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June 09, 2023
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The past decade has seen an unprecedented digitalization of businesses, the widening and interconnectivity of supply chains, and the creation of new business models and talent needs. This rate of change has however been accompanied by an increase in risk exposure for businesses - here is a look at three to keep an eye out for in 2023.
Recent advances in data storage, communication, and information processing technologies have enabled many companies to utilise business processes that are being supported by IT-enabled applications.
Mobile Telecommunications (MTC) Limited and the Otjiwarongo Municipality have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement which will see the two institutions collaborate to enhance public service delivery through innovative digital solutions.
MultiChoice and Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) have entered into a content streaming partnership which will allow the telco’s subscribers to stream content via Showmax.
Telecom Namibia has partnered with OMDis to roll out new fibre routes in the town of Oranjemund at a cost of N$12 million.
Over the past few years, the insurance industry has experienced tremendous change as various challenges erupted, such as declining economic conditions, which were worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. As is the case with facing difficult circumstances, we usually witness considerable innovation when overcoming hurdles like these.
Selcom Payment has become the first company to be admitted under the Bank of Namibia (BoN)’s Fintech Innovation Regulatory Framework, The Brief can reveal.
Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) has challenged Namibia’s business community to embrace innovation for economic growth.
The Namibian government has signed up to create an agency to appraise domestic communications network security concerns and evaluate the country’s vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks.
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Listed telco, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC), says it has now deployed 475km of fiber for back-bone to its sites, as part of efforts to reduce congestion on its network at a cost of N$100 million.
Namibia has been ranked 103 out of 114 countries globally, according to the 2022 edition of the digital quality of life survey compiled annually by the virtual private network provider Surfshark.
Paratus Namibia Holdings Ltd will set aside N$280 million towards infrastructure investments in 2023.
Namibia is in the process of developing a consolidated national Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) strategy and to increase the sector’s contribution to the national economy by means of advancing innovation and future technologies, President Hage Geingob has said.
