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  • 28 Jan 2021 | Are SIM Swaps Rising? Freedom of Information Disclosure Shows UK Police Figures Are Unreliable
  • 27 Jan 2021 | Overcoming the Risk Professionals Who Resist Change
  • 26 Jan 2021 | AB Handshake Is SWIFT for Telecoms
  • 25 Jan 2021 | Why Are Fair Usage Policies So Inconsistent?
  • 22 Jan 2021 | The Assassin That Was Tricked by a Spoofed CLI
  • 21 Jan 2021 | Leadership for Africans (and Everyone Else)
  • 20 Jan 2021 | World’s Largest Dark Web Market Taken Down
  • 19 Jan 2021 | Racist Robocaller Fined $9.9mn
  • 18 Jan 2021 | RAG and GSMA FASG Top Poll of Respected RAFM Collaborations; GRAPA and CFCA at Bottom
  • 15 Jan 2021 | US City Ends Public Use of Facial Recognition by Private Sector
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Dramatic Shift to Cashless Society Leads MTN Rwanda to Tighten MoMo Controls

By Eric Priezkalns 29 Sep 2020 Digital Payments

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 Payments

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.


RAG Nairobi: How Interaction and Innovation Leads to Collaboration

By Luke Taylor 26 Sep 2018 Education & Conferences

MTN Group demonstrated the key ingredients for success at the RAG Nairobi conference.


5 Takeaways from RAG Nairobi

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Sep 2018 Education & Conferences

Safaricom welcomed a full audience to their superb conference facility, and the speakers were equally inspiring.


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Overcoming the Risk Professionals Who Resist Change


AB Handshake Is SWIFT for Telecoms


Why Are Fair Usage Policies So Inconsistent?



The Assassin That Was Tricked by a Spoofed CLI


Leadership for Africans (and Everyone Else)


World’s Largest Dark Web Market Taken Down


Racist Robocaller Fined $9.9mn



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  • Wally Wally 26 Jan 2021
    AB Handshake Is SWIFT for Telecoms
    Interesting idea.
  • Wally Wally 12 Jan 2021
    RAFM Collaboration: Who Do You Know and Who Do You Respect?
    I don't half the groups on this list. Some of them must be doing almost nothing.

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