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Cybersecurity company Surfshark’s Naked People campaign in London raised awareness about social media security practices and the exploitation of user data (Image supplied)

Surfshark’s Naked People campaign calls out top social media companies for privacy invasions

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Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

Thabiso Mochiko 28 Nov 2016

AfricaCom Awards 2016 winners list

AfricaCom Awards 2016 winners list

17 Nov 2016

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Nov 2016

The transformational power of cloud in Africa

The transformational power of cloud in Africa

Brett Parker 25 Oct 2016

Internet.org awards African innovation

Internet.org awards African innovation

3 Oct 2016

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Brett Parker 16 Aug 2016

Opera wins major market share in SA and rest of Africa

Opera wins major market share in SA and rest of Africa

Alistair Anderson 21 Jul 2016

SA leads way with 11 startups among DEMO Africa finalists

SA leads way with 11 startups among DEMO Africa finalists

Tom Jackson 20 Jul 2016

From an idea to an app - how not to fail

From an idea to an app - how not to fail

Vikrant Singh 14 Jul 2016

10 fintech innovators conclude first Africa Barclays Accelerator

10 fintech innovators conclude first Africa Barclays Accelerator

1 Jul 2016

Left to right: Chris George, strategic negotiator, Google; Mike van den Bergh, CMO, PCCW Global; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Chris Wood, CEO, WIOCC and Willem Marais, group managing executive and CEO, Liquid Telecom SA, during the MainOne-hosted Africa Panel Session.

Africa's digital potential discussed at International Telecommunications Week

13 May 2016

Africa Code Week aims to spread digital literacy

Africa Code Week aims to spread digital literacy

12 May 2016

African tech hubs looking for sustainable models - Google

African tech hubs looking for sustainable models - Google

Gabriella Mulligan 24 Mar 2016

How to remain relevant for the African traveller

How to remain relevant for the African traveller

15 Mar 2016

Mobile money provides greater access to banking services in sub-Saharan Africa

Mobile money provides greater access to banking services in sub-Saharan Africa

7 Mar 2016

Sura Nualpradid via

Mobile phone users in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya hit 700 million

Adeyemi Adepetun 18 Feb 2016

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

Tom Jackson 10 Dec 2015

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

18 Nov 2015

BSDU – previous GIC winners

Application for #GIC2016 now open

14 Sep 2015

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

28 Jul 2015

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

24 Jul 2015

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

27 May 2015

MR LIGHTMAN via

Alcatel-Lucent and NITA successfully completes Eastern Corridor rural fibre optic backbone project

20 May 2015

The mobile revolution in Africa

The mobile revolution in Africa

17 Apr 2015

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

29 Mar 2015

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

26 Mar 2015

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

Social media is an important tool for terrorist organisation says Gabriel Weimann of Haifa University. Image:

Social media is a key for terror groups

15 May 2014

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

14 Apr 2014

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Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

Global framework to speed up spread of mobile

Thabiso Mochiko 28 Nov 2016

AfricaCom Awards 2016 winners list

AfricaCom Awards 2016 winners list

17 Nov 2016

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

#AfricaCom: Africa's tech startup funding landscape in numbers

Lauren Hartzenberg 16 Nov 2016

The transformational power of cloud in Africa

The transformational power of cloud in Africa

Brett Parker 25 Oct 2016

Internet.org awards African innovation

Internet.org awards African innovation

3 Oct 2016

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Brett Parker 16 Aug 2016

Opera wins major market share in SA and rest of Africa

Opera wins major market share in SA and rest of Africa

Alistair Anderson 21 Jul 2016

SA leads way with 11 startups among DEMO Africa finalists

SA leads way with 11 startups among DEMO Africa finalists

Tom Jackson 20 Jul 2016

From an idea to an app - how not to fail

From an idea to an app - how not to fail

Vikrant Singh 14 Jul 2016

10 fintech innovators conclude first Africa Barclays Accelerator

10 fintech innovators conclude first Africa Barclays Accelerator

1 Jul 2016

Left to right: Chris George, strategic negotiator, Google; Mike van den Bergh, CMO, PCCW Global; Funke Opeke, CEO, MainOne; Chris Wood, CEO, WIOCC and Willem Marais, group managing executive and CEO, Liquid Telecom SA, during the MainOne-hosted Africa Panel Session.

Africa's digital potential discussed at International Telecommunications Week

13 May 2016

Africa Code Week aims to spread digital literacy

Africa Code Week aims to spread digital literacy

12 May 2016

African tech hubs looking for sustainable models - Google

African tech hubs looking for sustainable models - Google

Gabriella Mulligan 24 Mar 2016

How to remain relevant for the African traveller

How to remain relevant for the African traveller

15 Mar 2016

Mobile money provides greater access to banking services in sub-Saharan Africa

Mobile money provides greater access to banking services in sub-Saharan Africa

7 Mar 2016

Sura Nualpradid via

Mobile phone users in Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya hit 700 million

Adeyemi Adepetun 18 Feb 2016

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

African startups named among 100 most inspiring uses of tech

Tom Jackson 10 Dec 2015

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

18 Nov 2015

BSDU – previous GIC winners

Application for #GIC2016 now open

14 Sep 2015

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

28 Jul 2015

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

24 Jul 2015

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

27 May 2015

MR LIGHTMAN via

Alcatel-Lucent and NITA successfully completes Eastern Corridor rural fibre optic backbone project

20 May 2015

The mobile revolution in Africa

The mobile revolution in Africa

17 Apr 2015

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

29 Mar 2015

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

26 Mar 2015

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

Social media is an important tool for terrorist organisation says Gabriel Weimann of Haifa University. Image:

Social media is a key for terror groups

15 May 2014

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

14 Apr 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

MTN's Pieter Verkade. Image: LinkjedIn

Data centres‚ cloud services key to MTN Business's growth plan

Thabiso Mochiko 17 Mar 2014

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Naseem Javed 6 Feb 2014

The numberof attacks on ships by pirates fell sharply last year. Image:

Piracy at lowest level for six years says bureau

17 Jan 2014

Ghanaian government urged to integrate ICTs into curriculum

Ghanaian government urged to integrate ICTs into curriculum

8 Jan 2014

Mobile internet key in Africa

Mobile internet key in Africa

Danette Breitenbach 29 Nov 2013

SA launches radio to broadcast foreign policy

SA launches radio to broadcast foreign policy

18 Oct 2013

EU to boost anti-piracy efforts in West Africa

EU to boost anti-piracy efforts in West Africa

30 Aug 2013

Thales keeps an eye on safety

Thales keeps an eye on safety

19 Aug 2013

MTN's earnings up 22% to 654c

MTN's earnings up 22% to 654c

14 Aug 2013