Africa’s award winning Information Communication Technology (ICT) company, Dimension Data has extended its operations to 49 countries across the globe, an official has said. Dimension Data has presence in 10 African countries comprising  Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda and Tanzania where it offers   professional services such consulting Services, managed services, IT [...]

A report published by Dimension Data today reveals that many company’s are hanging on to their legacy network equipment up to the last-day-of-support (LDoS). But the percentage of network devices being used past this digital retirement date has dropped dramatically. The total percentage of network devices which have passed LDoS has fallen from 31% in [...]

According to Wireless Federation, Orange Kenya has confirmed it will be laying off nearly 400 employees over the next few weeks as a cost-cutting effort to regain profit revenues. The company’s CEO Mickael Ghossein was reported by the publication saying that the new strategy “would shift focus in the commercial aspect of the business” where [...]

Nigerian customers are angry over the recent mobile network shutdown in Abuja. Most mobile kiosks stopped operating on May 29. The mobile network disruption are part of the government’s continued apathy towards its citizens. “I couldn’t call my family or my wife to tell her I was running late. It was wrong,” says a source. The second [...]

US-based collective buying enterprise, Groupon, has deepened its interest in the South African market and invested in ICT managed services from its service partner the Integr8 Group. According to marketing executives at the company the global enterprise has generated a subscriber base of 70 million throughout the world. Additionally, its initial market valuation of $1,75 [...]

East African nations are combining efforts in order to bolster the fiber optic infrastructure across the region. It is part of East Africa’s move to increase Internet use and connectivity in the area. According to ComputerWorld, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have linked forces together on a $400 million investment in terrestrial fiber optic [...]

There are two good reasons to avoid any software implementation process that will take more than two to (at most) six months. The first is cost: IT consultants don’t come cheap, and the business case for your fancy new software can start looking shaky very quickly once you add in all the hidden costs. The [...]

The director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mrs. Aruma Oteh has called on quoted companies on the stock exchange to comply with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) before 2015. This, Oteh said, would ensure that they are globally accepted as far as standards are concerned. Oteh, who made this remark at the [...]

Airtel has been summoned by Uganda’s High Court after allegations it insulted the Catholic Church over a billboard it erected in the country. The billboard, which says “Airtel Cleaner than the Rubaga Bell” apparently has irked a number of high-ranking Catholics in the country. The Rubaga Bell is an ancient church bell in the Rubaga [...]

Ugandan local reports said that Alvarion and Foris Telecom Global launched 4G networks in Uganda and Mozambique. The result could be a renewed push to move the new mobile technology into Africa as a whole. When contacted, both companies said they could not immediately speak to the media about the 4G contracts, but one official [...]

Citizens in Uganda are angry about the lack of service from MTN Uganda. They are angry over the failure of their calls between Uganda Telecom and MTN being connected. They believe that this is a result of MTN Uganda’s apparent shutdown of connecting mobile calls over a lawsuit that the company won, forcing UTL to pay [...]