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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

South Africa

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Africa

Undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history and leave digital gaps as they connect continents

    By Jess Auerbach Jahajeeah, University of Cape Town   Large parts of west and central Africa, as well as some countries in the south of the continent, were left without internet services on 14 March because of failures on four of the fibre optic cables that run below the world’s oceans. Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Ghana, Burkina Faso and South Africa were among the worst affected. By midday […]

todayMarch 18, 2024 10

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Oshiwambo

Namibia okwali a dhidhilike uupyakadhi wo internet ohela

Aalongithi yo Internet mo Namibia okwali ya taalela uupyakadhi okulongitha o internet ohela,omolwa oongodhi dhomefuta dhoka dha kwatakanitha South Africa kongodhi yomakwatathano gopayuni. O News24 oya lopota kutya oongodhi 4 dhomoongodhi 9 okwa kolekwa dha yonuka,nokweetitha uupyakadhi wo internt mo South Africa nomiilongo yilwe ohela. Lopokati mpoka o BBC oya lopota kutya epiyaganeko lyo internet okwali wo lya guma Nigeria,Ivory Coast,Liberia,Ghana na Burkina Faso.

todayMarch 15, 2024 17

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Environment

Sewage leaks put South Africa’s freshwater at risk: how citizen scientists are helping clean up

  By Jim Taylor, University of KwaZulu-Natal and Mark Graham, University of KwaZulu-Natal   Across South Africa, sewage systems are leaking and contaminating the country’s freshwater. Involving the affected communities can help prevent this pollution hazard, as a group of 15 citizen scientists in KwaZulu-Natal province have shown. Their community water monitoring programme, working with municipal authorities, has managed to prevent raw sewage from flooding into rivers. The young, unemployed […]

todayMarch 15, 2024 35

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South Africa

Undersea Cable Breaks Cause Internet Disruptions Across South Africa

South Africa grappled with extensive internet disruptions following multiple undersea cable breaks, leading to reports of service outages from major platforms like FNB, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp. Microsoft is investigating an outage affecting users in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, with notable impacts in South Africa, Kenya, and the United Kingdom. The exact location of the cable breaks, potentially near the Ivory Coast in West Africa, remains uncertain. Vodacom […]

todayMarch 15, 2024 8

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Appetite from local investors fuels surge in African startup funding

  By Seth Onyango, bird story agency   Despite a steep downturn in startup funding in Africa since 2022, more African investors are channelling substantial investments into homegrown enterprises. This is a marked departure from the previous years, when North American investors, particularly from the U.S., led the charge in startup funding across the continent. Analysis from Africa: The Big Deal identified at least 619 unique investors who participated in […]

todayMarch 14, 2024 38

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Business / Economics

Financial abuse from an intimate partner? Three ways you can protect yourself

  By Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra   Financial abuse occurs when one person takes control over another person’s ability to acquire, use and maintain financial resources. An example is being denied access to your own funds or being forced to deposit your salary into a joint bank account but not having access to the account. It could also take place when large withdrawals are made from joint bank accounts […]

todayMarch 14, 2024 19

World

The UN Security Council Is Struggling ‘Day by Day,’ Japan Says

Secretary-General António Guterres, left, and Kazuyuki Yamazaki, permanent representative of Japan and president of the Security Council for March, before a recent meeting on Sudan and South Sudan. Only three months in the UN post, Yamakazi leads the Council on a range of crises this month, from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine to conflicts in parts of Africa, as Japan also highlights its own two signature debates: building peace […]

todayMarch 13, 2024 14

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Africa’s horticultural exports surge on

    By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency   An upsurge in demand for horticultural products across global markets, particularly in Europe, spurred a significant increase in agricultural export revenues for several African countries last year. Wandile Sihlobo, chief economist at the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz), reported via his blog that South Africa's agricultural exports surged to a record US$13.2 billion in 2023, a 3% increase from […]

todayMarch 12, 2024 18

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