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Accenture: Prepare for Digitial Realities
According to the 2011 Accenture Global Media and Entertainment survey, 91% of senior executives of media and entertainment companies admit that they are not taking full advantage of customer data that can deliver customised content, leaving them ill-prepared to seize the…
HP installs new webOS senior vice president
Building on the successful launch of HP webOS 3.0, Hewlett-Packard revealed its accelerating the global expansion of webOS. “Innovation is at the core of webOS, and I look forward to working with our talented team of engineers as we strive…
Mobility claims its seat at the boardroom table
Mobile devices are increasingly becoming the method of choice to communicate, both socially and professionally. As a result, mobile operators across Africa are benefitting immensely from the increase in both voice and data traffic across their networks. According to the…
Phishing: South Africa takes the bitter bait
Symantec released its June 2011 Symantec Intelligence Report, the first Symantec report to combine the best research and analysis from the Symantec cloud MessageLabs Intelligence Report and the Symantec State of Spam and Phishing Report. This month’s analysis reveals that…
Algeria plans to invest in silicon
Youssef Yousfi, the Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, has announced that the state-owned electricity and gas company Sonelgaz is preparing to invest €250 million in silicon exploration. The Algerian company hopes to start the production of silicon by 2013. Silicon…
Interactive Intelligence webinar: Social Media
Social media isn’t about you; it’s about everything around you. As you consider how your customers want to communicate with you, social media is something that can’t be ignored. But what should your strategy be? Is social media “just another…
African women to benefit from Silicon Valley
The United States has established an exchange program to develop African Science and Technology skills, American Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has confirmed. “We want to make sure that all the tools that technology has made available are just…
Accenture Nigeria drives skills project
Accenture Nigeria, a management consulting and technology service company, has empowered four Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) under its “Skills to Succeed” programme, aimed at creating jobs and building businesses to equip 250 000 global citizens by 2015. This is part of…
Uganda bracing for another price war
Uganda’s telecom market has been gripped by yet another mobile price war. That has led to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the Uganda communications industry regulator, to reconsider reducing interconnection rates between mobile networks. The UCC may reduce the current…
MTN SA drops uncapped broadband rates
MTN SA has reduced its uncapped Internet rates with effect from 1 July 2011, in response to customer demand. These packages are not new, but the value has been substantially enhanced. MTN Broadband Uncapped Lite has been reduced from R749…
iSPartners joins global President’s Club
Doug Kennedy, vice president for Dynamics Partners within Microsoft, has announced that iSPartners has been named to the 2011 President’s Club for Microsoft Dynamics. iSPartners is part of a group of high performing Microsoft Dynamics partners whose commitment to customers…
HP boosts BMW’s network infrastructure
HP has announced a 5-year extension to its global, multimillion-dollar deal with automobile manufacturer, BMW. As part of the deal, HP technology services will deliver higher value support services for the HP technology that provides a major portion of the…
SA’s ATM withdrawal value shows positive trend
The average cash withdrawal values across South Africa as measured by the Spark Cash Index (SCI), an independent ATM provider, showed a slight increase from May to June 2011. The average cash withdrawal for June this year was R410, 0.90%…
Kenya university to roll-out e-care
Doctors and interns at Kenya’s Kenyatta University referral hospital are getting a boost in the services they are able to provide to patients with the establishment of an e-care system that will enable them to consult with doctors and experts…
Tunisia, France sign digital economy agreement
The Tunisian and French governments have signed a co-operation agreement for the establishment of a French “Passport for Digital Economy” program in the north African country. For Tunisian business owners, it is a move that is likely to be met…
Google, Kenya digitise parliament records
Kenyans now have free online access to debates from the Hansards, a collection of debates that date back to the pre-independence Legislative Council. The earliest edition of the Hansard indexed is the Report of the Fourth Session of the Debates…
