Despite ongoing political turmoil, an uprising that ousted the former regime and violence throughout 2011, Egypt’s information technology market grew at a surprising double-digit rate, a new report reveals. According to Business Monitor International (BMI), in their “Egypt Information Technology Report Q1 2012”, Egypt’s success in boosting its IT market was a direct result of [...]
The Mozambican Ministry of Science and Technology has signed a 20 year agreement to access international broadband fibre connectivity on the SEACOM network. Beneficiaries of the newly acquired capacity include the Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) and the Government Electronic Network (GovNet), which are government-led projects established to improve online public service access and [...]
AMD today announced worldwide availability of the AMD Radeon HD 7950 graphics card for desktop computers. This launch brings to market the second graphics card based on the cutting-edge 28nm process technology first introduced with the AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics card – recognised for its excellence in performance with over 150 awards from technology [...]
Research In Motion today announced general availability of BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 – a new service for business and government organizations that extends Microsoft Exchange Online to BlackBerry smartphones and allows customers to manage their BlackBerry deployments in the cloud. The service is available at no additional charge to current medium-sized [...]
The IT Leaders Summit is the premier gathering for IT and business executives across all industries in Africa. The Summit provides the ideal opportunity to debate and interact with likeminded individuals in an exclusive and energising business atmosphere. The agenda includes all mediums of discussion in order to promote maximum takeaway from the event. Guest [...]
There’s no avoiding it: Africa has long been behind the curve when it comes to industry and infrastructure. From healthcare to manufacturing, its economic past has been plagued by elements of mistrust and misfortune – as well as a severe lack of global investment. But for all of this, a shining light is looking to [...]
Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Technology Omobola Johnson has inked a new deal with Cross Rivers state government to increase the state’s information and technology infrastructure as well as create a knowledge city, the ministry said in a press release. At the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between NITDA and the Cross Rivers state [...]
Tigo Ghana is losing ground to its nearest competitor, Vodafone Ghana, a new report published by the National Communications Authority (NCA) has revealed. The report shows that through December of last 2011, Vodafone Ghana has moved into second place in the sector ahead of Tigo. “By the start of this year Vodafone’s local subsidiary claimed [...]
Zain Sudan Telecom says that it has not transferred any of its profits to its parent company in Kuwait over the past five years, the Sudanese unit’s CEO Ibrahim Ahmed al-Hassan said at a press conference in Khartoum. This comes on the heels of reports that much of the profits earned by the company in [...]
Verizon Communications confirmed over the weekend, plans to expand its enterprise network platform deeper into Africa and the Middle East. The global telecom giant said its enterprise customers now have private IP services available in Gabon on Africa’s western coast, Djibouti and Ethiopia on the Horn of Africa, Malawi and Zimbabwe in Eastern Africa and [...]
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