Around the world, women frequently experience harassment and violence when they decide to exercise their civil and political rights. In 2016, the Inter-Parliamentary Union published a global study on Violence Against Women in Politics (VAWP), based on interviews with women MPs from around the world. The study showed, strikingly, that more than 80% of the women interviewed had experienced some form of psychological violence in the course of their work […]

 Canon Europe today announces its recognition as an Industry Leader in Quocirca’s prestigious 2024 Print Security Landscape report. This distinction highlights Canon’s (www.Canon-CNA.com) commitment to providing globally consistent and innovative security solutions&services for secured print and document management that outpace competitors. The report specifically highlights Canon’s flagship print management platform, uniFLOW Online, as one of the key elements of its security offering, noting its power to support organisations with safeguarding credentials across […]

 The Creative Africa Nexus Weekend (CANEX WKND) 2024, a flagship initiative by African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) (www.Afreximbank.com) kicked off today, Wednesday 16 October 2024, marking a pivotal and significant moment for the cultural and creative industries in Global Africa. Ahead of the official opening, the President and Chairman of Board of Directors at Afreximbank, Professor Benedict Oramah, met with the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, His Excellency […]

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 Siloed and 'locked-in' traditional payroll systems and departments don't align with modern integrated and data-conscious businesses. Moreover, layers of granular software customisations limit the agility of payroll software, creating lock-in where there should be scale and choice. However, conventional wisdom holds that one needs to customise payroll systems to get the most out of them. Is this still true, or is there a more flexible alternative? The problems with customisation […]

 The developers of ONLYOFFICE Docs (www.ONLYOFFICE.com) released version 8.2 of the online editors with multiple novelties. Built with document collaboration in mind, the native PDF editor gets support for co-editing and signatures. Other enhancements include redesigned UI, faster file loading, zero-downtime deployment, field codes, desktop support for touch screen, RTL and smooth scrolling in sheets, and others. PDF collaboration for more efficient business teamwork The ONLYOFFICE team continues to further polish […]

 Yellow Card (https://YellowCard.io), the largest and first licensed Stablecoin on/off ramp on the African continent, today announced the closing of its Series C financing. The US $33 million equity financing was led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Polychain Capital, Third Prime Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Block, Inc., Galaxy Ventures, Blockchain Coinvestors, Hutt Capital, and Winklevoss Capital. This financing marks a significant milestone for the company and the African FinTech […]

  “Cybersecurity Day” marks GITEX GLOBAL’s halfway stage as enlightening agenda reveals the challenges, threats and opportunities for international tech community “AI is changing the game” – H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of Cybersecurity for the UAE Government​ After an action-packed two days where GITEX GLOBAL 2024 (www.GITEX.com) presented exhilarating events and exhibitions across technology’s new frontiers, Wednesday witnessed another incredible programme as audiences examined the existing and future […]

 In support of Global Encryption Day on 21 October 2024, events are being organized across Africa by Internet Society (www.InternetSociety.org) chapters in Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Benin to educate and train individuals on the importance of encryption in protecting data and privacy.   End-to-end encryption is the process of transforming or encoding information so that only the sender and intended recipient can see it. It safeguards […]