Africa's data is worth $400bn. We're giving it away
Africa is now the world's largest producer of the most valuable currency of the 21st century. That currency is data.
Can you prove where your government data is stored during an audit?
Government data carries a level of sensitivity that extends beyond typical commercial information, says SigniFlow.
The case for treating cybersecurity as a corporate sustainability metric
A business that can’t protect its data and recover quickly from cyber disruption in a modern digital economy has to take a second look at what it defines sustainability as.
First Distribution expands data centre portfolio with addition of NexaVM
NexaVM delivers a modern virtualisation approach that simplifies infrastructure management, enhances workload performance and reduces licensing complexity, says First Distribution.
UniCloud Africa, OADC partner for digital sovereignty
Sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure will be hosted locally in Nigeria, DRC and SA.
All on the same page: Exclaimer–Workday integration standardises HCM data and e-mail signatures
By connecting Workday to Exclaimer, organisations can automatically apply accurate employee data to e-mail signatures and video meeting themes.
Smart Africa, RealTyme join forces for data sovereignty
A new partnership aims to protect African state secrets from foreign surveillance and cyber-attacks through sovereign communication enclaves.
Nigerian regulator opens a probe into possible data leak
The investigation will assess the categories of data potentially affected, the scale and nature of the incident, and the level of risk posed to individuals.
Burkina Faso steps into the future with digital investment
World Bank-funded initiative accelerates 12 flagship projects to digitise public services and end data hosting outside national borders.
FSCA’s Omni-Risk Framework signals shift to data-centric supervision in SA
Navigate Compliance has launched its Regulatory Reporting capability powered by AURA, a RegTech data platform designed to support financial institutions across multiple regulatory frameworks.
As data laws tighten, South Africa’s shift to local hosting becomes a strategic play
Government departments are already firm that their data cannot leave the country, which makes local data centre capacity essential.
Nigeria probes schools over data privacy compliance
Within 21 days, institutions under evaluation must present documentation of their 2024 data protection compliance audit returns, and designate a data protection officer.
Malawi plans to launch Micro Data Centre
A local tech company has announced plans to build Malawi's first Micro Data Centre to support artificial intelligence computing.