Mthulisi Sibanda

Johannesburg

Editor at CAJ News Africa

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WHO uses AI to respond to disease outbreaks in Africa

1 week ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Read time: 3 minutes The World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa region is deploying new technologies, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), to strengthen the continent's integrated disease surveillance and response capabilities. This is one of the highlights of the organisation's operations in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the rollout continuing this year.
Interledger pushes interoperable payments in Uganda

2 weeks ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Read time: 3 minutes The Interledger Foundation, an advocate for interoperable payments, has formed a partnership to power microloans for Uganda's community-based financial institutions. Interledger has established a relationship with Kanzu Finance, which provides microloans to Ugandan community-based financial organisations. Kanzu Finance, through Interledger, intends to promote economic empowerment and entrepreneurship in Uganda.
Prime Benin varsity gets Starlink installation

1 month ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

The National Water Institute (INE) at the University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin has received a significant boost as charitable organisation, CoinEx Charity, provides Starlink satellite broadband connectivity to the institute. Limited internet connectivity has long hampered academic and research development at this West African university.
MTN, Lynk global trial Africa first satellite-to-mobile call - JournalismWeb

1 month ago | journalismweb.co.za | Mthulisi Sibanda

JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – MTN South Africa and Lynk Global have carried out Africa’s first satellite-to-mobile device phone call, in the sparsely populated North West province. The call in Vryburg enabled MTN and Lynk Global to test voice call quality and SMS capabilities over a low-earth orbit LEO satellite connection.
Why Ethiopia is highly targeted by cyber criminals

1 month ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Read time: 3 minutes Ethiopia has consistently occupied the top spot as the most vulnerable country to malware players, a cyber security expert shares his insight why this might be. Check Point Software Technologies recently released its Global Threat Index for February 2025, flagging Ethiopia at the top spot globally, again. At 134 million people, it is the second largest nation by population – behind Nigeria with 236 million – and hosts the African Union headquarters.
Lenovo seeks to grow African market share with AI

2 months ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Read time: 3 minutes Lenovo, a technology business, is hopeful about increasing its market share on the continent, boosted by recently announced artificial intelligence (AI)-powered devices and success in Southern Africa. This is according to Yugen Naidoo, general manager of Lenovo Southern Africa, in an interview with ITWeb Africa.
Gokhale new MTN SA Chief Wholesale Officer

2 months ago | journalismweb.co.za | Mthulisi Sibanda

MTN South Africa has appointed Pushkar Gokhale as Chief Wholesale Officer. He assumed office on August 1, tasked with spearheading the operator as the “network of choice” for the wholesale market. “We are thrilled to welcome Pushkar to the MTN family,” said Charles Molapisi, Chief Executive Officer of MTN South Africa. The executive believes Gokhale’s experience across the technology and telecommunications industries, combined with his ability to drive innovation, will be invaluable.
ETC addresses the Sahel digital divide

2 months ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), which connects humanitarian workers in conflict-affected countries, is pleased with the progress made in bridging the digital divide in the Sahel during the past year. The Sahel region is one of the most violent in the world due to Islamist groups, which has had a negative impact on telecommunications infrastructure, making it difficult for humanitarians to help.
UNICEF adopts machine learning to boost Africa vaccination

2 months ago | itweb.africa | Mthulisi Sibanda

Read time: 3 minutes The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is implementing machine learning to expedite immunisation programs in Central and West Africa. This falls under the Reach the Unreached (RtU) pilot initiative, which was launched in Cameroon, Chad, Guinea, and Mali. The program uses machine learning technologies to disaggregate population data to estimate vaccination coverage. RtU is collaborating with the Frontier Data Network (FDN).
MTN, Eastern Cape partner to tackle vandalism

2 months ago | journalismweb.co.za | Mthulisi Sibanda

MTN South Africa has partnered with law enforcers in the Eastern Cape to protect critical network infrastructure from vandalism. The partnership is with the Eastern Cape Provincial Police Board and Eastern Cape Community Police Forum (CPF), forming part of MTN’s strategy to combat vandalism and theft of network batteries and cables at MTN base transceiver stations within communities in the region and across the country. MTN has seen an average of 71 vandalism incidents over the past six months.

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