The African Development Bank (AfDB) says information communications technology – ICT is the most compelling challenge facing Africa’s development in e-governance. A meeting on ICT Best Practices held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and which was co-sponsored by the ADB says…

“The rumour has finally become a reality. GTV is here to provide real value for money…” said the general manager of GTV Uganda Mr Daniel Kagwe during the launch party of the second satellite TV service in Uganda at Ange…

The emergence of mobile telephony is obviously one of the major revolutions of communication in Nigeria. This is because no other technology has been so beneficial to all and sundry like the ubiquitous mobile phone. Its simplicity has facilitated its…

The pay TV market in the Middle East and North Africa will grow by 36% over the next five years, according to new research published on Friday, 15 June. The fourth edition of Informa Telecoms & Media’s Middle East and…

The state-of-the-art tool enables employers to find the right candidates faster, easier and more effectively than ever before significantly surpassing all other media as a successful recruitment driver. The new technology, the most advanced in the industry to date, was…

Mobile Telecommunications Group KSC (MTC) has paid US$467 million for the remaining 15% equity in Celtel. Her path to becoming a global operator is becoming clear… Mobile Telecommunications Group KSC (MTC) now holds 100% of the share equity of Celtel…

Nokia and Vodafone have launched a new website designed to help share ideas on how to use mobile communications for social and environmental benefits. The site, www.shareideas.org, was created in direct response to NGO calls for better tools and information…

Panda Software has launched the mini, customizableversion of NanoScan, the new instant virus scanner from Panda Software to detect active malware on a PC in less than one minute. NanoScan is available at: With this launch, Panda Software is…

The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) has called on the Federal Government to charge a Technology Tax of 1% on the Net Profit of companies with income above N100million rather than on Gross-Profit. The National President of NATCOMS, Chief…

The Kenyan government is to sell by year end, part of its majority shares at the country`s leading mobile-phone company, Safaricom, which Wednesday announced profit before tax of 17.2 billion Shillings (about US$260 million). Finance Minister Amos Kimunya said the…

Apple® today announced that iPhone™ will deliver significantly longer battery life when it ships on June 29 than was originally estimated when iPhone was unveiled in January. iPhone will feature up to 8 hours of talk time, 6 hours of…

PandaLabs has revealed that 78% of new malware uses some kind of file packing to evade detection. A packer is a program used to reduce the size of an executable file, generally through compression. However, these programs can also be…

Taiwan has no intention of rivaling China in holding gala meetings to woo African countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) spokesman Wang Chien-yeh said Saturday. Wang was responding to a United Evening News report that President Chen Shui-bian has asked…

Largest deployment in East African region to serve 350,000 subscribers Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced that Kenya Data Network, a full service, data communications carrier, has selected the Alcatel-Lucent triple play service delivery architecture (TPSDA) for the…

The name of the areeba mobile telephone service will soon change to MTN Ghana on your mobile phone if you are a subscriber to that brand. The Corporate Service Executive of MTN Ghana, Miss Mawuena Dumor said that at a…

Zimbabwe last week passed a new law allowing the government to monitor telephones, mail and the Internet. For VOA, Peta Thornycroft reports that the Zimbabwe government justifies this new law by saying it is necessary to protect national security. President…