Vodafone’s bid to chase growth in emerging markets was dealt a severe blow today when a planned £5 billion deal to boost its stake in a South African mobile operator collapsed.
The mobile phone giant had been in negotiations for several months about extending its 50 per cent stake in Vodacom, the mobile phone company it [...]

As the newly licensed cdma and Gsm operators starts breaking ground for roll out plans, indications are very strong that their might be some displacement in the Nigerian Telecoms Race. Clear favorites and pioneers like Mtn, Celtel and Glo are poised to face stiff competition from late entrants, Etisalat, Alheri and Visafone.

Commercial WiFi hotspots face a dim future in South Africa – at least among corporate workers on the move, a new research study by World Wide Worx reveals.

bidorbuy.com Inc, a Delaware Company and the parent of bidorbuy, one of Africa’s largest online marketplaces, has bought a 22% stake in Jump Internet Technologies, the company which operates Jump Shopping, the South African online shopping comparison web site.

The construction of a 10,000 kilometre undersea fibre-optic cable is to bring huge improvements to Mozambique’s Internet and telecommunications access.

Multi-tasking, or doing more than one activity at a time, is a way of life for everyone these days. Between work, family and social life, people are finding themselves busier than ever.

As a well-established feature of the African journalistic landscape, the Siemens Pan Africa Profile Awards for 2007 is now open to entries from journalists whose work has helped make science and technology more easily understood with new categories that aim to attract a broader submission of entries.

Sybase 365, a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc., a global leader in mobile messaging interoperability and the delivery of mobile content, today announced further growth within the African mobile market, consolidating its position as the number one provider of international SMS across the continent.

IBM has announced an ambitious new mentoring program that will pair more than 250 of its top scientists and researchers with university students throughout Africa. Called “Makocha Minds” (after the Swahili word for “teacher”),

Google is to supply computer software to students and government workers in Rwanda and Kenya, in a bid to put them on the technical footing of more developed countries, RNA has established.

Workgroup’s Symantec division has announced the local availability of Norton AntiBot a proactive detection and removal tool that offers capabilities that complement existing security solutions.