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X marks the spot for free emaps
mapIT has announced its offer of free maps to businesses and individuals who wish to use maps on their website. This includes blogs or other social network outlets in order to locate company premises, directions to events, clubs or for which…
Kenya – ICANN’s new approach to Africa
Kenya’s The Star reports that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has welcomed a plan devised by Africa’s Internet community leaders to facilitate greater participation of the African continent in the organisation’s multi-stakeholder model. Tarek Kamel, senior adviser…
Google calls on East Africa to reduce web costs
International Internet giant Google is urging East African countries to reduce the costs of Internet services in the region in order to promote more local content. Google’s Field Access Director Kai Wulff said in Uganda that the region “receives unlimited capacity…
Tech media closely monitoring Ghana’s e-govt
Ghana’s ambitious new reporting initiative, the Network of Communication Reporters (NCR) has thrown its weight and support behind boosting coverage and development of the ICT sector in the West African country. The NCR, made up of journalists specializing in the…
Facebook officially has 1-billion users
The world’s largest social network, Facebook, celebrated a milestone by crossing over the one billion mark of people using the network to connect and communicate. “This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month. If…
G-Connect Wi-Fi launched on SA’s Mango airline
Low cost airline Mango’s entire fleet, comprising six new-generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, is now online. The last aircraft was fitted with the service last week and assumes service today. The G-Connect In-Flight Wi-Fi service has exceeded all expectations with over…
mapIT to host Developers Day
To follow on from the last successful mapIT Developers Day held in March this year with over 60 developers attending, mapIT announced that it will host another free Developers Day on 5 October in Johannesburg. This will be a development session where delegates…
SA connects as Durban’s Internet Exchange switched on
KwaZulu-Natal’s capital city this week flipped the switch on the brand-new Durban Internet Exchange (DINX), complementing the Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) and the Cape Town Internet Exchange (CINX), currently the largest two Internet exchange points in Africa. Managed by the…
Zambia’s government urges stronger ICT laws
According to the Times of Zambia the government has challenged the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) to strengthen laws governing technology, including Internet usage within the country. The use of ICT ought to be more protected through appropriate…
Heavyweights join SA’s Retail Tech Africa forum
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…
Digital activities now becoming the new normal – PwC
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…
SA’s ISP Association lauds finalisation of info bill
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…
Speakers to strike a key note at Internet Business show 2012
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…
Welcome to the online revolution!
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…
Policy changes looming for co.za
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…
AU, Internet Society focus on Exchange Point rollout
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…
