Drive Control Corporation (DCC), has recently announced the availability of a range of Western Digital’s recently upgraded My Passport Essential portable hard drive, My Passport Essential SE portable hard drive, and My Book Essential external hard drive. The My Book Essential drive is now available in 3 TB capacity, in addition to 1 and 2 [...]
South Africa’s MTN has been rated as Africa’s most valuable brand, according to Brandirectory. According to the company, MTN is valued at $4.7 billion, almost double its rivals on the continent, Vodacom, Orascom Telecom in Egypt, FNB and Standard Bank. MTN’s Chief Marketing Officer Serame Taukobong says that the hard work and “concerted effort by [...]
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) is suing mobile phone companies and Internet providers in Egypt for cutting off their service during the recent unrest in the country, the NGO said in a press release. ANHRI, which defends freedom of expression in the Middle East and North Africa, filed a complaint to Egypt’s [...]
UAE-based Thuraya Telecommunications said on February 25 that it had “conclusive evidence” that the Libyan government, one of its shareholders, was the source of what it called an “unlawful and intentional jamming” of its signals in Libya over the past week as violence continues to take hold in the country. The company said in a [...]
Raouf Chkir, CEO of Tunisie Telecom has submitted his resignation from his post. He had replaced, only a few weeks ago, Montasser Ouaili who had also resigned earlier this year. Chekir had previously served among others as CEO of the National Broadcasting Corporation. It comes as the country continues to attempt to put itself back [...]
South African mobile giant MTN and Germany’s sustainable development organization, GIZ, have inked an agreement that partners the two for a pilot project to manage the safe disposal of electronic waste. The deal also aims to encourage companies to develop their own e-waste management. South Africa will be the first destination of the project, which [...]
Power and automation technology group ABB has secured a $20 million order for a 400kV indoor gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation to be installed at Jorf Lasfar in Morocco. It is part of Morocco’s efforts to bolster its growing technology sector and increase power for the country. The order was placed by Office National de l’Electricite [...]
Last week, Aimable Mpore, Telecel Zimbabwe’s Managing Director, presented evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technology. Mr Mpore highlighted changes in employee nationality and moves towards using local suppliers as much as possible. He said the company intended during 2011 to try to source any rollout materials locally, as long [...]
The world continues to embrace technology and become more interconnected and intelligent and the use of social media continues to grow, today’s enterprises face the dawn of a new era – the era of the Social Business. Just as the Internet changed the marketplace forever, the integration of social computing into enterprise design represents another [...]
Airtel Africa has launched a staff transfer program which will give African employees the opportunity to gain valuable work experience within the company’s parent company Bharti Airtel. The program started on the 23rd of February, 2011. The initial phase of the program saw the integration of specialized staff from Bharti airtel into some African markets. [...]
Zimbabweans are starting to explore the freedom to information provided by mobile Internet access. This is one of the findings of the latest Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services Survey (ZAMPS) which showed that 24 percent of adults living in urban centers are using the Internet. This represents an increase of 2 percent in the [...]