The mobile operator made the pledge at the fifth South African Investment Conference to boost network resilience.
The undertaking will support SA’s ICT sector, through Liquid Intelligent, Africa Data Centres and Distributed Power Africa.
Government is finalising SA’s National Data and Cloud Policy, reveals communications minister Mondli Gungubele.
The department confirms the function is being rotated among senior officials, while incumbent Mandla Ngcobo is on a temporary mission to the SADC Secretariat.
The Mother City will once again host the summit for Africa’s start-up community, which takes place in May.
South Africa’s power supply crisis adds to the long-term, ongoing IT system downtime woes at the Department of Home Affairs.
The US government seeks comment to advance its efforts to ensure AI systems work as claimed, without causing harm.
Region forecast to spend 7.9% more year-on-year on cyber security, according to IDC.
The Department of Basic Education’s tenders target infrastructure and security improvements.
Unaffordable smartphones remain the biggest connectivity hindrance in Sub-Saharan Africa, says GSMA’s regional head.