While the evolution of the internet has served to unite the world, satellites have kept the most remote corners of the globe connected.

The greatest challenge for most start-up SME owners? “Focusing on their core business.” This is the opinion of Ivan Epstein, CEO: Softline. “Doing the ‘actual business’ of your business is often that much more difficult for SMEs because of the…

Social bookmarking may be flying under your radar — it was mine. However, this Web 2.0 phenomenon involves millions of Internet users, especially those under 50 and with higher income levels.

Social networking has set the online world on fire over the past two years, with the likes of Facebook, MySpace and YouTube enjoying explosive growth in revenues and users. South African Internet users have embraced social networking with the same…

In an age of increasing social and cultural diversity international perspectives on career development are more evident than ever before.

Africa: an entire continent of potential and possibilities. This is the view of the Switch Group – one which it is already acting on, with a new branch office in Kenya and another planned for Nigeria. S’bu Manqele, group business…

The United Nations says millions of online wordsmiths have translated their vocabulary prowess into more than one billion grains of rice — enough to feed 50,000 hungry people for one day.

Larry Lessig gets TEDsters to their feet, whooping and whistling, following this elegant presentation of “three stories and an argument.”

Cisco Systems is to invest $10 million to develop its network infrastructure on the continent. According to the report, five African countries who stand to benefit from the initiative are Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Kenya.

Nigeria, Egypt and other African countries will over the next five years benefit from $1 billion or N128 billion Intel Corporation’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) initiative.

Dimension Data Middle East & Africa has announced its acquisition of Accelon (Pty) Ltd, a communications services company operating in Nigeria and Ghana for an undisclosed sum.

Microsoft Corp. and International Trade Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Connect Africa summit in Kigali, Rwanda on Tuesday, so as to be able to expand the development of information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure.

The bad news is that an October 2007 Netcraft.com web server survey found nearly 143 million websites, adding up to untold billions of webpages. The good news is that only a tiny percentage of these site owners actively promote their…

Microsoft Corp.’s annual Next-Gen PC Design Competition is open for online entry submission until 11:59 p.m. EST Dec. 14. The competition aims to encourage ongoing enthusiasm for Windows-based PCs by engaging the imagination and creativity of the industrial design (ID)…

Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites have become the top tool for hiring IT staff, a new survey among recruitment companies reveals.

The Connect Africa Leaders’ summit kicked off in the Rwandan capital Kigali Monday. The conference focuses on investment and development in Africa’s burgeoning telecommunications industry. For VOA, Noel King has more in this report from Kigali.