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The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) will institute a code to help protect consumers against cyber security risks.

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Two South African ICT innovators have been included in the 10 finalists for the Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA). The entities, Medical Diagnostech and Mobenzi, are among four local companies included in the top 10 shortlist. The other two are not ICT firms. The creators were tasked to developed practical solutions to some of the continent’s most intractable problems. – ITWeb
Absa unveiled its banking app at an event in Johannesburg recently, and it is currently available to Absa customers using Android and iOS.

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The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has been running a marketing campaign touting e-tolls on Gauteng’s roads as pleasantly inexpensive, but opposition to the system said recent newspaper adverts are a “pathetic attempt” to hoodwink the public. Sanral has published an advertisement in various publications that positions the financial implications of e-tolls on motorists as “better than expected”. – ITWeb