WHILE mobile subscribers celebrate the ongoing tariff war in Kenya’s mobile telephony industry which has seen rates falling, dealers in the industry are feeling the pinch and counting the costs of low returns.
So serious is the situation that if not checked, most of the telecoms dealers could soon close shop owing to losses.
Mostly affected [...]
Nokia is the world’s most sustainable technology company according to Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes Review 2010. Nokia was chosen as “Technology Supersector Leader” making it number one across the entire global technology sector for the second time in row.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are globally respected rankings based on a thorough analysis of corporate economic, [...]
THE profound market changes within Africa’s communications landscape form the backdrop to discussions – and learning – at Africa’s largest annual congress and exhibition, the 13th annual AfricaCom to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on November 10-11.
The continent’s communications landscape has changed drastically this year, most notably thanks to investments and acquisitions by [...]
TUNISIA is set to host an international agriculture investment and technology exhibition in October which organisers say aims to increase the knowledge and understanding of the sector in the country and across the region.
Running from October 6 – 9 just north of the capital Tunis, the event will see experts and industry leaders meet at [...]
G-Mobile, the third Malawian cellular operator, will be in operation by the end of the year, and will add $150 million to the $25 million it has already committed in the infrastructure. According to investors Musa Capital, this is an example of investing intelligently to secure a return in emerging markets.
G-Mobile, the third cellular network [...]
VIETNAM and Egypt are looking at ways to increase the two countries’ information technology cooperation, Vietnam’s visiting deputy minister of information and communications has said.
Nguyen Minh Hong said his country was looking into how Egypt has centralised IT centers across the country in an effort to build the IT sector for the future.
He told ITNewsAfrica.com [...]
FOLLOWING President Barack Obama’s pledges to push new technology and science in the Middle East during his Cairo speech, the United States is financing a plan to connect the region’s universities and science institutes through a digital library to stretch from Morocco to Libya.
According to a press statement from the US Civilian Research and Development [...]
HEWLETT Packard (HP) has constructed a newly designed data center in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi with aim of decreasing carbon emission.
The HP Managing Director for East Africa Ken Mbwaya said those who will benefit are financial service providers and government entities who will find the scalable and modular nature of HP Flexible DC a [...]
South Africa’s third mobile operator, Cell C, has commercially launched Africa’s first HSPA+ 900 network.
The company officially switched on the high-speed network, dubbed 4GS – 4 Great Speed and 4 Great Service – in Port Elizabeth, South Africa as part of its nationwide network rollout. Using world-leading software-defined radio technology, Port Elizabeth will for [...]
HUNDREDS of tech savvy entrepreneurs and developers gather at a web and mobile conference in Nairobi.
The over 1200 engineers, product managers, entrepreneurs, students and web developers are expected to discuss the future of web application development, and receive training on Google’s products and online business skills.
At the same time, Google also announced the Kenyan [...]
HP and 3PAR today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which HP will purchase 3PAR, a leading global provider of utility storage, through a cash tender offer of $33 per share in cash, or an enterprise value of $2.35 billion. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of [...]