Paratus connects underserved schools across Africa

Check Point's Global Threat Index for April 2025 lists eight African countries among the top 20 most targeted nations.

The initiative will improve real-time disaster monitoring, early warning systems, and predictive flood modelling, allowing the country to prevent climate-related calamities.

Check Point says the cyber-attacks reflect the growing trend of exploiting legitimate platforms to bypass security defenses.

Netblocks said on Thursday that live analytics revealed restrictions on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp in Mozambique.

Reports indicated the connection was re-established on Saturday, but some citizens still complained the internet was inaccessible.

SEACOM first went live in South Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Djibouti in 2009, following the completion of its first undersea cable connecting Asia and Europe.

According to Kaspersky, one of the hurdles to timely and efficient incident response is a recurring skills deficit, necessitating the need for the training program.

The government commended the company at the recently concluded Huawei 2024 Seeds for the Future Programme Award Ceremony.

The Paratus differentiator with its Starlink service offering is that it provides continuous technical support with a ready supply of equipment in Maputo.

The President of Zimbabwe announced over the weekend that Starlink had been licenced by the regulator to provide internet and related digital processing services.

According to non-governmental organisations, warring factions are destroying telecom infrastructure and blocking the usage of satellite internet services.