South Africa: Durban gets ready for its exclusive Internet namespace
The application for an exclusive Internet namespace for Durban (under the dotDurban domain) has passed the initial evaluation phase of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The .ZA Domain Name Authority has confirmed the application for dotDurban domain has passed ICANN's initial evaluation. (Image source: File) That is More...
Launch of Namibian online tourism training platform
On behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, together with the Namibian Minister of Environment and Tourism, More...
Google Kenya launches Doodle 4 Google competition
As Kenya celebrates its 50th anniversary since independence in December, Google Kenya will launch the Doodle 4 Google 2013 competition, which will be open to all Kenyan school students aged between 6 years to 18 More...
Yookos opens its doors to developers in Africa
Yookos, the global social network focused on Africans, today officially announced the public release of their Application Programming Interface (API). The announcement was made during the company’s presentation More...
African Internet pioneers targeted for .Africa
As the likely administrator of the new .africa generic Top Level Domain (gTLD), the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) has embarked on an awareness programme targeting Africa’s best known brands. The ZA Central Registry More...
eBucks launches New Online Travel Booking Engine
eBucks, the rewards programme offered by FNB and RMB Private Bank, has launched its new Online Travel Booking Engine, increasing its offering to include more travel service providers and travel products. Michael More...
Web Foundation launches study on Open Data
Speaking at an Open Government Partnership reception recently, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, founder of the World Wide Web Foundation (Web Foundation) and inventor of the Web, unveiled the first ever in-depth study into More...
ICANN to open Istanbul Hub, covering Africa
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) President and Chief Executive Officer Fadi Chehadé today announced the organization will open its first hub office in Istanbul, Turkey. ICANN) President More...
Tech sector needs more girls
South Africa needs to actively encourage young girls to consider technology as a career option if the country is going to address key issues like the current skills shortage in the IT sector and spiralling levels More...
Twenty states to benefit from Open Data for Africa platform
SciDev.Net reports on a newly developed data platform, called the Open Data for Africa Platform, funded by the African Development Bank (AfDB), that has been established as a source of readily available information More...