Companies looking to dispose of old PCs in an environmentally friendly but secure way can make use of a new charity backed by Microsoft which sends refurbished computers to the developing world. Digital Pipeline, launched on Wednesday, began life in…

Director General of National Space Research Development Agency (NASRDA) Professor Robert Borrofice has said Nigeria will send it first astronaut to space by the year 2015 and launch an indigenous satellite from the country without foreign assistance by 2018. He…

By prosecuting copyright infringers in Asia, it drives consumers into the Linux camp. Better to ease up and build market share — for now. On July 25, in a rare collaboration between U.S. and Chinese law enforcement, the FBI and…

Digg Inc. and Microsoft Corp. today announced an agreement in which the two companies will collaborate to bring relevant advertising to the more than 17 million unique monthly visitors to Digg, an innovative Web site that harnesses the collective wisdom…

After a brief appearance in the Kroonstad Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Juan Duval-Uys, who is alleged to be behind the sex blogs slandering several high-profile South African men, will appear in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Monday. He is suspected…

For a long time, anyone seeking services from a government office was sure to meet frustrations. If lost records did not make it impossible to transact some business, long processes and lax staff did. Few services were available outside Nairobi…

The Connect Africa Summit, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 29 and 30 October, will seek to promote partnerships and the roll-out of ICT infrastructure, including broadband, as a precondition for ICT access and services in Africa. Connect Africa…

Electronics manufacturer LG has launched a new range of Internet- enabled mobile phones in the Kenyan market targeting the technology savvy consumers to grow its market. With the new range of phones, users will be able to upload their digital…

On a muggy day in Kigali in 2003, some of the highest-ranking officials in the Rwandan government, including President Paul Kagame, flanked an American businessman, Greg Wyler, as he boldly described how he could help turn their small country into…

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announces it is leading the fast-growing Enterprise Portal market in license and maintenance revenue for the fifth consecutive year as dynamic Web 2.0 functionality takes root in portals, according to an annual report by IDC. Building…

Learn.com®, the leader in on-demand workforce development and productivity, announced today that Nomix Digital, a provider of training and consultancy services, in South Africa, has partnered with Learn.com to resell the LearnCenter® platform to the South African market. “We chose…

RAP 21 had the opportunity to interview Azubuike Ishiekwene during the 14th World Editors Forum the unique structure of Punch newspapers’ advertising department, their integration of new technology, and ultimately the future of the newspaper industry in Africa. Here’s the…

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that analyst firm IDC has ranked IBM as the worldwide revenue share leader in the identity and access management software marketplace based on total revenue for 2006, thanks in part to the strength of key…

Software giant Microsoft has now launched their subscription software service in the South Africa. This system allows the company to offer pay-as-you-go computing system to customers in developing markets who cannot pay for the expensive software products. The company is…

Metronic Global Bhd (MetGlobal) is eyeing South Africa and the Middle East as potential markets to grow its business in healthcare systems. Group managing director Dr Ng Tek Che said parties from these countries had expressed interest in MetGlobal’s solutions…

Engineer Albert Butare, Rwanda’s energy and ICT minister receives the awards on behalf of President Paul Kagame and Rwanda from President J.A Kuffor’s representative at the summit in Accra, Ghana. Looking on are Dr Hamadoun Touré, ITU Secretary General and…