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Africa’s leading high level summit for education and innovation returns for its fifth year in 2015 and will take place in Kampala, under the patronage of the Government of Uganda, hosted by Hon Jessica Alupo, Minister of Education & Sports. The theme for this year’s event is “Developing African Skills for the 21st Century”. Innovation Africa 2014 included the participation of 26 African countries, 23 ministers, 140 government officials and over 250 industry leaders. The 2015 summit will exceed those numbers as the most desirable event to attend for ministers of education, higher education, ICT, science & research. It is certainly the ‘must participate’ event of the year for companies to engage with these leaders. Innovation Africa is now recognised as the leading high-level forum for education, ICT and skills development in Africa. For ministers, deputies and senior officials it is their preferred annual event for engaging with industry partners in a unique meetings-based fo

PlayStation 4 owners will know that a 500GB hard drive is just not enough in this technology driven day and age. PlayStation 4 titles are growing in size, with some titles taking up at least 50GB of space – once installed. Ultimately, those who own a PlayStation 4 would have to uninstall various video game titles in order to make room for newer ones. However, Sony seems adamant to keep players happy, which is why the company has now unveiled a PlayStation 4, which comes with a 1TB hard drive. According to Sony, the latest PlayStation 4 will be dubbed the “Ultimate Player 1TB Edition.” The Ultimate Player 1TB Edition will drop the 500Gb hard drive and replace it with a 1TB hard drive. According to Sony, the latest batch of consoles to hit the market will also be 10 percent lighter, use eight percent less energy, and come standard with a matte hard drive bay cover. The PlayStation 4 Ultimate Player 1TB Edition has been confirmed for South Africa; however, no official release date or

Given the ever-increasing sophistication of cybercrime methods, organisations must employ advanced assessment tools and practices to reduce or eliminate security gaps. The first step to a successful security posture is to know what your current security network looks like. It’s hard to strengthen a security foundation when you don’t know where the weaknesses are. Cyber threats have gained a lot of media attention recently, and the perception that Africa is not likely to experience cyber-attacks is false. Africa has one of the highest number of cyber-attacks, which have mostly targeted government websites in Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal over the recent months. Basie van Solms, director of the Centre for Cyber Security at the University of Johannesburg, says that South Africa is lagging behind Africa when it comes to adopting a stable cyber security policy and that there is a lack overall of a cyber-security strategy and culture. The South African government has been criticised for not h