Internet

Faure Gnassingbe: Togo leader treads in father’s steps

Africa Celia Lebur - 24 Feb 2020

Web threatens democracy and must be regulated – without limits on freedom of speech

Article Francis Fukuyama 1 - 3 Jan 2020

The political harms caused by large scale are critical issues as well, and ought to be considered in antitrust enforcement

Cellphones the front line for gender equality

Article Jessica Posner Odede - 8 Nov 2019

Access to cellphones is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a way to level the playing field not only through knowledge, but also through connection

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago, but new walls are going up everywhere

Article Pier Paolo Frassinelli & Melissa Tandiwe Myambo - 8 Nov 2019

The Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago but today we have more borders and walls than ever

Iraq cut the internet, and the economy suffered

Article Agency - 17 Oct 2019

Cyber security NGO NetBlocks estimated the total losses to the Iraqi economy at $951 million

A pioneer’s path in the blogsphere

Article Matthew Buckland - 26 Jul 2019

In the mid-2000s, Matthew Buckland took over the M&G’s website, and gave it a new lease on life. First, though, he had to fight an ownership battle

Conscious social investment will gain consumer favour

Article James Nash - 15 Feb 2019

The transparency provided by the internet means that every corporate action is judged

Bangladesh slows internet ahead of election

Article Agency - 28 Dec 2018

At the end of an election campaign marked by deadly violence, internet services were slowed across the country with 3G and 4G services suspended

A 50-minute work week is remotely possible

Article Hans Mackenzie Main - 19 Oct 2018

In all the offices I’ve worked, I sat in the so-called bullpen — a shared working space modelled on war-time sweat shops.

Internet of Things needs more cowbell

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Sep 2018

If you want to jump-start your industry, connect your appliances, vehicles and, yes, even your cattle

No restraints on how state spies on internet use

Article bogdan TagDiv - 3 Aug 2018

Instead, the State Security Agency offers lame excuses for mass surveillance of South Africans

Telkom turns to mobile and fibre as landline business takes knock

Article Lameez Omarjee - 29 May 2018

Telkom is steering its business towards "new revenue streams", such as mobile, data and the internet

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Business travel industry generates billions

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TFSAs are the gymnasts of the retirement savings world

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