Africa: Online Abuse Is Real Violence – – and Africa’s Women and Girls Are Paying the Price

Africa: Online Abuse Is Real Violence – – and Africa’s Women and Girls Are Paying the Price

– New estimates show that violence against women and girls remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world – and that one of its fastest-growing frontiers is the digital space. Technology-facilitated gender-based violence includes online harassment, cyberstalking, image-based abuse, deepfake exploitation and coordinated digital attacks, and all of these are proliferating….

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Vodacom follows MTN with post-paid price hikes

Vodacom follows MTN with post-paid price hikes

Vodacom South Africa has given its post-paid customers notice that it will increase prices at above inflation, citing high network management costs and “inflationary pressures” as reason. “Vodacom South Africa can confirm that from 1 February, a price adjustment will be applied across all contract packages. To minimise the impact on customers, this will translate…

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Above-inflation price hikes to hit MTN customers

Above-inflation price hikes to hit MTN customers

MTN South Africa will increase prices for its consumer contract customers from February 2026, pushing up monthly bills by an average of a claimed 5.4% as it contends with rising operating and capital spending costs. Consumer price inflation was 3.6% in October, meaning the average of the MTN price hikes is well above the prevailing…

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Microsoft announces global price hikes for Microsoft 365 in 2026

Microsoft announces global price hikes for Microsoft 365 in 2026

Microsoft is set to implement a global price increase for its Microsoft 365 productivity suites, effective July 2026, targeting commercial and government customers. The company stated on Thursday that the price adjustments reflect the addition of more than 1,100 new features to the suite—including AI-driven productivity tools and enhanced integrated security—since the last major price…

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Big Microsoft price increases coming next year

Big Microsoft price increases coming next year

Microsoft will increase prices for its Microsoft 365 productivity suites globally starting in July 2026 for commercial and government clients, the company said on Thursday. The move comes as Microsoft’s suite, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, faces growing competition from Google’s products. The price hike will affect businesses and public sector agencies, with small…

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