Skills development will boost Africa’s competitiveness
This month saw heads of states and leaders of industries from all over Africa coming together to discuss the future of the African continent at the World Economic Forum (WEF), which took place in Cape Town from More...
MTN ranked as highest African brand
South African mobile operator MTN has topped the list as the highest ranked African brand in the prestigious Millward-Brown Brandz Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2013 survey, released today. MTN Group President More...
Tigo Rwanda launches BlackBerry Z10
Rwanda mobile service provider Tigo has announced that BlackBerry’s latest smartphone, the Z10, is now available for mobile subscribers in the country, and added that the Z10 is fully supported by the network. Rwanda More...
Uganda forms ICT Association of Uganda
Uganda has officially launched the ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU), a sector lobby group which aims to bring together ICT professionals and policy makers to share ideas on how to further the country’s ICT goals More...
GSMA opens office in Kenya
The GSMA today announced that it has opened a permanent office in Nairobi, Kenya. The office will be based in the heart of Nairobi’s Innovation Hub (iHub) for the technology community and will enable the GSMA 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...
Microsoft partners with Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology
Microsoft today announced a TV white spaces pilot project in collaboration with the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) and UhuruOne to provide affordable wireless broadband access to university 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...
A closer look at Acer’s new R7 notebook
Acer’s new R7 notebook was unveiled to the press at a global conference in New York last week, and IT News Africa was there to capture all the action, news and information – including the release of More...
Acer launches “amazing” new products
Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Acer revealed their new line-up of tablets and notebooks at an international launch conference in New York City last week Friday and offered the world a glimpse into their future More...