Paula Gilbert
Editor at Connecting Africa
Editor at Connecting Africa, part of @Light_Reading. Journalist, coffee addict, traveller and inquisitive mind. All views are my own. Follow @Connect__Africa
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1 week ago |
connectingafrica.com | Paula Gilbert
Starlink has been given the go-ahead to launch satellite Internet services in the small African nation of Lesotho, despite protests from a local rights group. SpaceX's satellite Internet service Starlink has been granted an operating license in the mountain Kingdom of Lesotho, despite protests from a local rights group.
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1 week ago |
connectingafrica.com | Matshepo Sehloho |Paula Gilbert
16th Africa Bank 4.0 SummitMay 13, 2025 TO May 15, 2025|Nairobi, KenyaConnecting Africa is a media partner of the 16th Edition of Africa Bank 4.0 Summit, a pan-African event under the theme: Innovation for a Sustainable Future: Building Africa's Inclusive and Resilient Banking Ecosystem. RegisterDownload Event Agenda
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2 weeks ago |
connectingafrica.com | Paula Gilbert
Sub-Saharan Africa remains the world's most active mobile money region, driven by new registered accounts and rising monthly activity in East and West Africa. That's according to the new GSMA State of the Industry Mobile Money Report 2025 published this week. The report found that East Africa was the leading driver of monthly active account growth in 2024, followed by Southeast Asia and West Africa. East Africa contributed 32% of new accounts in 2024 and West Africa contributed 21%.
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2 weeks ago |
connectingafrica.com | Paula Gilbert
South African mobile operator Cell C has confirmed that data compromised in a recent cybersecurity incident has been unlawfully disclosed by RansomHouse, the "threat actor" that claimed responsibility for the breach. The incident involving unauthorized access to unstructured data in some parts of Cell C's IT environment happened at the end of 2024, but Cell C only disclosed the incident publicly on January 8, 2025.
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2 weeks ago |
connectingafrica.com | Paula Gilbert
The Competition Commission (CompCom) of South Africa's recent recommendations – including that Google should compensate the local news media – could negatively impact investment and stifle innovation, according to Google's Government Affairs and Public Policy Regional Director for sub-Saharan Africa, Charles Murito. Murito shared his views on the CompCom's provisional report on its Media and Digital Platforms Market Inquiry via a statement emailed to the media via Google's PR agency.
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