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Wed, April 3rd, 08:35 · Vincent Matinde

New portal to bring African Diaspora ICT experts back home

A new portal, ICTAfrica, has been launched to enable African ICT experts in the Diaspora to get jobs in the continent. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 08:25 · Elly Okutoyi

Ethiopian government spying on political activists

A report released by the Citizen Lab has indicated the Ethiopian government is using spyware to monitor political activists and opposition groups in the country. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 16:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Java enabled browsers still vulnerable

Security experts report millions of computers are still at risk of being compromised due to Java vulnerabilities, despite Oracle having released multiple emergency patches in recent months. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 16:02 · Tefo Mohapi

Desan Naidoo appointed by SAS as MD for Southern Africa

Desan Naidoo has been announced by SAS, the business analytics and software services provider, as being appointed as managing director (MD) for Southern Africa. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 14:01 · Tefo Mohapi

Google improves its Maps service for Africa

Google has announced improvements to its Google Maps service specifically aimed at Africa, which include many more detailed maps for more countries on the continent and inclusion of some popular business locations. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 12:32 · Nanine Steenkamp

Assange aims for Australian senate seat, appoints ‘anti-monarchy’ campaigner

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appointed Australian barrister Greg Barns as director of his political campaign as he attempts to gain a senate seat in the 2014 elections in Australia. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 08:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Botnet from Russia built to target global payment services

A new botnet from Russia - vSkimmer - has been discovered from underground malware forums, developed to steal payment related data. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 08:11 · Paul Adepoju

Expert enjoins Nigerian SMEs to gain visibility and growth with e-channels

An expert has advised owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to tap into e-channels to expand their businesses, saying digital marketing provided a cheaper means of reaching out to target customers. → Read more
Mon, April 1st, 14:28 · Gabriella Mulligan

Google Doodle honours Wangari Maathai’s birthday

Google yesterday marked the 73rd birthday of the late Wangari Maathai with a Doodle in her honour across its Sub-Saharan browser pages. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:59 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google defeats Sweden in language battle

Google has won an unlikely battle against Sweden to stop it from making the word “ungoogleable” an official part of the Swedish language. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:40 · Elly Okutoyi

More media companies want Google to pay for news

Google might be forced to pay for the news content available on Google News, as Portuguese media companies push for the internet giant to do so. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 13:13 · Kamau Mbote

Prosecutor in Assange’s case quits unexpectedly

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s trial has taken a surprising twist after the Swedish prosecutor Marianne Nye quit in unclear circumstances. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 10:16 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria is still a haven of cyber criminals – national security adviser

Nigeria’s national security adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, has said despite all the efforts of the nation’s various agencies in tackling cyber-related crimes, the nation remains a haven for cyber criminals. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 08:56 · Kamau Mbote

Spam blocker suffers largest cyber attack ever

Global internet services have been slowed down after one of the largest cyber attacks in history with the targeting of a spam blocking organisation, Spamhaus, and experts warn things could get worse. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 08:25 · Richard Cutcher

Divers arrested on suspicion of cable sabotage

Three divers have been arrested off the coast of Egypt accused of trying to cut through an undersea internet cable. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 14:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Spam activity increased in February according to report

Spammers have stepped up activities after several months of decline, according to a report by Kaspersky Lab. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 13:59 · Kamau Mbote

Zuku blames Egypt cable cut for degraded service

Wananchi Online-owned Zuku, which provides services including pay TV and fibre to home internet services, has blamed the degraded state of its service while connecting to international websites on cable cuts off the coast of Egypt. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 12:58 · Elly Okutoyi

Zimbabwe Stock Exchange finally launches new website

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has finally launched a new web portal after almost two years of inactivity after suffering a hacking incident. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 12:06 · Gabriella Mulligan

Seacom suffers new cable cut

Seacom has admitted a further cable cut occurred today, shortly after the company announced a return to full services after repairing cable cuts which halted services last week. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 10:29 · Paul Adepoju

HIFA2015 in development of open access database

Health Information For All (HIFA) Global Forums have developed HIFA Voices, which will provide an open access archive of information, after discussions with and receiving support from people at the World Health Organization (WHO) → Read more