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By addressing investment challenges, improving infrastructure, reforming regulations, and nurturing talent, we can unlock Africa’s digital potential. (Getty Images)
AFRICA

Unlocking Africa’s digital potential: Addressing challenges and charting a path forward

By addressing investment challenges, improving infrastructure, reforming regulations, and nurturing talent, we can unlock Africa’s digital potential

  • Chudi Okoye
4 min read
Banks, restaurants, airlines, the media and more were hit by the outage. (Photo by Metin Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
AIRLINE DELAYS

Global IT outage caused by antivirus update disrupts airlines, banks, media and more

An IT update from anti-virus company Crowdstrike led to the ‘Blue Screen of Death’ affecting million of computers worldwide that run Windows software

  • Afp
5 min read
Google will be establishing its first cloud region on the African continent, right here in South Africa. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
AFRICA

Google Cloud coming to South Africa, an African first

New cloud storage option will help accelerate the continents digital transformation and create jobs

  • Nafisa Akabor
3 min read