South Africa is stepping up the fight against COVID-19 with a new track and trace solution for the country’s unique circumstances, developed by Telkom.
In support of this work, the World Bank is cataloguing emerging approaches, by country, in an internal database.
April 3, 2020Vodacom has cut data prices by up to 40% and will provide free data to access essential services through Vodacom’s zero-rated platform ConnectU with immediate effect. The value of these initiatives is some R2.7-billion over the next year.
April 3, 2020Africa has seen a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases since the continent’s first case was reported in mid-February.
April 3, 2020The world is in the throes of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), with drones, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, 3D printing, robotics and blockchain being used in various ways by numerous industries.
April 2, 2020Etisalat customers will have access to free on-demand movies for the next six weeks with its eLife TV box.
April 2, 2020Safaricom has partnered with Eneza Education, Longhorn Publishers and Viusasa to provide free access to educational content for primary and secondary school students studying from home.
April 2, 2020Africa 24 Media announces the official launch of the continent’s first all factual video on demand platform. Yebo aims to be the guide of Africa through stories.
April 1, 2020Amazon announced all children’s content from its streaming platform would be available for free during the containment decided by the authorities.
April 1, 2020The Communications Authority of Kenya has released their latest Sector Statistics and it has shown that fixed broadband connections have shot up 12% in a quarter.
April 1, 2020The National Broadcasting Commission calls on all Pay Subscription Broadcasters (GOTv, DSTV, NTA Startimes, FreeTv Platform, etc) in Nigeria to decrypt all local channels
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