By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Moneyweb
A Microsoft outage disrupts financial markets and forces some traders to use their phones to continue operations. Professionals in Sydney describe persistent difficulties and additional checks to verify trades, according to Moneyweb.
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A global Microsoft outage is disrupting Outlook and Teams in 74 countries and affecting the gaming authority in Mauritius.
13 NovMicrosoft outage disrupts gambling authority in Mauritius
13 NovMicrosoft outage disrupts Outlook and Teams in 74 countries
12 NovMicrosoft struggles to restore services after global outageA global Microsoft outage disrupted Outlook, Teams and Copilot for tens of thousands of users in 74 countries and territories. Microsoft said high loads on its infrastructure were complicating service restoration, which remained limited several hours after the incident began, according to France 24.
🌍 World · Source: France 24 ·
Microsoft is struggling to restore several services, including Outlook, Teams and Copilot, after a global outage affecting tens of thousands of users. Reports of problems with Outlook peaked at nearly 140,000 on Thursday at around 18:00 GMT, according to MyJoyOnline.
🌍 World · Source: Nile Post ·
A fire on 10 November at a CVTelecom station in Mindelo, on the island of São Vicente, is disrupting telecommunications services on several Cape Verde islands. Technical teams are working to restore services, according to Cape Verdean operator CVTelecom.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · Source: A Nação ·
At the Web Summit in Lisbon, suspicions of Chinese espionage targeting Nvidia’s boss are on everyone’s minds. Some tech players believe the crisis could ultimately benefit the whole artificial intelligence sector, according to TelQuel.
🇵🇹 Portugal · Source: TelQuel ·
Nine Chinese humanoid robots dance at Web SummitNine Chinese humanoid robots from AgiBot performed a synchronised choreography at the opening of Web Summit 2026 in Lisbon, before thousands of spectators. The humanoid robots also participated for the first time in discussions as official speakers, according to Africa News, at a summit bringing together around 70,000 participants.
Morocco backs human-centred AI at ITUMorocco called for artificial intelligence and digital technologies to serve people and sustainable development at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Doha. Ambassador Mohamed Setri also highlighted sovereignty and competitiveness challenges, according to MAP.The week in Africa
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