ONE of Nigeria’s wealthiest entrepreneurs has made a surprise bid to Telkom, proposing to create a pan-African telecoms giant by marrying Telkom’s 50% stake in Vodacom with Nigeria’s cellular operator Globacom.
The bid threatens to disrupt a plan already at an advanced stage for Telkom to shed its 50% stake in Vodacom by selling 12,5% to [...]

IDS Software, provider of integrated IT solutions for the hospitality industry, has forayed into the Nigerian market to make available its services in that country.IDS Software has partnered Nigerian ValuePlus Software, a banking software solutions company.

ITNewsAfrica.com Africa’s independent media portal fully dedicated to ICT affairs is proud to announce the appointment of its new Online Editor; Samuel Mungadze. Mungadze is a qualified journalist with years of experience in the Media Industry. His working career has been with The Standard Newspaper (Zimbabwe) SABC-Africa (S.A) and The African Bulletin (Netherlands).

Since the dawn of the GSM era, a wide gap has unconsciously been maintained among phone users across the country. A gap that is not depicted in the expensive nature of phones or otherwise, acquired for use by individual users but the outright neglect of the larger number of the population who were not connected [...]

Owing to the lack of adequate infrastructure and high costs, Malawi still lags behind in the use of internet. Malawi’s minister of labour Davis Katsonga was speaking in the country’s capital Lilongwe during the opening of the 3rd annual connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum.

Consumers around the world are adopting smartphones in their droves as they seek to achieve the optimal work / life balance and make the most of every minute of the day.

Mascom Wireless Botswana, launched the world’s most advanced communication solution, 3G and 3.5G technology, which will give Botswana a global edge by having the fastest mobile broadband.

Vodacom’s bid to become a major player on the continent has intensified with the announcement that the South African mobile operator, has agreed to buy most of African network and satellite services firm Gateway for $675 million.

South African media giant, Naspers, has partnered with a mobile networking and advertising start-up based in Singapore, BuzzCity with a $10 million investment.

Sahara Computers, together with the Mozambican government, has confirmed that work on the planned computer assembly plant is expected to be completed by September 2008.

The Rwandan President, Paul Kagame has challenged African investors to invest more in the ICT sector.
Kagame said this yesterday while officiating at the official launch of Chinese owned Star Africa Media at Jali hill in the Rwandan Gasabo district.