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Saying African Telcos Are ‘Inadequately Prepared’ for Mobile Money Fraud Smacks of Unconscious Racism

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Jun 2022 Digital Money

The Head of Communications at SAS Institute sees no problem with a wild generalization about Africans and crime.


Telcos in the Crossfire for Privacy and Freedom: The Battles in Myanmar and eSwatini

By Joseph Nderitu 6 Jul 2021 Privacy & Intellectual Property

It is not possible for the telecoms sector to serve both ordinary people and the governments that oppress them.


Dramatic Shift to Cashless Society Leads MTN Rwanda to Tighten MoMo Controls

By Eric Priezkalns 29 Sep 2020 Digital Money

Even motorcycle taxis refuse cash as Rwanda saw a 450% increase in P2P mobile money transfers during the first four months of 2020.


Positive Press for MTN South Africa’s Anti-SIM Swap Solution

By Eric Priezkalns 1 Nov 2019 Risk, Fraud & Security

South African banks can use MTN’s Subscriber Identity for Third Parties (SIFT) system to check if a SIM was recently changed.


South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board Rules Against Vodacom

By Rob Chapman 27 May 2019 General

Vodacom should not claim their network is the best in South Africa without admitting that objective data says otherwise.


Africa and India to Complete Global Cycle of Risk and Assurance Conferences

By Eric Priezkalns 20 May 2019 Education & Conferences

Johannesburg (October 1-2) and Delhi (February 5-6) join Bonn and Toronto in the global schedule of free RAG conferences.


Which Predictions Were Right?

By Eric Priezkalns 26 Dec 2018 General

Five major trends were described at the beginning of 2018. Did change occur as rapidly as expected?


The Unsung Heroes of the Year

By Eric Priezkalns 25 Dec 2018 General

This is a good time to thank some special people for what they give to our community.


Uganda U-Turn: Mobile Money Tax Is Halved

By Eric Priezkalns 20 Nov 2018 Digital Money

President Museveni said the 1 percent tax on mobile money withdrawals was a known ‘error’, but approved that law anyway. Now his government has cut the tax to 0.5 percent.


Do Telcos Have a Human Rights Problem?

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Oct 2018 General

Some research you have never heard of, but which somebody is paying for, illustrates why you should not believe everything you read.


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    New Data Shows Big Flaw in STIR/SHAKEN Is Now Even Worse
    You don't need to apologize, Dennis. The only person who was pedantic about the word 'authentication' was me. But I have reason to be pedantic as there is confusion between how the word is used by a...
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    Sorry if I was being pedantic about that one word. I have been in the business of reading and implementing specs, so I may get hung up on them. Either way I think we have converged onto the root of...

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