March 14, 2024, saw a massive disruption of internet connectivity in several African countries. West Coast African countries affected include Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Benin. It was reported that the disruption was due to several submarine fibre optic ...
Safaricom, a leading internet service provider in East Africa, acknowledged experiencing an outage due to damage to one of the undersea cables that manage internet traffic. In response to this disruption, Safaricom activated various redundancy measures aimed at minimizing service interruptions. In additio...
In contrast, China, with its advanced digital infrastructure and higher internet penetration, might experience Internet addiction more in terms of emotional disturbances, such as annoyance and enjoyment disruption, indicating a psychological impact [79]. This contrast underscores the importance of ...
of disruption of essential services in worst-hit countries like ivory coast where the disruption was severe. africa leads mobile device web traffic in the world, with many of the continent’s businesses relying on the internet to deliver services to their customers. the ...
DHAKA , Jan . 5 ( Xinhua ) - - Millions of internet users in Bangladesh have been facing disruption to their services due to glitches in the submarine cables in India a .
This is happening against the backdrop of a heightened geopolitical struggle over technology, avid institutional reaction to technology-instigated disruption, and renewed debates over governance and nor- mative values. Again, such technological interfaces portend a continuous struggle over visions, ...
and access to information — both offline and online. Furthermore, the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in Africa 2019 calls upon States not to “engage in or condone any disruption of access to...
The UK’s largest onlineÂparcel deliveryspecialist has warned individuals and businesses not to get caught out by the inevitable disruption set to be caused by the London 2012 Olympics this summer. The Olympic Games will take place at sports arenas across the United Kingdom between July 27 an...
“When governments think about subsea cables’ exposure to faults and malicious disruption, I don’t think they understand how the maintenance market works,” says Constable. The US “has been trying to bifurcate this global network of subsea cables but didn’t look at whose cable ships were ...
live. This testing is generally performed against critical Internet-facing devices such as perimeter routers, firewalls, and hosts in a DMZ such as Web servers and mail servers. DoS testing performed against live production systems must be managed carefully, to ensure as little disruption as ...