Earlier this year, WhatsApp introduced a controversial privacy policy that left many users concerned and searching for a more ‘secure’ messaging platform. Since then, the company unpacked exactly what this update will mean for users – saying it does not change the privacy of people’s personal conversations. This is about optional business features that are a part of...
While the deadline for accepting WhatsApp’s new terms of service and privacy policy still looms on 15 May, there are also several other major changes for the platform in the works. These include new features such as end-to-end encrypted backups, migrating between Android and iOS, WhatsApp Payments, and the ability to review voice notes before...
AWS said it will launch its re/Start cloud skills training program for the first time in Kenya, as part of four new cohorts scheduled for Africa in May. The company said it is collaborating with getINNOtized, a tech company with roots in Germany, and with Ajira Digital, a Kenyan government initiative driven by the Ministry...
Malawi’s Public Private Partnership Commission (PPPC) said it has drafted three strategies as part of the Digital Malawi Project developed to help digitise both the public and private sectors. The Commission said the National Broadband Strategy, Digital Governance Strategy and Cybersecurity Strategy are focused on addressing challenges within the country’s telecommunications industry, with affordable internet...
Vodacom Business and Microsoft South Africa have partnered to provide access to continuous, connected digital learning for South Africa’s education institutions, educators and learners through their Connected Digital Education initiative. This is in response to the growing need for affordable online learning solutions that meet the educational needs of today’s learners through a secure combination...
Government is seized with creating a conducive environment for robust information and communication technology (ICT) development and innovation as efforts to enhance local solutions while cutting on imports. ICT, POSTAL and Courier Services Minister Dr Jenfan Muswere, said this would also be ideal in saving the much needed foreign currency. He said innovative ideas in...
Information and communication technology minister Peya Mushelenga said the review of various information and communication technology policies and their possible consolidation into a uniform national ICT policy is on the cards. Mushelenga made the remarks when he motivated the ministry’s budget last week in the National Assembly. The ministry received over N$354 million from the...
Internet subscription in Botswana increased by 6.8% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the latest figures from Statistics Botswana. Statistics indicate an increase from 2,144,247 in the third quarter of 2020 to 2,290,332 in the fourth quarter. Statistician General Dr Burton Mguni said mobile internet subscriptions increased by 7.0%, from 2,093,386 in the...
In 2020, nearly 1,000 ICT project leaders requested financial support from the government. 60 of them were enough to exhaust the available budget. As digital transformation becomes a priority again, Uganda wants to invest more in its tech community. Ugandan Minister of Information and Communication Technologies, Judith Nabakooba, wants a financial strengthening of the innovation fund with...
The Cape Town-based R4.5 billion River Club Development will be the new home of US retail giant Amazon, after the City of Cape Town recently approved the 15-hectare parcel of land for development by the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust. The Observatory-based River Club, which is owned and operated by the Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust, is working on...
