Inflation and shortages in Zimbabwe, whose goverment is accused of ruining the economy, are leading its citizens abroad to use high-tech ways to help out their loved ones at home. Zimbabweans abroad have found ways to pitch in – giving…

James Emejo: Nigeria ‘s information and communications technology (ICT) industry is again looking forward to this year’s edition of the annual eNNOVATE Expo. eNNOVATE is Nigeria ‘s premier technology and value added services expo. Its objective is to popularize technology…

Russell Southwood Google is moving outside of the continental comfort zones for most global investors, North and South Africa, and is opening its first operation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Kenya has been chosen as the base camp for what is likely…

Apple® today announced that more than 1 million copies of Safari™ for Windows were downloaded in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on Monday. Safari 3 is the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use browser, and…

Naspers Limited (JSE:NPN) today announced it has made a strategic investment in MFD Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland (MFD), Germany’s pioneering mobile television company for an undisclosed amount. MFD’s mobile TV service, watcha, comprises five television channels and one visual radio channel.…

By: Stefan Brink: LIKE many South Africans, I have recently discovered Facebook. And, this is hard to admit as someone who trades on his tech smarts, it seems I am late to the party. South Africa has discovered the social…

In a move that largely surprised the market, Telkom (JSE:TKG) announced that it will slash prices of it ADSL broadband products by an average of around 18%. These pricing changes have been filed with the Independent Communications Authority of South…

The World Bank has extended a grant of US$114.4 million (Ksh7.9 billion) to boost high speed broadband internet connectivity in three African countries. Mr Colin Bruce, the Bank’s country director for East and Central Africa region says this could drastically…

Apple today that its revolutionary iPhone™ will run applications created with Web 2.0 Internet standards when it begins shipping on June 29. Developers can create Web 2.0 applications which look and behave just like the applications built into iPhone, and…

Microsoft Corp. today announced the finalists for the 2007 Microsoft® Partner Program Awards. The awards recognize Microsoft Registered, Certified and Gold Certified partners that developed exemplary solutions for their customers during the past year.

By Ethan Zuckerman- I saw John Gage, Sun Microsystem’s official international man of mystery, in Arusha last week, and now at the World Economic Forum in Cape Town. The man is clearly traveling too much. (It’s okay, John. Me too.)…

90 percent of email that reached companies in May was spam according to data compiled by TrustLayer Mail, the managed security service from Panda Software. Spam is more than just annoying. Unless there is a good mail filter system in…

Registration has now opened for the ISACA SA CobiT User Convention and Conference to be held at Montecasino on 10 to 12 September 2007. We have a great line-up of international speakers and have once again managed to keep the…

The potential of Information Communication Technology (ICT) to make a difference in the lives of people globally is a fact that has come to be accepted by all. With development and innovation going hand in hand and knowledge becoming one…

BSI Management Systems and Analytix have announced their collaboration in offering BSI IRCA certified* ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Lead Auditor training course in South Africa.

A key feature of Vodafone’s newly launched Mobile Internet Service in the UK is its ability to accurately render web-pages designed for computers on the much smaller screens of mobile devices. Vodafone claims that its technology provides a new way…