admin‘Protect children from Internet abuse’
ACCRA. — Ghana’s Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has called for a conscious national effort to protect pupils and students against the abuse of the Internet and other communication technologies.
He said the misuse of the Internet, mobile phones and television presented a danger that exposed children to cybercrime,
Harare International Airport facelift to be complete by October
Refurbishment of the Harare International Airport runway and taxiway are progressing well and is expected to be complete by October this year. Government facilitated a US$18 million loan from the Infrastructural Development Bank of Zimbabwe from which the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe received US$14 million for the project, with the remaining US$4 million going
Barclays revamps electronic banking
GABORONE. — In a move aimed at keeping abreast with modern technology, Botswana’s leading bank, Barclays Bank, is revamping its mobile banking system, a senior official has said. Barclays Bank head of channels and control Malebogo Radipati-Sebusang said Barclays was keeping abreast with electronic banking trends in Botswana’s highly competitive banking
Asian markets, euro hit by Spain fears
HONG KONG. — Asian markets fell for a second day and the euro sank to new lows yesterday as Spain’s banking crisis threatened to spin out of control and force Madrid into a financial rescue. The heavy losses followed a sell-off on Wall Street and in Europe, while Spanish bond yields sat at dangerous highs. Tokyo fell 1,05 percent, or 90,46 points, to 8 542,73, and
Euro inflation eases
European inflation slowed more than economists forecast this month, cooling to the least in more than a year as the economic slump showed signs of deepening. The inflation rate in the 17-nation euro area fell to 2,4 percent from 2,6 percent in April, the European Union’s statistics office in Luxembourg said yesterday. That’s the slowest since February 2011. Economists forecast a
Kiss of life. . . Mbada unveils US$75 000 package
Grace Chingoma Sports Reporter
JUST when the Warriors needed a helping hand ahead of their 2014 World Cup qualifier against Guinea on Sunday, Mbada
Do away with ‘single-buyer model’, Government urged
Business Reporter
THE Government should do away with the “single buyer model” that currently typifies Zimbabwe’s electricity sector, a power generation expert has said. Engineer Francis Masawi, a former Zesa acting chief executive, made the call during a presentation
Cloud computing: What is it?
Hausen Zimbowa
IN its broadest usage, the term cloud computing refers to the delivery of scalable IT resources over the Internet as opposed to hosting and operating those resources locally, such as on a college or university network. Those resources can include
Tourism Matrix: Tuku: A worthy tourism ambassador
Isdore Guvamombe
WHEN night fell on Victoria Falls on Monday May 21 2012, it was as if that was dawn. No one stayed home, including known hypochondriacs, the lame and the infamy. The real music of Zimbabwe called them, it knocked on their doors, their hearts and
Improving your fuel economy
Fact Jeke Behind the Wheel
They used to say that you could only rely on two things in life — taxes and death. Not true! There are three things. Taxes, death and the cost of fuel spiralling forever upwards. So consider this article your guide to making the best of a bad