eMedia Holdings, the owner of free-to-air broadcaster e.tv, news channel eNCA and the Openview satellite platform, has seen strong growth in its video-on-demand platform eVOD in the 2025 financial year. According to eMedia CEO Khalik Sherrif, the company’s decision to enter the streaming video entertainment market gradually has aided eVOD’s profitability…

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Malaria can be stopped by CRISPR changing a single gene in mosquitos

Malaria can be stopped by CRISPR changing a single gene in mosquitos

CRISPR gene-editing therapy has already shown immense promise in treating and curing diseases, but scientists are now revealing its potential for disease prevention. A recent paper published in Nature details how a team of researchers successfully edited a single gene in mosquitos, rendering them unable to transmit malaria. This groundbreaking development could eventually lead to…

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Rigaku Launches XTRAIA XD-3300 Mass Production for Semiconductor Market

Rigaku Launches XTRAIA XD-3300 Mass Production for Semiconductor Market

XTRAIA XD-3300 Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray metrology systems and a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”), has launched full-fledged commercial production of XTRAIA XD-3300, a high-resolution microspot X-ray diffraction system This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250729915168/en/ Against a…

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From legacy to cloud, BBD delivers software that works

From legacy to cloud, BBD delivers software that works

Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, businesses are in a constant race to evolve. Markets shift, customer expectations rise, legacy systems groan under the weight of new demands, and somehow you’re expected to keep delivering – faster, smarter and more securely than ever before. We’ve seen the pressure first hand. The chief technology officer…

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Amazon reportedly developing a Wolfenstein TV series

Amazon reportedly developing a Wolfenstein TV series

Following the critical and commercial success of its Fallout adaptation, Amazon is reportedly delving into another beloved video game franchise: Wolfenstein. Variety reports that Amazon is developing a series based on the alternate-history Nazi-hunting game, enlisting some of the creative minds behind the hit Fallout show. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Nvidia…

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Former Workday executive joins Jem as investor

Former Workday executive joins Jem as investor

Zuko Mdwaba, Jem strategic enterprise partner and investor. Jem, a local HR and financial platform for frontline workers, has appointed Zuko Mdwaba as strategic enterprise partner and investor. Mdwaba is best known for building Salesforce and Workday’s African businesses from the ground up, scaling both from relative unknowns on the continent, to household names generating…

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Visa launches first data centre in South Africa

Visa launches first data centre in South Africa

Multinational payment authorization giant Visa officially launched its first data centre in South Africa on Wednesday. This new infrastructure forms a key part of Visa’s R1 billion commitment to investments across Africa. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: Nvidia passes $4 trillion valuation Located in Johannesburg, the data centre aims to enhance Visa’s…

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SA telecoms sector ‘heavily’ impacted by extortionists

SA telecoms sector ‘heavily’ impacted by extortionists

Thokozani Mvelase, CEO of COMRiC. As organised crime syndicates increasingly entrench their dominance, South Africa’s telecommunications sector players are struggling to lay new infrastructure. So said Thokozani Mvelase, CEO of Communication Risk Information Centre (COMRiC), highlighting that the telecoms sector is not immune to ‘extortionists’, as he described them. COMRiC is the non-profit organisation (NPO)…

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