The World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology report has slotted Kenya in the 12th position for her efforts in developing information and communication technology (ICT) sector. According to the report, Tanzania is ranked 11th, and Uganda 14th. The research, conducted…

Government has set aside R16 million to establish Fabrication Laboratories, popularly known as the “FabLabs” which offer powerful opportunities for people from disadvantaged communities. To date, there are six of these computer labs or FabLabs in the Free State, Western…

LinuxWorld – IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a Big Green Linux initiative to help its clients further integrate Linux into the enterprise as a way to reduce costs and energy consumption by building cooler data centers. The Big Green Linux…

DALLAS, TX–(Marketwire – August 7, 2007) – NewMarket Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: NMKT) today announced CEO Philip Verges will be participating in the “Connecting Rural Communities Africa Forum 2007” in Nairobi, Kenya, August 21-24, 2007. NewMarket was invited to participate in…

Telkom’s deal with FIFA, concluded earlier this afternoon at SAFA house in Johannesburg, is a value-in-kind sponsorship to the amount of R 255-Million (US 36-Mil). Telkom however says that it is important to highlight the value of the sponsorship rather…

Negative images of Africa dominate the news: famine and disease, conflict and corruption. But Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Finance Minister of Nigeria, says there’s a less-told story unfolding in many African nations: one of reform, economic growth and business opportunity.…

Microsoft’s Stephen Lawler gives a whirlwind tour of Virtual Earth, moving up, down and through its hyperreal cityscapes with dazzlingly fluidity, a remarkable feat that requires staggering amounts of data to bring into focus.

LONDON: Popular search engine major Google is hoping to launch a mobile phone by early next year that will allows users to surf the internet on the move. According to The Telegraph , the company hopes that its “GPhone” will…

Celtel International is relocating its Africa office to Kenya due to the country’s stable economy. Celtel Kenya CEO, Mr David Murray, said Celtel picked Kenya because of her economic stability and great infrastructure. “The relocation is a reflection of the…

It’s a wrap. The leading telecommunications network in the Africa and the Middle East, MTN, has officially taken over Scancom Ghana Limited, operators of Areeba Ghana. Areeba Ghana is now officially MTN Ghana. Whats new? Tariff segments: MTN has segmented…

Mabopane – Learning and teaching at the Abel T Motshoane School in Mabopane, North of Pretoria has been transformed with the mobile e-learning infrastructure. The school is the first in the country to have this wireless network technology. Entering the…

Kenya’s cyber law, when enacted, could be adopted as a model law for other countries within the East African Community (EAC) — Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi — which are yet to enact such kind of legislation to give regulatory…

Kenya’s cyber law, when enacted, could be adopted as a model law for other countries within the East African Community (EAC) — Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi — which are yet to enact such kind of legislation to give regulatory…

SOUTH African companies are beginning to follow their international counterparts in blocking workers‘ access to popular social networking site Facebook. They cite concerns over productivity – but some experts defend the site, saying it holds huge potential as a business…

Microsoft Corp. welcomed the decision, announced today by the Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG), to introduce a new work item for the standardization of Microsoft’s® HD Photo file format. Formal balloting of this work item is being submitted to the…

A project aimed at training, paying and providing advanced mobile phone equipment to African journalists will launch today in four separate countries. Voices of Africa will provide reporters in South Africa, Mozambique, Ghana, and Kenya with state-of-the-art mobile phones to…