While many local Web 2.0 sites are struggling to find a foothold in the market, one is proving to be a hit among South African netizens. Amatomu – a South African Blog Aggregator – was launched four months ago, and…

CNN is close to completing an overhaul of its website after publicly testing the new look. For several weeks, the new CNN.com design has been published concurrently with the existing site at beta.cnn.com, which is no longer available. Using a…

At only about half the size of a standard card, AAIB Visa Mini card is the latest payment innovation in the Egyptian market. It offers cardholders a multitude of key benefits including convenience, flexibility, and security. “AAIB has been the…

Federal Government has disclosed that not less than N127billion (US $1billion) is spent on the importation of software annually for use in the banking sector of the country. Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Prof. Cleopas…

LOCAL companies Fontera and Jump are adapting internet based technologies for the small screen as cellphones continue to massively outstrip computer usage. Cape Town’s Fontera believes the social networking phenomenon of Facebook and YouTube will prove just as successful on…

Panda Software, provider of virus and intrusion prevention solutions including Panda EnterpriSecure and Panda BusinesSecure, today announced it will offer certified solutions through Intel Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel ESAA). As a member of Intel ESAA program, Panda Software will…

Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced a research initiative into equipping cars with technologies that can help reduce traffic congestion and prevent accidents. IBM Researchers are conducting pioneering research into active safety and driver assist technologies in vehicles that exchange information…

When CNN’s star Africa reporter Jeff Koinange left the network at the end of last month, his sudden departure was widely blamed on the contents of a steamy email correspondence with a former confidante. Marianne Briner, a 66-year-old Swiss businesswoman,…

Microsoft Corp announced today the appointment of Ali Faramawy as vice president, Microsoft International, with executive responsibilities across business strategy development and business operations for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Microsoft International is responsible for all sales, marketing…

CHIDIEBERE NWANKWO -Business Day There has been little or no response from Nigeria towards encouraging green computing. This is largely due to poor awareness and poor prioritizing. While companies in Europe and the US are trying to reduce the amount…

But Taiwanese handset will be here soon and ’can do everything’. One of the most hyped technologies in the US will be launched will be launched this week when Apple unveils its new iPhone. But for South Africa and the…

Ghana will play host to an international conference on Information Communication Technology and financial sector investment in Accra from November 7-9 this year. The annual conference, dubbed “Bridges across borders,” will be attended by 200 participants from Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria…

A smart card system being tested in the country is set to change the way milk farmers do business, by using technology to improve record-keeping and efficiency. The new system, being tested around the country, uses the computer-readable cards at…

By Linda Ensor The Democratic Alliance (DA) has objected to the ratification by Parliament last week of the broadband protocol of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad). The grounds for the opposition were that the protocol would result in…

Microsoft Romania will introduce a new, flexible sales system for the Office Professional 2007 application suite at the end of the month, dedicated to newly established companies, to service providers with seasonal activities and to companies whose projects in terms…

NAIROBI, Kenya — In Nigeria, bloggers documented chaotic scenes at polling places in April’s presidential elections, which international observers said were marred by widespread fraud. In Ethiopia, they outpaced the international media with detailed, often dramatic coverage of the recent…