Education
Ransomware attacks double in municipalities, healthcare, education
Barracuda Networks, provider of cloud-first security solutions, published its Fifth Annual Threat Spotlight on Ransomware. The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2022 and July...
African enterprises warm up to Blockchain technology
Blockchain is a record-keeping technology designed to make it impossible to hack the system or forge the data stored on it, thereby making it secure and immutable. It is a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT),...
Avaya empowers students across Africa to continue learning with Avaya Spaces
As many as 250 million children across Africa are currently unable to access primary and secondary schools as a result of COVID-19-related closures. Analysts have shared concerns that this may create a lost generation...
Skills development crucial to economic success
Despite having a youth unemployment rate of more than 50% South Africa has a skills shortage in many areas of commerce, one of which is in technology. Therefore, Michael Shapiro, CEO at Synthesis, explains why skills...
Wi-Fi connectivity deployed at university campus in Mauritius
The current generation of students have grown up with technology – using devices like laptops, smartphones and tablets. In order to keep students engaged, institutions of learning must change with the times. We are n...
Young coders lead the way in Tunisia thanks to academy programme
While on an exchange programme in the USA, a Tunisian software engineer became inspired to build something that would make a real difference in her home country. Faten Ghriss subsequently set up the Young Tunisian...
Ransomware attacks double in municipalities, healthcare, education
Barracuda Networks, provider of cloud-first security solutions, published its Fifth Annual Threat Spotlight on Ransomware. The new report looks at ransomware attack patterns that occurred between August 2022 and July...
South African companies ignore junior tech talent at their peril
It may be time for hiring managers to relook the qualifications they require when recruiting technical skill, according to OfferZen. Businesses that diversify their talent pipeline to include both university and...
First Digital launches easy to use POPIA compliance assessment toolkit
Most local businesses are aware that if they do not meet the compliance requirements of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), South Africa’s data protection law, before this year’s deadline of 30 J...
Africa: a youthful continent with immense potential
Chris Norton, Regional Director – Africa, Veeam, explains how a focus on education and ICT infrastructure would go a long way towards making the continent and its young population more competitive on the global...
CNet expert discusses Remote Attendance Learning capability
CNet Training’s President and CEO, Andrew Stevens, discusses CNet’s Remote Attendance capability and how the delivery of each CNet Remote Attendance program has been remodelled to further enrich the remote...
Five factors that form how security awareness training programmes are...
As more and more businesses embrace remote working as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, ensuring that employees do not become easy targets for cybercriminals is paramount. Elena Molchanova, Head of...
South Africa’s Central University of Technology partners with Datacentrix to u...
The Central University of Technology, CUT, a higher education institution based in South Africa’s Free State province, has successfully rolled out phase one of its three-year network and Wi-Fi infrastructure upgrade, an i...
The Knowledge Hub pioneers innovative digital learning experiences in Egypt
The Knowledge Hub (TKH) Universities is a multidisciplinary educational hub hosting branches of world-class universities, each to participate with undergraduate courses in their areas of strength, providing an...
School aids pupils’ learning with safe Internet access
St Dominic’s School for Girls secures its network, delivering safe Internet access to all staff and pupils-and a proactive approach to IT support. Harry van der Burgt, IT Manager, St Dominic’s School for Girls tells Int...
South Africa’s Wits University navigates digital learning challenges...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted on every aspect of life and economy in South Africa, the higher education sector has not been spared with universities prioritising online education to ensure their...
Avaya empowers students across Africa to continue learning with Avaya Spaces
As many as 250 million children across Africa are currently unable to access primary and secondary schools as a result of COVID-19-related closures. Analysts have shared concerns that this may create a lost generation...
Leading Kenyan school plugs the COVID-19 learning gap with Avaya Spaces
As over 17 million students across Kenya face a third month of being locked out of classrooms, the country’s leading schools are turning to video collaboration technologies from Avaya to ensure that their students can c...
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