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Africa’s first 100Gbps enterprise fibre network deployed
XON, the pan-African ICT group, and ADVA Optical Networking have implemented Africa’s first 100Gbps link between three data centres at a financial institution. The link provides the capability to perform synchronisation between the data centres as well as replication, failover…
4th Orange African Social Venture Prize launched
Following on from the success of the past three years, today Orange has launched the 2014 edition of the Orange African Social Venture Prize. A new category has been introduced for the fourth edition: the “Orange Partner” award will recognize…
East Africa’s largest solar project completed
Williamson Tea has unveiled East Africa’s largest solar project at its Changoi Tea Farm in Bomet County, Western Kenya. The solar system will cut Williamson Tea’s energy costs by around 30%, supplying clean solar electricity during the daytime to meet…
FIFA 14 gets free update
Electronic Arts today announced EA SPORTS FIFA 14 Ultimate Team: World Cup, a free experience that brings the excitement of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil to FIFA 14’s most popular game mode. The World Cup addition for FIFA 14…
Botswana Innovation Hub gains international recognition
The International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP) has conferred full member status on Botswana Innovation Hub. The announcement was made by the IASP Executive Board following its assessment of the company’s operations during the 2014 IASP…
Nigeria: Airtel appoints regional directors for Lagos, North
Airtel Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Mr. Femi Oshinlaja and Mr. Wole Abu as Regional Operations Director for its Lagos and Northern Regions, respectively. In their new roles, the duo will be responsible for ensuring market leadership, driving brand…
Gilat Satcom adds new PoP in Tanzania
Gilat Satcom, a provider of satellite and fibre-based connectivity services in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, today announced additional investment in its broadband network in East Africa with the establishment of a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Dar…
Telkom makes R2.7bn cash offer for 100% of Business Connexion
Telkom SA SOC (Telkom), South Africa’s listed full service ICT provider, today announced that it has made an offer by entering into an agreement with Business Connexion Group (BCX) in terms of which Telkom will acquire 100% of BCX. BCX…
Nigerians win Ericsson App awards
Ericsson has today announced the winners of the 2014 Ericsson Application Awards at a ceremony held at the Ericsson Studio in Kista, Sweden. The Student category was won by Team WorkMode from South Africa for their collaboration app, with the…
Zambia, IBM work to provide access to life saving drugs
IBM today announced a collaboration with the Zambian Ministry of Health to provide citizens with improved access to 200 lifesaving drugs. Supported by the World Bank, the Department for International Development, UNICEF and London Business School, Zambia’s Medical Stores Limited…
hotel booking platform Jovago expands to Zanzibar, Djibouti and Malawi
After recently expanding into South Sudan just last month, the online booking portal Jovago, founded by Africa Internet Holding (AIH), is continuing to expand across Africa, bringing operations to Zanzibar, Djibouti and Malawi in order to offer easy and transparent…
Zimbabwe: Telecel subscribers to browse Facebook for free
Telecel pre-paid subscribers with data-enabled handsets can now browse on Facebook for free, even when they have no airtime, utilising the Facebook Zero web-site. Facebook Zero is a mobile web-site that includes all the key features of Facebook but is…
McAfee offers free protection
McAfee, part of Intel Security, has announced the latest version of McAfee Mobile Security that now enables consumers to instantly run free privacy and security scans. These scans allow users to identify apps that are over sharing personal information. It…
Standard Bank launches game-changing payment app
Standard Bank today announced the launch of their mobile payment app, SnapScan. This is the bank’s first mobile payment offering that allows merchants to receive payments from their customers through a combination of a QR code and a secure PIN…
How to get one million megs of Free Data
In an effort to provide SMART TV customers with the best lifestyle experience, Samsung Electronics South Africa has partnered with Vox Telecom to provide customers with data packages that address their needs and provide value adds that make sense. From…
ICT strategy for Africa adopted
The 5th Meeting of the Heads of ICT Units in AUC, NEPAD Agency, Regional Economic Communities (RECs) and Associations of Regulators on Harmonisation and Coordination of Regional and Continental ICT Programmes, Projects, and Activities has ended in Balaclava, Mauritius with…
