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FNB, UJ partner to deliver free accredited app development skills programme

eriinfo.com4 months ago04 mins

Through a strategic partnership with the University of Johannesburg’s Business School, FNB’s App Academy 2026 will enable student access to a university-backed, accredited learning experience that combines practical app development, entrepreneurship thinking, innovation leadership and future-focused digital skills development. Supplied image An open and free platform for participants across the continent, the FNB App Academy…

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Africa: Xenophobia – Nigeria to Commence Free Evacuation of Citizens From South Africa

eriinfo.com4 months ago06 mins

Nigerian officials say over 1,000 citizens have registered to be evacuated and will no longer pay for their flights. Over 1,000 Nigerians in South Africa have been screened for evacuation and will no longer have to pay for their return flights to Nigeria, officials have said. These follow the xenophobic attacks in South Africa targeting…

Canada formally requests renewal of USMCA North American free trade pact

eriinfo.com5 months ago01 mins

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said that he wants sector-specific tariffs imposed on Canadian steel, aluminium, automobiles and lumber by the Trump administration removed or lowered, while Greer has indicated that Canada may have to accept some form of US levies.

Mozilla to launch free built-in Firefox VPN in South Africa

eriinfo.com5 months ago04 mins

Mozilla has confirmed that it will officially launch its free virtual private network (VPN) feature in South Africa in June 2026. Embedded directly within the Firefox internet browser, the service will allow local users to mask their IP addresses and encrypt their online browsing traffic without the need to download external applications or software extensions….

Sentech launches Afree TV, a free streaming platform for Africans

eriinfo.com5 months ago04 mins

South African audiences and global viewers have gained access to a new free-to-view streaming platform, Afree TV, dedicated to showcasing African entertainment at scale. Powered by signal distributor Sentech’s Freevision Play over-the-top (OTT) architecture, the service aims to unify regional broadcasters and content owners into a single continental collaboration designed to take African stories to…

Capitec blows up MVNO pricing with free on-net calls

eriinfo.com6 months ago04 mins

Capitec CEO Graham Lee Capitec Bank has scrapped call charges between its own Capitec Connect Sim cards in a sharp competitive move by South Africa’s largest mobile virtual network operator. CEO Graham Lee announced the change at the group’s full-year results presentation in Stellenbosch on Wednesday, saying calls between any two Capitec Connect numbers are…

Free calls, dead voice and Shameel Joosub’s Spanish ghost

eriinfo.com6 months ago014 mins

Capitec CEO Graham Lee’s announcement on Wednesday that phone calls between Capitec Connect users are now free of charge is a significant development in the history of telecommunications in South Africa – but not in the way you might be thinking. The South African mobile industry was built on voice. For most of its first…

Fuel tax halved and free public transport offered as war pushes up prices in Australia

eriinfo.com7 months ago01 mins

Victoria and Tasmania are incentivising commuters not to drive in a bid to ease cost pressures.

Nigeria denies report it paid 'huge' ransom to free pupils in mass abduction

eriinfo.com8 months ago01 mins

The rebuttal was followed by news the police chief was resigning a year before the end of his term.

Free Market Foundation slams treasury’s proposed gambling tax

eriinfo.com8 months ago07 mins

The Free Market Foundation (FMF) is demanding that a national 20% tax for online gambling proposed by the national treasury be withdrawn and reconsidered within South Africa’s existing decentralised regulatory regime. It said the proposed tax will undermine provincial authority and overburden legal gambling operators, and risks driving consumers further towards unregulated offshore platforms, which…