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.

The Egyptian mobile operator, Etisalat Misr has selected Ericsson for its network expansion. This follows an agreement recently endorsed between the two companies to boost the mobile broadband in the region, bringing Etisalat Misr’s total investment with Ericsson equipment and…

The Microsoft chairman is looking ahead to the time later this year when he will be focused full-time on fighting disease and poverty, while also trying to do everything he can to help his software company in its battle against…

Microsoft solutions specialist i5 has strengthened its capabilities with the recent acquisition of Chameleon Technologies, a Web design studio. On joining i5, Chameleon has been renamed to BlackLight and will specialise in developing web content based on the emerging Microsoft…

Microsoft Corp. issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Yahoo! Inc. that its Board of Directors has rejected Microsoft’s previously announced proposal to acquire Yahoo!: It is unfortunate that Yahoo! has not embraced our full and fair…

We’ve taken note in recent months of the growth and innovative use of Web 2.0 in Kenya and how it has really taken root in light of severe adversity that still continues in the aftermath of the most recent Presidential…

enya provides us with the most recent and inspiring example of the nexus between technology and collective action. Kenyan citizen journalists and activists are actively using Web 2.0 tools and applications such as wikis, blogs, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and mashups…

Journalists have the opportunity to be nominated for the 2008 South African Weblog Awards. Nominations will be accepted between February 11 and February 22. The voting period will be from March 3-14.