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US President Donald Trump is the most followed world leader on Twitter, with 52 million followers on his @realDonaldTrump account which has more than doubled since taking office on January 20, 2017, according to the […]
Malware sophistication is increasing as adversaries begin to weaponize cloud services and evade detection through encryption, used as a tool to conceal command-and-control activity. To reduce adversaries’ time to operate, security professionals said they will increasingly […]
The key barriers to entry in the IoT space – battery power and cost – have fallen away with the arrival in South Africa of revolutionary low-cost, low-power solutions. “While machine to machine (M2M) solutions […]
While in still in campus, he had a lucky break and was employed by KenGen as a procurement officer. But since the business and entrepreneurship bug had bitten him much earlier in life, he always […]
Joel Chacha joined Ogilvy PR as an Account Director from Tell-Em exactly one year ago. Chacha’s move followed the departure of Cosmas Butunyi, the Lenana Road-based PR firm’s former Account Director who had left in […]
ESET researchers have discovered a new family of Android RATs (Remote Administration Tools) abusing the Telegram protocol for command and control, as well as data exfiltration. Investigating what at first seemed like increased activity on […]
Sophos has reminded football fans of how cybercriminals have used people’s interest in the sport to launch cyber-attacks. Football has been targeted before by those who want to turn international community events into attacks. It’s […]
Innovation and entrepreneurship play an ever-increasing role in growing Africa’s emerging technology ecosystem. According to research by the GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator, over the past two years alone, Africa has seen the number of innovation hubs double. […]
Kaspersky Lab’s latest report on the online activities of children – based on statistics received from its solutions and modules with child protection features – highlights children’s online activities and the importance of protecting them when online. […]
Africa’s agribusiness and food sector registered strong private equity deal activity during the past month of May 2018, according to industry information service Africa Private Equity News. EXEO Capital announced a $6.4-million investment, through its Agri-Vie Fund II, […]
When he first set out from his rural home in Eldoret to seek a job in Nairobi, he’d never heard of the word “e-commerce”, leave alone Jumia. Then due to his knowledge in IT, he’d […]
Njambi Waruhiu, who left Kommunication Ultimate, the publishers of CIO East Africa where she’s the Business Development Manager, to join iZone Africa as the Sales and Marketing Manager, has moved back to the company less than […]
Euler Hermes has released its Enabling Digitalization Index (EDI) 2018 which illustrates each country’s ability to provide the necessary environment for business to succeed in an increasingly digitalized global economy. The index measured corporations’ ability to transform and thrive digitally. Weak connectivity, trade infrastructure and knowledge ecosystem […]
In every business customer transaction, continuous improvement and innovation are key to enabling a flourishing business. That is why these three key business areas are at the heart of Resolution Insurance’s focus as a business […]
From an early age, he always had a dream of one day running a business in Africa. And so strong was the feeling that when he turned 18, he’d to share it with his wife […]
Sophos, a global provider of network and endpoint security solutions, has announced the findings of its global survey, The Dirty Secrets of Network Firewalls, which revealed that IT managers cannot identify 45 percent of their organization’s […]
It is said that getting to the top is not the difficult part, but staying there is. Being in the top position means that apart from always checking your shoulders to see who’s breathing down […]
The first edition of Afrikonnect took place from March 22 to 23, 2018 at LaFactory, located at Technopark Casablanca in Morocco. The event was organized by StartupYourLife and LaFactory in partnership with Outlierz Ventures with support from the US […]
Somethings, and people for that matter, are best kept away from. For associating with and being associated with such things and people eventually makes one become guilty by association, hurting their careers as well as […]
Chatbots, autonomous vehicles, and connected machines in digital factories foreshadow what the future will look like: The widespread implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications brings many advantages for businesses such as increased efficiencies, fewer repetitive […]
Sophos, the network and endpoint security solutions provider, has been included in the UK Superbrands 2018 Annual Report. This is the second year the IT security firm has qualified as a Superbrand, which is voted on by […]
New research from the Web Foundation, the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4Ai) and UN Women, released at the 62nd UN Commission on the Status of Women, calls on governments to invest at least 50% of funds […]
In an age where information gathering is no longer a process that goes to complete waste, the onset of the Internet of Things, Big Data and the Cloud have given revived hope and presented endless […]
Kaspersky Lab researchers have uncovered a sophisticated threat used for cyber-espionage in the Middle East and Africa from at least 2012 until February 2018. The malware, which researchers have called ‘Slingshot’, attacks and infects victims […]
About 46.4 percent of businesses in Ghana are owned by women, making the West Africa nation one of the top performing African countries when it comes to women entrepreneurship according to Mastercard Index of Women’s Entrepreneurship […]
A study of photos and videos in INTERPOL’s International Child Sexual Exploitation (ICSE) database has found that the younger the victim, the more severe the abuse was likely to be. A report published on March […]
Alvaro Sobrinho, the Angolan banker and founder of the Planet Earth Institute, has been exposed for having allegedly made suspicious bank transactions with and to his personal and company-related accounts while serving as the CEO […]
China’s Huawei is forging closer commercial ties with big telecom operators across Europe and Asia, putting the company in good position to lead the global race for next-generation 5G networks, partnering with over 30 global […]
More than 2.5 billion people around the world – many of them in Africa – lack formal identification that enables them to access to financial and government services, according to the United Nations and the ID2020 […]
Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCOUT, has released its 13th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report (WISR), offering direct insights from network and security professionals into the most critical security challenges facing today’s network operators. The report […]
Do you know how to protect your webcam from being hacked? Would you know if a cybercriminal was using your printer to carry out cyberattacks? While most of us are aware of the dangers that […]
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