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Vodacom de-registers SIM card fraudsters
Vodacom is de-registering approximately one million inactive SIM cards as part of a series of steps to help improve the effectiveness of the RICA Act. On 1 July 2011, the requirement for the de-activation of all unregistered SIM cards as…
Who is Anonymous?
For as long as there have been computers, there has always been a small minority who tried to hack, crack, code and script their way around the inner workings, making electronics and computers do things that they weren’t designed for.…
Smartphones will drive Africa’s Internet uptake
Affordable smartphones, together with the falling mobile data tariffs, are set to drive an Internet adoption wave across Africa. That’s according to Craige Fleischer, the Regional Director for Southern Africa at Research In Motion (RIM), the makers of the BlackBerry…
NGB exits Uganda’s pay TV market
Sweden’s Next Generation Broadcasting (NGB) has sold off its local subsidiary Digital Broadcasting Uganda in an effort to pursue other markets. Industry speculation has been rife that NGB will eventually pull out of Uganda’s pay TV market. Earlier this year,…
Metrofile expands digital business unit
Metrofile, a South African JSE listed information and records storage management business, has increased the operational footprint of its Pretoria branch, following the awarding of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), formally known as CIPRO, document storage contract, coupled…
Top 10 African Women in ICT
In honour of women’s day in South Africa, ITNewsAfrica is profiling 10 leading women who have made significant contributions to Africa’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector and occupy high profile positions in this fast paced, and sometimes cut throat industry.…
Top women in video gaming
Video gaming has traditionally been seen as a men’s-only activity, but a strong number of women around the world has taken hold of console controllers and proved that it’s not the case. To celebrate Women’s Day tomorrow, we have created…
Sage Pastel opens new Kenya office
Sage Pastel, one of Africa’s developers of accounting and business software, opened its new offices and training centre in Nairobi, Kenya last week. The new headquarters will provide the full suite of Sage Pastel’s programs and technical support for the…
Africa.com launches social coupon website
Africa.com plans to launch its own social coupon website to offer real discount values for Africans. The first deal includes discounted airline tickets between New York and Lagos aboard Arik Air. “The African diaspora includes some of the most affluent,…
5 top-flight speakers confirmed for Innovation Dinner
The upcoming ITNewsAfrica Innovation Dinner, planned for 31 August 2011 at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton, is gearing up to be a grand event for Africa’s top ICT decision makers. ITNewsAfrica has secured an international Innovation specialist speaker, Theodore Forbath…
Are you South Africa’s most globally connected individual?
Western Union is celebrating its 160th anniversary by launching a hunt for the most networked person in the world. To celebrate this unique status, Western Union is calling for South Africa’s most globally connected individuals to step forward and take…
Egyptian operators told to stop poaching
Egypt’s National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority has called on Vodafone Egypt and Etisalat Egypt to end its advertising campaigns aimed at attracting Mobinil customers to change their phone numbers and join their networks. NTRA advisor Mahmoud Algowiny was reported by Egypt’s…
PlayStation Vita out early next year
News has emerged that the much-awaited PlayStation Vita hand-held console will only go on sale in Europe, the US and the rest of the Asian territories by early next year. In the video game industry, South Africa falls under the…
Citrix Survey: SA workers opt for flexi hours
About 71% of South African knowledge workers are now regularly working outside of the office, whilst 75% of surveyed workers use their own personal computing devices at work. That’s according to the “Future of the Workplace”, a survey of more…
Apple wins, Nokia bleeds in South African device survey
BMI-TechKnowledge, an ICT research company revealed the results of a South African study of smartphone and tablet trends at a media briefing held today in Johannesburg, SouthAfrica. The latest stats are based on an online survey conducted with 1500 participants…
Etisalat reconciles with Egyptian tax authority
Etisalat Egypt announced on Wednesday that it had reconciled with the Egyptian Tax Authority after paying back taxes it owed amounting to 200 million Egyptian pounds. The money paid was part of a loan that Etisalat had failed to pay…
