THE Government of the Republic of Uganda through the Ministry of ICT and supported by the European Commission and Technical Co-Sponsored by IEEE, will host IST (Information Society Technologies) Africa 2009 Focus. Preparations for the three-day event, which will held…

THE Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) yesterday (Wednesday) turned into a war zone as police battled with protesting students. However, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has expressed grave concern over the manner in which the police handled…

Swift Global is rolling out a new strategy which will embrace franchising in its business strategy in a new bid aimed at boosting its market footprint across the country and setting the pace in ICT technological innovations.

If ever there was a time in the development of the formal South African ICT distribution and supply channel when service and delivery levels influenced trade, it is now. Looking into the new year those businesses that can step up…

CIVIC society organizations have raised concern at the delay in the finalization of South Africa’s Broadcasting Amendment Bill. This follows reports that the bill, which seeks to end the problems at the country’s public broadcaster, has been referred back to…

THE visually-impaired in South Africa received yet another boost from the country’s leading mobile network services provider, Vodacom over the weekend. South Africa’s biggest company in the sector pledged to donate a further R30 000 to restore the sight of…

TELKOM on Friday (today) sacked its chief operations officer Motlatsi Nzeku saying his role had become extremely divisive and counter-productive to the progressive functioning of Telkom. South Africa’s leading landline service provider said a new organizational structure aimed at enhancing…

The Zambian government has announced it will introduce unified licenses to cater to diverse telecommunications operations including mobile telephony, Internet services, satellite transmission, broadcasting and other related technologies.

Businesses are now taking note of Performance Management (PM) and this is reflected in the uptake of the technology and approach by mostly large organisations that are focused on business optimisation and driving the performance of the organisation. However, in…

THE entertainment industry will for the first time in many years feature prominently at this month’s Mobile World Congress. This year’s edition of the congress, where mobile operators with a large presence in the continent will be represented, kicks of…

NIGERIAN telecommunications company, Globacom, has signed an agreement with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as its national team’s telecommunications sponsor. The company takes over from MTN, in a deal valued at US$15 million over five years.

Africa has the fastest growing telecommunication industry. A new survey by Ernst & Young released Thursday shows that between 2002 and 2007, the industry grew by 49.3 percent as opposed to Asia which recorded a 27.4 percent growth.

Samsung Networking, a Neotel approved distributor, has launched a business phone service, offering SMEs a telephony cost saving of more than 20% on average. Its business solution, NeoFlex Voice, offers SMEs substantial savings; excellent voice quality and hassle free installation.