The role of IT in corporate governance
Mike Roos, director at Barnstone’s Fraud & Risk ServicesOne of the important developments in the new King III Report released earlier this year is the fact that it has finally taken into consideration the More...
Who will you meet at the October 27 Innovation Dinner?
The next Innovation Dinner on the 27th of October is shaping up to be the best so far. ITNewsAfrica.com has secured top-flight speakers as well as confirmed the attendance of C-level executives, academics, regulators More...
Google launches ‘Baraza’ for Africa
How can I write a movie script for Nollywood? How does the stock exchange operate in Johannesburg? What is the recipe for bitter leaf soup? What is the best company for car insurance in Kenya? English and French More...
Safaricom taps into retail chains with M-Pesa
The deal will enable Safaricom subscribers to use the M-Pesa service to buy goods from two of Kenya's leading retail chainsMOBILE telecoms firm, Safaricom, has scored yet another first by signing a partnership deal More...
Verizon to extend African footprint with Gateway Business
Verizon's alliance with Gateway Business Africa will expand Verizon Business Private IP network capabilities in several African countries. Verizon has formed a new network alliance with Gateway Business Africa that More...
AU to champion Information Communication Technology
THE African Union has designated some heads of state and government ministers to champion the development of ICT on the continent. South African President, Jacob Zuma, on Monday said that his government’s More...
Bharti, IBM, Mahindra, Spanco sign African pact
(R-L) Manoj Kohli, CEO (International) and Joint Managing Director, Bharti Airtel; John Lutz, general manager, IBM Managed Business Process Services; and Kapil Puri, Chairman and Managing Director, Spanco, during More...
World e-Parliament Conference Opens
The 2010 edition of the World e-Parliament Conference has officially opened at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) with delegates from eighty (80) parliaments and five continents attending. The conference is aimed More...
Nokia to lay off 1,800 workers
New Nokia CEO, Stephen ElopNokia, the world’s leading mobile phone supplier and provider of mobile and fixed telecom networks including related customer services, is set to offload 1 800 workers in a move More...
Etisalat, Alcatel-Lucent launch femtocell project
THE Middle East’s leading telecommunications service provider, Etisalat, which also has a presence in Nigeria, on Thursday announced the deployment of the first femtocell live project in the United Arab Emirates More...