Participants at one of GirlCode’s hackathon events. GirlCode has opened registration for its Pan-African Hackathon 2026, with events taking place in Botswana and SA (15-16 August), East Africa including Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda (5-6 September) and Ghana (11-12 September). Now in its 12th year, the hackathon is organised in partnership with Absa Group, Truecaller, MTN, SAP…
South Africa’s mobile operators have agreed on a framework to strengthen Sim-card registration and submitted proposals to government for legislative reform of Rica, in a coordinated push to curb the fraudulent Sim registrations that underpin a range of other crimes. The Association of Comms & Technology (ACT), which represents Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, Cell C, Rain…
The Superintendence of Telecommunications (SUTEL) is advancing the modernization of Costa Rica’s Mobile Prepaid Registration System through the implementation of a new technological platform provided by Tecnotree designed to strengthen user identification processes, enhance regulatory compliance, and improve the overall customer experience. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260625307287/en/ This initiative…
Graduates of Google’s Hustle Academy. (Image: Supplied) Google has opened registration for the 2026 Hustle Academy programme, as the tech giant looks to help bridge Africa’s artificial intelligence (AI) skills gap and equip entrepreneurs and students with practical digital skills. From this week, small business owners, entrepreneurs and students in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria…
Washington, DC — The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA), in partnership with the Government of the Republic of Mauritius, is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2026 U.S.–Africa Business Summit, taking place July 26–29, 2026 at Mont Choisy Le Golf in Mauritius. Widely recognized as the leading forum for advancing U.S.–Africa…
Weak SIM registration processes continue to enable fraud. (Graphic: Nicola Mawson, with images from ITWeb, Pexels and Freepik) Amid growing calls for biometric registration of SIM cards, global bodies warn that such a move could exclude vulnerable citizens and create underground markets for fraudulently registered SIM cards. Mobile industry veteran Johan van Graan is calling…
The Afreximbank Academy (AFRACAD) has announced the opening of registration for its 2026 Certificate of Trade Finance in Africa (COTFIA), one of its flagship programmes designed to strengthen Africa’s trade finance capacity by enhancing trade-related skills and addressing critical capacity gaps, enabling the continent to compete more effectively in global markets. According to AFRACAD, registration…
TUT has warned of a spike in fraud and scam attempts targeting students and parents. As thousands of newly-qualified matriculants begin navigating university applications and registration process, the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has raised the alarm over a sharp increase in fraud and scam activity aimed at exploiting students. TUT says the January to…
The University of Johannesburg’s online learning initiative bolsters student intake. The University of Johannesburg’s (UJ’s) online learning platform, UJ Digital, has enrolled more than 20 000 learners since making its debut last May. This, as the university anticipates further growth of the platform’s educational offerings this year. The institution introducedUJ Digital as part of extending…
Eskom has simplified how households and small businesses connect their rooftop solar and other so-called “small-scale embedded generation” (SSEG) systems to the national grid, cutting costs and red tape. The utility said on Tuesday that its revised compliance and registration process will make legal grid connection “easier, safer and more affordable”, while keeping safety standards…
