The Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecast (2012-2017) projects that South Africa’s Internet Protocol (IP) traffic will quadruple during the period under review at a compound annual growth rate of 31%. South Africa’s IP traffic (fixed and mobile) is expected to…
Microsoft South Africa has unveiled the first Microsoft Technology Centre (MTC) in Africa – a high-tech multi-million rand facility that it says will help local companies of all sizes become more globally competitive by helping develop “next-generation solutions” for their…
MTN Group announced today that MTN Cote d’Ivoire Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Sérigne Dioum, has been appointed Head of Mobile Financial Services, effective 1 September 2013. Dioum’s appointment comes as MTN renews its focus on value added services in line…
If there is one thing that is different to the 2008 Zimbabwean elections, it is that the 2013 election has a new ‘candidate’. His name is Baba Jukwa. The anonymous social media icon and commentator, portrayed as a cartoon of…
As the Zimbabwean elections draw to a close and vote counting starts across the Southern African nation, voters and citizens will be waiting with baited breath for the results to be made known. But as citizens wait for the results,…
As the polls closed in Zimbabwe on 31 July, following the country’s presidential and parliamentary elections 2013, the role of connectivity and mobility within the voting process has garnered a great deal of interest. The influence of the Internet will…
Microsoft has launched a pilot project in rural Limpopo province, South Africa that aims to deliver high-speed and affordable broadband to underserved communities using so-called “white spaces” technology. The focus of the pilot will be to prove that TV white…
According to a recent study by research firm World Wide Worx, South African consumer bought over 1.4-million tablets in a period of three years – from June 2010 to June 2013. At the end of 2012, 960 000 tablet had…
As the citizens of Zimbabwe head for the polls at the end of July in the country’s 2013 General Election, the internet and social networking in particular look set to play an increasingly relevant role. Given the growth of the…
Developments in the wage dispute between Telkom South Africa and its staff, involving the Communication Workers Union (CWU), the South African Communications Union (SACU) and Solidarity, have taken a new turn with the announcement that a three-year labour agreement has…