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All the best and safe travels through the festive season. From the team at IT News Africa. The top stories of the week can be found below. The Top Stories for 2015 can be found here.
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VOD service ShowMax adds download feature
ShowMax, an online VOD streaming service, has implemented a new feature that will allow its user-base to download and watch movies and series while offline. Read More.
Liquid Telecom to link Africa to the Middle East
Liquid Sea, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liquid Telecom, has started a project to build a new subsea cable linking Africa to the Middle East with onwards connectivity to Europe. Liquid Telecom Group CEO Nic Rudnick confirmed the Request For Tender has been issued to international companies involved in the construction of submarine cables. Read More.
MTN to challenge fine imposed on MTN Nigeria
MTN has released a statement, which essentially gives an update on the fine that was imposed on MTN Nigeria. Read More.
Top Google searches for 2015 in Nigeria
While South Africa was a high-point when it came to Google searches, we now take a look at the various many searches that Nigerian consumers had searched for over the course of 2015. Read More.
Ghana: Vodafone launches M-Pesa
Vodafone has extended M-Pesa to Ghana, the 11th Vodafone market across Africa, Asia and Europe to benefit from the mobile money transfer service. Read More.
SweepSouth wants more African startups in US accelerators
Applications are open for the next batch of 500 Startups companies, and home cleaning platform SweepSouth, which has just returned from its four-month programme in San Francisco, believes that more African entrepreneurs should be taking up the chance. Read More.
Top Opinions
Upskilling to reduce unemployment and enhance economic growth
With an unemployment rate of 25%, South Africa is sitting on a largely untapped pool of resources that has the potential to drive economic growth. Read More.
Top Video Interviews
How will the Internet of Things benefit Africa?
David Meads leads Cisco’s business operations across the African continent. In his role he is responsible for defining Cisco’s go‐to‐market strategy across the African continent and for the field execution of that strategy. Watch the video interview here.
Security is a critical part of the Internet of Things
Paolo Campoli is the ME&A Global SP leader and SP Sales CTO at Cisco. His responsibilities include direct Sales leadership for Global Service Providers accounts in the ME&A region, managing the entire Solution sales lifecycle and developing for the future. Watch the video interview here.
Gadgets and Gaming
Top 3 Premium smartphones to buy this Christmas
As experts within the tech industry, IT News Africa has reviewed a variety of high-end smartphones over the course of 2015. Read More.
Top Gadgets & Games to get this Christmas
The festive season is upon us once again. While the festive season is a great time to spend with family and friends it can be a bit of a stressful time when it comes to purchasing the perfect gift. Find the perfect gift here.
Darryl Linington
