The week has come to an end; however, it almost the end of the month. Yip, that’s right in a few days we will be heading into the month of August 2014.
This week in tech, we saw Telkom suspending its attempt to cut a multitude of jobs at the company. Additionally, we saw the launch of the Road Buddy app in South Africa. The app has been designed in order to minimise the amount of accidents involving pedestrians, joggers, motorcyclists and other vulnerable road users.
Airtel was praised by Lagos State Deputy Governor over its Touching Lives Initiative.
Finally, we got to get our hands on the Destiny Beta, which was a rather impressive experience. Have a great weekend from the team at IT News Africa.
News
Telkom suspends looming job cuts
Trade Union, Solidarity, has stated that Telkom has recently suspended its upcoming retrenchment process. The union stated that the suspension is due to the flawed processes undertaken by Telkom. Read More.
MTN Ghana donates to Asafotufiami Festival
MTN Ghana made a five thousand Ghana Cedis donation as a contribution to the Asafotufiami Festival. The theme for the festival is Education: key to the development of Ada Traditional Area. Read More.
Nigeria: Airtel to spend $300m on network expansion
Bharti Airtel is planning to spend $300 million on expanding its network this year as it targets growth in its Nigerian customers. Read More.
Mobility, cloud driven security solutions needed
Trends such as mobility, BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) and cloud have completely revolutionised the way we do business, by giving users access to the information they need anytime and from anywhere. Unfortunately, as much as businesses have gained from these trends, so have they been put at risk, as these trends have caused the demise of traditional network security, that relied on putting up an impenetrable wall around the company. Read More.
Road Buddy app aims to make SA roads safer
Millions of apps are created on a month-to-month basis; however, not many of those apps are aimed at making South African and international roads safer. Read More.
SES launches digital TV platform for West Africa
SES and service provider Computer Warehouse Group have unveiled the launch of a new digital TV platform that is aimed at West African audiences. Read More.
Airtel praised over Touching Lives Initiative
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Princess Adejoke Adefulire-Orelope, Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dame Abimbola Fashola and former commissioner of Environment, Dr. Muiz Banire have commended Airtel Nigeria, over its corporate compassion programmes in the country. Read More.
Perago inks mPOS payments deal for Africa
Perago has signed an agreement with Swish Payments to support its new m-commerce initiative in Africa and Europe. Read More.
Samsung partners in good health for Sub-Saharan Africa
amsung Electronics has joined GSMA, an organisation that represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, to partner in initiatives that will see an improved healthcare system. The GSMA Mobile for Development mHealth programme launched a new cross-ecosystem partnership designed to provide a range of mHealth services to women and children. The plan will have a particular focus on nutrition across Sub-Saharan Africa. Read More.
UK delivering e-learning to Kenya
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) has announced a strategic partnership with the private sector to deliver e-learning programmes in Kenya to thousands of marginalised girls. Read More.
Etisalat Egypt selects Ericsson to boost CE in Egypt
Etisalat Egypt has chosen to continue their partnership with Ericsson by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Ericsson’s headquarters in Sweden. The renewed collaboration is intended to strengthen the existing partnership in mobile broadband and customer experience. Read More.
Opinion
How cloud can power entrepreneurship in Africa
Taken as a whole, the African continent is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Averaging 5% growth each year, Africa’s economy has become more market-oriented, with a rapidly growing private sector. But if it is going to continue on this growth path, it is going to have to create jobs at an unprecedented rate. Read More.
Innovation Drives Development: SA must develop & manufacture PCs
South Africa is a great opportunity for growth and for a scientist to have a tangible impact on society. This is some of the reasons that have brought Australian-born particle physicist, Associate Professor Bruce Mellado, to South Africa and to the School of Physics at Wits University 18 months ago. Read More.
POPI should prompt mobile security rethink for SA
Over the past three decades legislatures, across the world, have been trying to update their legal systems in order to address growing concerns around how our private information is being used once handed over to companies… in both the public and private sectors. Read More.
Gadgets and Gaming
Xbox One August update preview
Larry Hryb, Xbox Live’s Major Nelson, chats with Richard Irving from the Xbox Engineering team to discuss the updates coming to the Xbox One console in August 2014. Read More.
In Pictures: Destiny Beta Event
Over the course of the weekend avid gamers grouped at Internet Solutions, located in Johannesburg South Africa, in order to test of the Beta build of Bungie’s upcoming title, Destiny. Read More.
Darryl Linington – Online Editor
