The international community must combat inequality and stop wars from expanding to ensure a safer world for all, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in New York ahead of a visit to Egypt, António Guterres addressed growing public discontent in Europe and beyond, as people have taken to the streets to express…
Megaport Limited (ASX: MP1) (“Megaport”), a leading global automated infrastructure platform, today announced support for AWS Interconnect, a new managed connection model from Amazon Web Services (AWS) designed to simplify how businesses connect their infrastructure to AWS. AWS Interconnect from Megaport gives enterprises and AI infrastructure providers an automated connectivity option as their requirements grow…
FNB Connect CEO Sashin Sookroo. Thirty percent of mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) FNB Connect’s digital sales are now eSIMs, as adoption and usage become more mainstream. This, after introducing the virtual SIM card in November 2024, to circumvent bill shock for customers after they activate roaming overseas. FNB Connect CEO Sashin Sookroo told ITWeb…
The Pan-Atlantic University Alumni Association (PAUAA) has announced its 2026 International Alumni Conference, scheduled for Thursday, October 22, at the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC), Victoria Island, Lagos, bringing together more than 400 business leaders, entrepreneurs, academics and alumni to explore how professional networks can become engines of enterprise, innovation and economic growth. Themed ‘The…
Much of what scientists know about how genetic differences affect health comes from studying populations outside Africa. This matters because genetic information is increasingly being used to understand disease, interpret genetic tests and, in some cases, guide treatment. Africa has the greatest human genetic diversity in the world, yet African populations remain poorly represented in…
Capitec Connect and FNB Connect are sometimes set against each other as competing theories of what a bank should do with a mobile network. But the closer you look at the two businesses, the more alike they look. Both run on Cell C. Both sell only to their own banking clients. Both tier their rewards…
A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a U.S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents’ mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away…
Orange is investing in new subsea infrastructure to address rising traffic demands and strengthen Réunion’s long-term digital resilience. (Image created via Gemini) Digital infrastructure company Orange is partnering with telecoms operators and infrastructure players to develop a new submarine cable connecting La Réunion directly to South Africa. According to the company, the move is aimed…
The Professor argued that Africa does not primarily lack scientific knowledge to address land degradation and drought; rather, the continent faces gaps in data continuity, technology deployment, local-scale evidence and the ability to translate scientific findings into policy and action. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES on the sidelines of COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Oluseyi…
Retailability, the South African retail group founded in 1984, has officially launched Edgars Connect, the brand’s first dedicated standalone cellular store concept. The rollout represents a strategic expansion into the high-growth telecommunications and digital accessory sectors, aiming to leverage the existing footprint of the historic Edgars brand across Southern Africa. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile…
