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Mozambique calls for ICT bodies to curb corruption
Information and communication technology professionals in Mozambique were on Thursday challenged to form professional bodies that would help address the issue of rampant corruption which is said to be threatening the ICT sector.
Mobile phones could cause skin-rash
The British Association of Dermatologists has warned that some mobile phones – if used for long periods – could cause skin rashes on the ears of face cheeks. The unidentified rash or itchy skin, nicknamed “mobile phone dermatitis,” can occur…
HP launches new products in Kenya
Hewlett-Packard in Kenya is gearing up for growth using multimedia products by tapping into the consumer market ahead of the anticipated undersea fibre optic cables.
SPESCOM finalist in BPeSA BPO awards
Spescom DataVoice, a division of Spescom Limited, is a finalist in this year’s BPeSA’s (Business Process enabling South Africa) National BPO Awards; widely acknowledged as one of the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) sector’s foremost competitions for industry innovation.
Maroc Telecom losing market
Maroc Telecom will be losing market share to Wana in Moroccos mobile operator space, according to new mobile operator market research report by IEMR
Econet Wireless target 1,2 million subscribers in Zimbabwe
Pan African mobile operator ECONET Wireless Holdings Limited’s target to achieve 1,2 million subscribers by February 2009 in Zimbabwe is still on track despite the harsh economic conditions in the country.
Tunisia’s only independent online mag attacked
The online news magazine Kalima, often touted as one of the only independent news sources in Tunisia, has suffered an attack that has completely destroyed its web content, reports the Observatory for the Freedom of Press, Publishing and Creation in…
Explosion of new domain names presents risks for online brands
On November 1, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will meet in Cairo, Egypt to discuss the introduction of new top level domain names (gTLD), current examples in use are .com, .net, and .biz.
Corporate South Africa takes on mobile technology at an unstoppable rate
The corporate dinosaur is getting younger as mobile phone technology offers cost-effective solutions for expensive business processes. Through mobile phone technology, businesses can rely on customised software to do those follow-up jobs, improving customer-relations while dramatically beating down expenses.
EASSy more than doubles its network design capacity with Alcatel-Lucent’s submarine optical solution
Alcatel-Lucent today announces that it has strengthened cooperation with the East Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) consortium with the signature of a contract to more than double the design capacity of the optical submarine cable network landing in East Africa.
World economic crisis hit Kenya’s IT sector
Kenyan Technology firms are bracing for a period of reduced spending on solutions as the global economic crisis continues to claim more casualties among financial firms, who are often the biggest spenders on IT.
Maximizer Software drives Mobile CRM 2.0 market with release of Version 10.5
Leading the Mobile CRM 2.0 revolution for smartphones, Maximizer Software Inc. (TSX:MAX), a leading provider of simple, accessible customer relationship management (CRM) solutions, today announced the availability of its latest CRM software – Maximizer CRM 10.5.
Quarter of broadband homes to be mobile-only by 2013
ÂFixed operators need to come up with strategies for dealing with a rapid and invasive expansion of mobile broadband into their core growth area, consumer broadband, according to a report published by Analysys Mason.
Uganda govt seek authority to regulate ICT equipment
The Ugandan government on Tuesday announced that it will set up a regulatory team that will set standards for the information technology equipment used the country.
World experts in IT converge in Kenya ahead of 2010 World Cup
NAIROBI,—WORLD’S leading experts in information and technology (IT), and online tourism specialists, are attending a two-day E-Tourism Africa conference in the Kenyan capital–Nairobi.
Tanzania’s Postal services ‘suffer technology gap’
Tanzania postal services can be improved more if modern means of communication are applied, Postmaster General Deos Mndeme has said.
