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SEACOM heads to AfPIF to discuss Africa’s Internet
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…
BT, Infinite Family open lab and minds in Johannesburg
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…
Zuckerberg knocked off tech rich list
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…
MWEB Business SA lowers cost of Internet connectivity package
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…
Online users in Madagascar see global green with Orange
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…
SA consumers living it up in the cloud
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.…
Google+ and YouTube to livestream Olympics in Kenya
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…
Google launches SMS Gmail in Africa
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.…
Africa clicks together as Madiba dominates social networks
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…
Dot Africa marks continents own domain name
A Capital FM report from Nairobi says Africa stands to get its own Internet domain name, dot Africa, in the next 18 months. This follows an intensive adjudication and evaluation process by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers…
Marissa Mayer is Yahoo’s new CEO
Struggling search engine Yahoo announced that former Google employee Marissa Mayer has been appointed to the position of CEO. Her appointment marks the third CEO that the company has had in just over a year. “I am honored and delighted…
Facebook is monitoring your chats right now
According to a report, social networking site Facebook and other websites are monitoring users’ online chats and then scanning them for criminal activities or conversations. Once any suspicious behavior is detected, the company will notify the police and the appropriate authorities.…
Twitter not filing for IPO anytime soon
In light of social network Facebook’s recent IPO filing, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said that he is under no pressure to do the same with the micro-blogging site. “We are going to remain private as long as we want. I…
Hackers gain access to Yahoo user IDs
Search engine Yahoo has revealed that the hacker group D33DS gained access to its systems and compromised approximately 400 000 user IDs. Security firm Trustedsec confirmed that the hacking originated from Yahoo’s Voices, a user-generated section of the site. “We…
Portal adds value to education drive in Tanzania
Schools across Tanzania stand to benefit from a recently introduced information portal, Soma Tanzania, claim online reports. The portal was launched at the 36th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) by Managing Director Rutalemwa Peter. The education-focused website is…
Africa perfectly poised to gain from digital tuition
The library at Monash University South Africa, the local campus representing Australia’s Monash University, houses 417,000 electronic monographs or e-books available on platforms, the largest source of information of this kind in Africa. The library supports teaching and research in…
