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Microsoft Teams is down worldwide for many users
Microsoft Teams is down and experiencing an outage worldwide for many users. The issues started at around 6:30AM this morning, and are blocking connectivity for lots of Microsoft Teams users across Europe and Asia. Microsoft is aware of the issues and is currently investigating the route cause. “We’ve confirmed that this issue affects users globally,”
Creating a smart home in South Africa
To South Africans, the concept of smart home automation is one that is mind-boggling – to say the least. Smart home automation and related smart home devices might seem a daunting challenge to most. The common perception is that it requires a level of tech guru that the average Joe simply doesn’t possess. That consensus
SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation creating CEOs from the age of 16
If the success of the SA Teen Entrepreneur Foundation was commensurate with the passion and energy of its founder, Lydia Zingoni, it would already be a listed company! That said, this non-profit organisation is decidedly not only about generating revenue. Rather, it is about encouraging young people to be entrepreneurial, harnessing their inventiveness, and driving
Mauritius, South Africa & Seychelles ready for AI introduction in Africa
A new report released by Oxford Insights shows that even though there is a digital divide as well as data poverty in Africa, five countries on the continent are taking leaps into leveraging technologies to accelerate economic growth with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the 2020 Government AI Readiness Index Mauritius took the
The Next Wave Of Connectivity: What’s going against it- and in its favour?
Cellphone towers are not as invincible as they were designed to be. Eve4n when not camouflaged as trees, flags or church steeples, they’re massive structures and what mobile networks use to provide high-speed, high-quality coverage. But when you find yourself in an area with terrible reception, or when your devices lose signal and switch from
Ethiopia Telecom License Award receives bids from Vodafone Consortium and MTN Group
Ethiopia received bids for telecommunications licenses from MTN Group and a consortium led by Vodafone Group, according to Brook Taye, an adviser in the finance ministry. “We always wanted quality providers and this is what we have received,” Taye said by phone. “These are two African giants — the Safaricom-led consortium and MTN — either one
Creators can now change their YouTube channel name without changing their entire Google account
YouTube is making it easier for creators to change the name and profile picture on their channels. Creators will now be able to update their channel name and picture inside YouTube, and those changes will only impact their profile on YouTube. Until now, creators had to change their name and icon for their entire Google
Twitter scrambles to rival Linkedin by launching Professional Profiles for businesses
Twitter has officially launched a test of its new profile type called Professional Profiles, aimed to allow businesses to display specific information to potential customers. Although this is a strictly business move, it might equally be seen as an attempt to rival Linkedin. Twitter Business has posted an image showing what the new profile looks
Huawei to build cloud infrastructure in Cape Town
Huawei said on Thursday that the Chinese technology giant will expand its cloud computing presence in South Africa, with a new “availability zone” to be built in Cape Town in the next year or two. That’s the word from Stone He, president of Huawei Cloud in Southern Africa, who was speaking to journalists during a
Anglo American production back on track
Anglo American says production at its operations across the globe is almost back to full capacity as it meets strong demand from its customers. However, it says there are still some limited constraints at certain of its operations due to Covid-19. In a first-quarter production report, the diversified mining giant said output reached 95% of
Clicks keeps sales performance on par despite Covid
Clicks says its first half performance has recovered even though it was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, which has resulted in a change in consumer shopping patterns. The health and beauty retailer reported a 7.6% rise in turnover to R18.1-billion for the six months to end-February, with retail health and beauty sales – including Clicks
Earth Day 2021: Google Doodle video encourages everyone to plant seeds
On the occasion of Earth Day on Thursday, Google published a doodle on its homepage of a woman reading a book under a large tree while her daughter carries a sapling to plant. A video of the doodle shows people teaching their young ones to plant trees, a lesson passed from one generation to the
Pick n Pay delivers a market-leading performance
Retail giant, Pick n Pay says efficiency gains and cost savings across its supply chain have helped cushion it from the impact of Covid-19 trading restrictions, which cost it an estimated R4-billion in lost sales last year. The retailer has described its performance for the year to end-February as "outstanding" in the face of the
Jason Quinn to step up as interim Absa CEO
It was announced earlier this week that Daniel Mminele will be stepping down as CEO of Absa Group and Absa Bank at the end of April 30, 2021. Mminele’s departure brings to an end a stint that just lasted 15 months, after he took the job following being a South African Reserve Bank deputy governor.
Instagram launches new update that automatically filters out abusive DMs
Instagram announced a new tool today that will allow users to automatically filter out direct message requests containing offensive words, phrases, and emojis. The tool is targeted at celebrities and public figures who receive a large number of unwanted, harmful DMs. The update builds on Instagram’s work to combat hate speech on the platform. In
Parler will relaunch on Apple’s App Store next week
The embattled social network Parler is slated to reappear on iOS on the week of April 26th, following its re-acceptance into Apple’s App Store earlier today. However, the iOS app will block some content that’s available on the Android and web versions of Parler — a compromise that apparently satisfies Apple’s developer guidelines. Parler announced
Zimbabwe boasts a 7.4% growth forecast on improved farm output
Zimbabwe’s Treasury is sticking to its economic growth estimate of 7.4%, even after the nation’s president said the projection would have to be lowered. The forecast is achievable after the country had good rains that will boost farm output to the highest in four years, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said in an interview Tuesday with
Sony launches ‘Silent White’ WH-1000XM4 headphones
Sony is releasing a limited edition of the WH-1000XM4 headphones in all white. Better still, it’s real white, not that orthopedic brown Sony’s being trying to pass off as “silver” all these years. Sony promises these “Silent White” headphones will be “even more stain-resistant,” which will hopefully help keep them looking pristine for at least
MTN chops down prepaid data prices
MTN South Africa has decided chop down on prepaid data prices, reducing the cost of 10GB of data (including another 10GB for use at certain times of the night) to R149. The new MTN BozzaGigs LTE tariff plan also offers 10GB (5GB plus 5GB night-time data) for R99 and comes a week after Vodacom cut
Absa CEO Daniel Mminele steps down after dispute over strategy
Absa Group CEO Daniel Mminele has stepped down, the bank said on Tuesday, a shock departure just 15 months into his post that sent shares in one of Africa’s biggest lenders down as much as 5%. Mminele, a former deputy central bank governor, took the reins at Absa from long-time boss Maria Ramos in January