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Facebook's Africa plan is to boost user base first

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AFRICA

The platform is currently available in eight sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Facebook's decision, announced in late June, to set up its first African regional headquarters in…

South Africa's SAA points to wider reform headaches

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SOUTH AFRICA

Uncertainty persists over SAA’s turnaround strategy, as well as that for other ailing SOEs including arms manufacturer Denel and the Land Bank. Operational problems at troubled…

African election fraud will persist despite innovation

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AFRICA

International donors and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are promoting greater use of technology in elections across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Electoral technology…

New players join race for offensive cyber abilities

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INTERNATIONAL

Lesser-known cyber players.

Peace foray exposes South Africa’s diplomatic deficit

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SOUTH AFRICA

The mission represented one of the first concerted attempts by African governments to exert diplomatic influence outside the continent but ultimately failed to have any real…

South Africa's ANC will hinder Ramaphosa’s reform plan

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SOUTH AFRICA

As general elections approach on May 8, recurring ‘load shedding’ (power outages) by state-owned power utility Eskom and damaging ‘state capture’ (corruption) revelations against…