Woolworths, Pepcor, Massdiscounters, Famous Brands and Shoprite are the latest in a long line of retailers to join the Retail Technology Forum in South Africa. With close to 7,700 stores between them spanning Sub Sahara and beyond, they join an already impressive list of outlets representing the entire retail...
South Africa’s entertainment and media companies have reached the ‘end of the digital beginning’, with digital activities now becoming the ‘new normal’ for traditional media companies, according to a report issued today by professional services firm PwC.
Digital spending in the South African entertainment and media industry is expected to...
The Internet Service Providers' Association of SA (ISPA) welcomes the finalisation of the Protection of Personal Information Bill by the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on 5 September 2012.
In particular, ISPA welcomes the fact that the Committee voted not to adopt the options proposed on the definition...
The Internet Show is Africa’s only Internet business show for digital marketing and online business. This year the conference will have five track- including social media, content management, digital advertising, mobile advertising and cloud computing content.
Some of the speaker keynotes and highlights are:
• Kirsten Edwards/ Head of Marketing/ FNB Wealth
• Dipesh...
A new game with new rules, a revolution within a totally connected world and the influence of a generation of off-the-wall, passionate thinkers. These are just a few of the descriptions surrounding the impact of the Internet on business and society to emerge from Telkom SA’s 15th 2012 SATNAC.
Pieter...
UniForum SA, trading as, the ZA Central Registry (ZACR) manages and administers the .co.za domain name space. Over the past two years the ZACR has taken steps to align its domain name registry operating system to international standards by implementing a registration system that is based on the Extensible Provision...
The Internet Society has announced that it has been selected by the African Union (AU) to conduct community mobilisation and technical aspects workshops to support the establishment of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in AU Member States as part of the African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) project.
The AXIS project aims at keeping...
Privately owned and operated, pan-African ICT enabler SEACOM is supporting the third African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in South Africa this year in line with its vision for the development of the Internet in Africa. AfPIF takes place from 22 to 24 August at the Hilton Sandton Hotel,...
BT today announced the opening of Infinite Family’s mentoring laboratory in the Alexandra township, north of Johannesburg, allowing township teenagers to interact with role models who teach, discuss, challenge, and encourage.
Infinite Family’s volunteer video mentors are located in 58 countries, including South Africa, and 39 US states. This containerised...
Once the golden boy of technology, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg found himself in unfamiliar territory last week. The creator of the world’s most popular social network site, with close to a billion users, was knocked off the world’s Top 10 richest technology billionaires list - the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Shares in Facebook fell...
MWEB Business, the business-focused division of one of South Africa’s largest ISPs, has reduced the price of its uncapped, truly unshaped and unthrottled 10Mbps Internet connectivity package by R500 to R2999 (incl VAT, excl ADSL line rental).
The entry level 1Mbps product has also been reduced to R759 (incl VAT,...
Orange Madagascar and MFS Africa have announced the launch of the online money transfer service Orange Money Transfert International, whereby Orange customers in Madagascar can receive international remittances directly to their Orange Money accounts.
Orange Money was launched in Madagascar in 2010 to facilitate domestic transfers and currently serves over one...
A newly released Microsoft MSN poll reveals that more than half of average consumers of the Internet use more than one computing device every day - and are increasingly turning to the cloud to help access and share their important files.
The poll, which drew from more than 10 500 respondents...
The stage is set for the 30th Olympics in London from 27th July to 12th August. Kenyans are waiting in anticipation for the gold medals their national team will be bringing in and to them showing their prowess in the usual 1-2-3 style. Through Google+ and YouTube this Olympics...
Search engine and mail host Google has launched a text-based version of their hugely popular Gmail email service, which is specifically aimed at users in Africa who do not necessarily have access to a constant or stable connection to the Internet.
The new service is also aimed at users who do...
Social networks and online media sites have been inundated with messages of best wishes and goodwill to former South African President, Nelson Mandela, on his 94th birthday.
Messages were sent from all over the world from celebrities, institutions, businesses and ordinary citizens to congratulate the iconic statesman on his day.
Madiba’s birthday...
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