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Russia thanks Western sanctions for helping it avoid the CrowdStrike IT outage

Views: 11 BUSINESS INSIDER Airlines, banks, supermarkets, media outlets, and more were affected by the outage, which experts say was one of the largest in history. While the issue caused hundreds of thousands of Microsoft Windows computers to crash, one country was unaffected: Russia. Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media said Friday that airlines […]

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Meta to appeal FCCPC’s $220 million fine_ WhatsApp says

Views: 3 NAIRA METRICS WhatsApp announced that its parent company, Meta, will be appealing the $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for violating Nigeria’s data privacy laws. This statement was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. The reaction follows a statement

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Global Outage forces Elon Musk to Ban Crowdstrike

Views: 7 THE TECH BASIC Elon Musk, the boss of Tesla and SpaceX, had Crowdstrike’s software removed from his companies’ systems. He announced this decision on his platform X. The move follows a catastrophic global outage caused by a problematic update from the cybersecurity company, which crashed computer systems around the world. Musk’s statement on

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Russia hikes import tariffs for consumer goods from ‘unfriendly countries’

Views: 6 ASIA ONE MOSCOW – Russia increased imports tariffs for consumer goods, including wine, beer, candies, biscuits and shampoo, produced in countries that support sanctions against Moscow, according to a government order published late on Friday (July 19). Russian imports from nations that imposed sanctions against Moscow over its military conflict with Ukraine slumped

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JUST IN: Two dead as a truck and a bakkie collided and burnt between Swakopmund and Arandis

Views: 11 Namibia: Two drivers, who were sole occupants of a truck and a bakkie, respectively, burned beyond recognition when their vehicles collided head-on between Swakopmund and Arandis at around 00:10 this morning. The bakkie driver was identified as a 38-year-old male Chinese national employed as a site manager for Beifang mining company. The truck

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JUST IN; Air India Boeing plane bound for San Francisco makes unscheduled landing in Russia

Views: 5 An Air India plane flying from Delhi to San Francisco made a precautionary landing in the Russian region of Siberia after crew detected a potential issue in the cargo hold area, the Indian airline said on Friday. It was the second time in a little over a year that an Air India flight

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JUST IN; Boda boda rider Sentenced to 7-years for retaining money sent to his M-Pesa account by mistake

Views: 28 K24 Kenya: A Mombasa court has sentenced a boda boda rider to seven years in prison after he pleaded guilty to the offence of retaining Ksh200,000 that had been wrongly sent to his M-Pesa account. Mombasa senior resident magistrate David Odhiambo sentenced 27-year-old Samuel Mwithiga Wanjiku to serve seven years after he pleaded

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Liquid Thought reimagines new Stanchion website to reflect PayTech innovations

Views: 6 Liquid Thought is proud to have been engaged by Stanchion to reimagine its website and design a new modern online experience along with a brand refresh explainer video for their B2B PayTech business.   Stanchion founded in Cape Town 23 years ago has developed into a global business with offices on five continents.

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Camlin Founder Subhash Dandekar Passes Away At 86

Views: 3 The founder of iconic stationery brand Camlin, Subhash Dandekar, passed away on Monday. He was 86. According to reports, the businessman breathed his last around 7 AM on Monday. He was cremated in central Mumbai, with a condolence meeting planned for Thursday. Subhash Dandekar’swife had passed away two years ago. He is survived

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Bank of Uganda to purchase gold locally from the artisanal miners in order complement existing measures to accumulate international reserves

Views: 4 Bank of Uganda has revealed plans to purchase gold locally from the artisanal miners in order complement existing measures to accumulate international reserves, a move the Central Bank argues will lead to the reduction in imports of raw gold in turn leading to a decrease in both trade deficit and current account deficit

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