By Rick Rogers, Area Manager for East and West Africa at Check Point Software Technologies September 30, 2016/Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. HummingBad. Stagefright. QuadRooter. Mobile malware and vulnerabilities have been making headlines well over the past year, and attacks are becoming a more common way for cybercriminals to steal […]
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South Africa issues $3 billion in foreign currency bonds
September 30, 2016/Reuters South Africa has successfully issued a pair of dollar bonds in overseas capital markets worth $3 billion to help finance its foreign currency commitments, the Treasury said on Friday. The transactions were more than two and a half times oversubscribed with the 12-year bond priced at a […]
UPDATE 1-Gas shortages turn Nigeria’s Dangote to coal to make cement
September 30, 2016/Reuters (Adds detail on how coal is used in cement production and BUA Group comment on its cement plants) Nigeria’s Dangote Cement has turned to locally-mined coal to fire its cement plants because of gas shortages due to militant attacks on Nigerian facilities and to lower its production […]
