Panda Software has entered a commercial alliance with Nero AG through which the two companies will jointly promote their solutions. Thanks to this agreement, Nero users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa will have access to free versions of…

Addis Ababa, July 06: Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Ethiopia is benefiting from India’s capacity building and technology transfer assistance. Holding talks with the Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here Thursday, Zenawi said various Ethiopians are receiving educational trainings…

Make no mistake, Apple’s iPhone is a consumer electronics product. It’s an uber-phone aimed at digital enthusiasts who want to use their phone to have a better internet and computing experience on the go. Of course, no-one wants and needs…

Less than fifteen years after the genocide that destroyed much of Rwanda’s human capital, infrastructure, and socio-economic fabric, the country is set to become sub-Saharan Africa’s hub for information and communications technology (ICT). Thanks to ambitious government initiatives in developing…

A new regulatory framework is needed to encourage financial transactions by mobile phones and transform access to financial services in developing countries, claims a new policy report ‘The Transformational Potential of M-Transactions’ , published today (4 July 2007) by Vodafone…

Cairo: The suave, silver-haired Zahi Hawass, Egyptologist and secretary-general of the Supreme Antiquities Council, Egypt, counter-part of the Archaeological Survey of India, is the pop icon of heritage infotainment. He spoke to Narayani Ganesh. Your team identified the 3,500-year-old mummy…

Egypt is set to receive a second fixed services operator, according to a report by TeleGeography.com. The Egyptian Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr Tarek Kamel has announced that the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) has set the terms…

A new regulatory framework is needed to encourage financial transactions by mobile phones and transform access to financial services in developing countries, claims a new policy report ‘The Transformational Potential of M-Transactions’ , published 4 July 2007 by Vodafone in…

The telecommunications sector pricing war that has been raging between the two mobile phone firms, Safaricom and Celtel, is set to climb a notch with this afternoon’s launch of Telkom Wireless, Telkom Kenya’s Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)-based service that…

Microsoft founder Bill Gates looks to have lost his title as the world’s richest man, toppled from top spot by the Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim. Three months ago the cigar-chomping Mr Slim quietly slipped past legendary US investor Warren…

THE federal government, in collaboration with Microsoft Incorporated Nigeria had concluded arrangements to build an innovative centre in Abuja, even as over fifty federal government employees were being trained by Microsoft at the Bola Ige Information Technology Centre {BIITC}, Abuja.…

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal is reported to have blocked a bid by national telecoms operator Telkom SA for national ICT services provider Business Connexion Group. The tribunal has yet to formally announce its decision, but is expected to do so…

The quest by Nigerian banks for the top positions in Africa, under the guidance of Chukwuma Soludo, is going well on the capital front, but remains very shaky on the technology leg. First forced into mergers and recapitalisation by Soludo,…

PandaLabs has warned of the appearance of several malicious codes that are using MySpace pages to spread. Cybercrooks want to distribute their creations to as many users as possible. That’s why they use networks that attract millions of Internet,explains Jeremy…

July 3 (Bloomberg) — High Resolution Technology Petroleum, a Brazilian geological surveyor, will begin mapping an uncharted area in the Democratic Republic of Congo that may have oil deposits, Hydrocarbons Minister Lambert Mende said. The Rio de Janeiro-based company is…

Now that the acquisition spree seems to have come to a slowdown, Africa’s two largest telecommunications groups, South Africa-based MTN Group, and MTC-backed Celtel International, can concentrate on developing their strategies to maximise growth within their operations. Taking advantage of…