ICASA on drive to educate South African consumers
South Africa’s Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has pledged its commitment to make consumers aware of their right to communication. ICASA, which regulates the country’s telecommunications More...
Nokia starts voluntary redundancies
Nokia is accelerating its cost-reduction programme and starting a voluntary redundancy offer. The mobile phone maker is also encouraging staff to make wider use of short-term unpaid leaves and sabbaticals and use More...
Software is the underbelly of a growing business
A common factor among companies that remain competitive and continue to successfully engage their markets is that they have in place software that promotes effective management. This is particularly true of the More...
Microsoft Plans Software in Nigerian Languages
Microsoft, is working with the Linguistics Association of Nigeria and other advocates to introduce Language Interface Packs for the Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba languages, which would be compatible with Microsoft Windows More...
NCC to roll out broadband throughout Nigeria by 2009
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) announced at the end of the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that it plans to deploy broadband services in all of the country’s states by the end of 2009. The More...
Softworx introduces Infor’s MyDay – a solution with personality
Infor’s new Web 2.0 user interface for Infor applications, MyDay, is here. Deon Eachells, Solutions Manager, Softworx (an EOH company), says the beauty of this solution is that it’s based on Infor Open SOA and More...
DCC wins APC top distributor for Africa award
Drive Control Corporation (DCC), a distributor of integrated critical power and cooling solutions was recently awarded APC’s Distributor of Year for South Africa and Africa 2008. The accolade acknowledges More...
ICT Leaders Meet at Sun City Resort for Second Day of IDC CIO Summit
More than 90 of the continent’s most influential IT decision makers today gathered at South Africa’s world-renowned Sun City Resort for the second and final day of IDC’s groundbreaking Africa CIO Summit 2009. More...
Nigeria- cyber cafe operators to register by March 15–NCC sets deadline
AS the deadline for registration looms for all cyber café operators in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission has warned these businesses to register or face reprisals. NCC Executive Vice Chairman Ernest More...
Google’s Gmail is down!
Gmail is suffering from a widespread outage this morning, with visitors to the webmail service being presented with blank screens. In a statement – issued over the telephone – Google admits it’s More...