APPFRICA is a series of international tech conferences and think-tanks aimed at bringing together researchers, industry leaders, businesses, educators, governmental and non-governmental organizations to discuss novel uses of web technology

Skyrocketing oil prices are hindering global economic growth but they may have beneficial effects for the Internet industry, the vice president of Google Inc. said Wednesday in Seoul. “Although I’m not happy with increased oil prices, the Internet (industry) may…

FIREFOX fans claim to have set a world record after the latest version of the web browser was downloaded more than 8 million times in 24 hours. Firefox 3 was launched at 3am (AEST) yesterday morning, kicking off “Download Day”…

MapNTL.com, the award-winning Nigerian online driving route planner that was launched in October 2007, has now been extended to include over 106,000 kilometers of national highway across Nigeria effectively covering the circumference of the Earth more than twice..

The planned entry of two players into Kenya’s mobile phone market has sparked an intense battle for talent in the telecoms sector. France Télécom’s-owned Telkom Kenya and Econet Wireless have roiled the labour market in the sector as they shop…

Expand Networks, a leader in application acceleration over the Wide Area Network (WAN) and positioned in the Gartner’s Leaders Quadrant for WAN Optimisation Controllers 2007, was recently named Acceleration Product of the Year with its Compass Platform, at the Techworld…

In the final phase of the transition of its bench repair services, HP South Africa recently appointed M-IT, an EOH company, as a second bench repair service provider.

The expansion of the call centre environment is a clear signal that ICT companies have reached higher levels of maturity and are now truly capitalising off their technical expertise it boost profit. So claims Robert Sussman, joint-MD of Integr8 IT,…

Decision makers are only scratching the surface of the business-building benefit housed in digital or online marketing. This is the view of Abby Wakama, managing director at Real Africa Netevolution (Pty) Ltd., a national digital marketing agency based in Gauteng.

Many international investors are keen to invest in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa, but don’t know where to start looking for credible companies with solid track records and good financial controls.

Entrepreneurs who would like to expand their business operations and ventures will not go very far if they fail to establish online presence. That being said, however, it is wise to exercise caution when selecting a service provider in this…

Corporate South Africa is stepping out of its usual pattern of using only large international agencies and is supporting small IT start-ups based in the Bandwidth Barn.

A new local technology podcast, hosted by a group of high profile tech journalists, was launched recently.

Technology solutions provider Cisco Systems Incorporated has launched a new partnership programme to reduce skills shortage in Africa’s telecoms industry.

Idea Engineers’ Janice Spark peers across the 2007 brand scape, examines the winners, the losers and those negotiating troubled waters… The winners… Apple and the iPhone In June 2007 New York Magazine featured Apple’s driving force, Steve Jobs, on its…

The Competition Commission has officially approved Huge Group Ltd’s purchase of Centracell (Pty) Ltd. This was the last outstanding item for completion of the Centracell purchase.