WiFi 7 for the price of a pair of jeans: MikroTik’s hAP be lite redefines affordable connectivity

WiFi 7 for the price of a pair of jeans: MikroTik’s hAP be lite redefines affordable connectivity

WiFi 7 meets RouterOS flexibility. In most IT environments, “next-generation networking” has traditionally come with a familiar expectation: higher performance means higher cost. For years, WiFi upgrades have been positioned as strategic investments that often sit lower on the priority list, especially in cost-sensitive markets like South Africa. That assumption is now being challenged. MikroTik’s…

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Oil price today: WTI, Brent rise

Oil price today: WTI, Brent rise

A pumpjack operates outside of Midland, Texas, US, on Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. Eli Hartman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices climbed Wednesday as investors weighed the prospect of a prolonged and widening Middle East conflict after Tehran-backed Houthis attacked Saudi Arabia’s largest refinery. International benchmark Brent crude futures rose 0.7% to $114.68 per…

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Africa: Rethinking Humanitarianism | the Price of Speaking Up

Africa: Gavi and Unicef Secure Lower Malaria Vaccine Price, Saving U.S.$50 Million for Childhood Immunization Programmes

Copenhagen/Geneva/New York — An agreement announced today will cut the price of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine by approximately 40 per cent. The deal, executed by UNICEF and financially backed by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, is expected to generate around US$50 million in savings between 2027 and 2029. As demand for malaria vaccines grows, this could…

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Mr Price cuts application estate by nearly 75% through cloud-led modernisation

Mr Price cuts application estate by nearly 75% through cloud-led modernisation

Marilize Redelinghuys, head of retail modernisation, Mr Price Group. (Photograph: Lesley Moyo) Mr Price Group, a JSE-listed, cash-based omnichannel retailer, has reduced its application landscape from nearly 400 systems to 103 over the past five years as part of a broader technology modernisation programme aimed at supporting growth while maintaining operational efficiency. This is according…

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‘Kosovo’s moves towards Israel are the price of aligning with US policy’ | News

‘Kosovo’s moves towards Israel are the price of aligning with US policy’ | News

Kosovo, a small majority-Muslim country in the Balkans, has signed up to United States President Donald Trump’s controversial Board of Peace and the planned International Stabilization Force for Gaza, after Israel gave its approval. The proposed force is, in theory, expected to help maintain security, support demilitarisation and train Palestinian police, though its mandate and composition…

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quality now carries a price

quality now carries a price

MTN South Africa CEO Ferdi Moolman MTN South Africa is rebuilding the way it prices wholesale access for mobile virtual network operators and will now sell capacity more cheaply at deliberately lower quality, giving MVNOs a trade-off between price and performance they did not previously have. CEO Ferdi Moolman told TechCentral in an interview that…

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