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Airtel signs app deal with Manchester United
Mobile operator Bharti Airtel and popular English football club, Manchester United, have announced details of a new mobile application designed to get its energetic fans in Africa closer to the club. Manchester United’s new Club application offers comprehensive mobile access,…
Judge bans Twitter in Pistorius trial
High Court judge Thokozile Masipa on Monday afternoon banned the use of Twitter in disseminating evidence presented by pathologist Gert Saayman in the murder trial of Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius. “There shall be no live broadcast now … that applies…
Telkom, MTN sign roaming agreement
Telkom has entered into a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with MTN South Africa (MTN). This HoA explains that the parties intend to conclude network management services and reciprocal roaming agreements, whereby MTN will take over financial and operational responsibility for…
Hands-on video: Sony’s Xperia Z2
Japanese electronics powerhouse Sony unveiled the nex installment in their highly-successful Xperia line-up at the annual Mobile World Congress – held in Barcelona, Spain at the end of February. The Xperia Z2 is a sleek model, much in the same…
Microsoft to transform learning in Rwanda
Microsoft and the Ministry of Education Republic of Rwanda have signed an agreement to transform learning, further innovation and develop employment skills among students and educators in Rwanda, through Microsoft’s Partners in Learning programme. The two parties recognize the need to improve access…
Youth, biggest users of FNB’s banking app
South African bank FNB’s latest Banking App statistics reveal that the youth market, age 18 – 25 years, have shown the highest growth in App uptake and usage with an 8% increase from 6% in 2011 when it launched, to…
Think 2014 will be the year of VDI? Think again
The time has come to say goodbye to a much loved annual event: declaring the coming year as the “Year of VDI”. There is no doubt that VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) deployments will continue to grow, use cases will develop…
Huawei opens its first store in Africa
Huawei, a global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has announced the launch of its first store in Africa, offering customers direct access to Huawei devices and technical support. The store, located at Vodacom World in Midrand, Johannesburg, opened its…
VeriFone to bring mobile money to Nigeria’s Teasy Mobile
VeriFone Mobile Money has been selected by Teasy Mobile in Nigeria to widen mobile money services. VeriFone Mobile Money is a joint venture between VeriFone Inc. and Mobilis Networks Limited to drive the adoption of mobile money and wallet solutions globally.…
MTN subscribers reach 207 million
Multinational mobile operator MTN has announced its financial results for the year ended 31 December 2013. According to the company, they connected 207.8-million people in 22 countries across Africa and the Middle East. “Group subscribers increased by 9,8% to 207.8-million,…
Tanzania in $6-million basic telecoms upgrade
Tanzania Telecommunication Company (TTCL) and Universal Communication Service Access Fund (UCSAF) have inked an agreement to improve basic telecom services in rural areas in a project that is set to cost over $6-million. According to the TTCL Chief Executive Officer…
Commonwealth ICT Ministers gather for ICT Forum
The first-ever Commonwealth ICT Ministers Forum is taking place in London at which an agreement is expected on a strategy for advancing broadband across the 53-country membership. Ministers will also review recommendations for a pan-Commonwealth cyber-governance model and consider ways…
Tower company IHS secures $490 million in funding
Africa’s largest independent telecommunications infrastructure company IHS Holding has announced that they have managed to secure $490 million of equity and debt in its latest financing round. “This is strong validation of the growing strength of the IHS platform throughout…
How to follow the Oscar Pistorius trial online
In what is being billed as South Africa’s version of the infamous O.J Simpson trial, double-amputee Paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ murder trial will take place in the Gauteng Division of the High Court this week. Pistorius was charged with murder after…
Telkom addresses open letter to MTN, Vodacom
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko over the weekend fired the latest salvo in the on-going debate over mobile operators MTN and Vodacom’s actions and comments around the Call Termination Regulation debate. “For many years we’ve been working to provide South Africans…
Microsoft, Intel partner for 4Afrika Youth Device Program
Today, Microsoft, in association with Intel Corporation East Africa and the Kenya Private Schools Alliance, have announced the launch of the Youth Device Program, to provide a bundle of affordable devices, educational applications, online services, affordable data plans, and smart financing to…
