MXit hits back after ID President Patricia de Lille’s calls for their service to be regulated by Government. De Lille recently called for “Government to intervene to protect our most vulnerable” against “grown men, who use MXit to lure these…

As the number of blogs around the world continues to climb, many blogs focusing on local issues are gaining a global audience in this hyper-connected media landscape. A blogger in Turkey writes a post about religious expression and politics. The…

In the build-up to the World Economic Forum (WEF) taking place in Cape Town in June, a new initiative aims to get Africans interacting with the world’s leaders about the future of their continent.

Helen Zille invites Internet users in the city and the rest of South Africa to visit her interactive website, which allows the public to submit their comments and air their views on local government service delivery or on any other…

ID leader Patricia de Lille has urged the government to regulate internet blog sites and the popular Mxit text message service. De Lille also indicated that the ID will ask the National Intelligence Agency to try to track down the…

Both in the distribution of malware servers and in the locations of compromised websites, Iraq, Cuba, most of Africa and several other countries in South America and Asia were rated “green,” meaning that there were incidences. China, the United States…

ipNX Nigeria Limited announced it has selected SOMA Networks, Inc. to commercially deploy a next-generation wireless broadband system across three major cities in Nigeria. ipNX will launch broadband Internet access and voice services in Lagos, the most populous and economically…

Africa is the continent with high rate of a number of diseases but with lowest as far as using the internet, a valuable source of information in today’s world, is concerned, a new UN report indicated on Friday. According to…

In the latest push to strengthen economic cooperation between China and Africa, a business conference was held in the Egyptian capital on Monday, with the attendance of China’s top legislator Wu Bangguo and Speaker of Egypt’s People’s Assembly Ahmed Sorour.…

To help fight rural poverty in Nigeria and deepen the skills set of many educationally disadvantaged Nigerians, Microsoft has funded a special development initiative at the Chief Bola Ige Information Technology Centre(BIITC) and other community resource centres across the country.

The answer is yes. The same country that has brought the world the likes of the world’s richest person of African descent Mr. Mohammed Al Amoudi has also brought the world Noah Samara. Mr. Samara is indeed the founder and…

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today simultaneously launched the fastest microprocessor ever built and an ultra-powerful new computer server that leverages the chip’s many breakthroughs in energy conservation and virtualization technology. The new server is the first ever to hold all four…

Itai Madamombe United Nations It was hard to squeeze into the classroom. Dozens of students clustered around computers, checking news on their favourite football teams in the World Cup tournament. Hardly remarkable: some 30 million people were watching the games…

Enlist HR Solutions launched its e-learning in the form of a LMS (Learning Management System) and signed up over 200 students within the first month. Elmarie Jordaan, CEO of Enlist, is thrilled by the success attained by her team. “They…

By Ben Onyasimi Microsoft Corporation and the International Youth Foundation (IYF) have unveiled a joint programme that targets to use information technology to build capacities of young entreprenuers in Africa. Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania are among countries set to…

Analytix announces the the launch of a two day Governance, Risk Management, Compliance and Information Security (GRCI) workshop in May 2007. The two day workshop is a result of market demand based on the requirements for organisations to comply with…