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uAfrica reveals top 30 SA websites
The 2014 South African eCommerce Conference will be held on 4 September at the Gallagher Convention Centre. The event has a packed line up of international and local speakers that will be covering topics pertinent to the eCommerce industry and…
Real-time business becomes a reality
For the past 20 years, readers and viewers of business and technology publications have repeatedly been told how business is increasingly looking to technology to drive the modern business transformation agenda, and not simply implement it. The good news is…
Ghana: Operators spend GHS 80 million to fix fibre cables
Ghana’s telecom companies have spent over GHS 80 million in the last three years in order to repair fibre-optic cables. According to the companies, these cables have been damaged through a variety of unspecified activities.The number of fibre-cuts in the…
MTN SA unveils new My MTNChoice internet price plans
MTN South Africa has expanded its My MTNChoice price plans. The price plan allows contract customers to manage their costs in real-time, with several internet price plans ranging from as little as R15pm for 20MB to R999pm for 20GB. Larry…
Alcatel-Lucent concludes SAT-3/WASC upgrade
The consortium operating the SAT-3/WASC/SAFE system and Alcatel-Lucent have finalised and completed the fourth upgrade to the latest undersea cable system. According to the group, the latest upgrade has now doubled the system capacity. Operating at 40 Gbps and with…
GSMA to review mobile taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa
The GSMA has called upon governments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to review their approach to the increasing tax burden imposed on the mobile industry. The GSMA released two studies that explore various aspects of mobile-specific taxation in Africa and show…
MTN & Information City to support education initiative in UAE
Seven hundred learners have benefitted from the latest round of computer training provided in partnership with MTN, through the “Educate a Child, Build a Nation” initiative in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Local and expatriate learners were part of the…
Nigeria: eTranzact invests $350,000 into Mobile Money project
eTranzact International PLC has announce the investment of $350,000 into a mobile money activation project in collaboration with EFInA, a financial sector development organisation. The project which will be piloted in Northern and South Western Nigeria is called “The PocketMoni…
Uganda: iWayAfrica offering fibre access to SMEs
Pan African telecoms operator, Gondwana International Networks (GIN) has announced that its iWayAfrica Uganda business has launched its new fibre connectivity service in Uganda. Ken Mwai, Managing Director, iWayAfrica Uganda, stated that: “The demand for high capacity Internet connectivity within…
5 trends that will shape the future of ERP
In a world where IT is evolving at such a rapid pace and where trends such as the consumerisation of IT are undermining the CIO’s ability to regulate which technologies are used alongside the corporate network. But IT organisations should…
A3&O set to secure African LTE networks
A3&O, a telecom systems integrator and systems provider, operating in the MEA, is preparing to provide LTE security systems to mobile operators in Africa as well as key European nations. Stoke, a security gateway provider, has stated that it has…
In Pictures: IT News Africa Innovation Dinner August 2014
This month’s Innovation Dinner was held at the DaVinci Hotel and Suite, Sandton, South Africa on 27 August 2014. The theme chosen for the Innovation Dinner was “Enterprise Mobility: The Power of Big Data & Mobility”. Africa’s foremost ICT publication…
South Africa: Samsung launches Galaxy S5 Mini
Samsung Electronics South Africa has revealed the local availability of the Galaxy S5 Mini. The device is set to retail at a recommended retail price of R6 699. According to Samsung, the device features a 4.5-inch HD Super AMOLED display.…
IT News Africa: Top Stories of the Week
This week has been pretty hot in the world of technology – even with the latest cold front setting in. This week in technology we saw PayPal land over 1 million active users in South Africa. Not only has PayPal…
Namibia: Microsoft trials largest TV white spaces project
Back in June 2014, Microsoft successfully launched the implementation phase of the TV White Space (TVWS) pilot project in Limpopo. The pilot project was part of the Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative and its end goal was to help ignite Africa’s economic…
Is Telkom’s fair usage policy really fair?
Telkom informed its customers that it will be enforcing its fair usage policy. According to the telecom giant, the reason behind the move was in the spirit of enhancing the Internet experience of all its users. To add to this,…
