Small businesses have the potential to create jobs even under conditions of weak growth. They also carry the prospects of leading the way to a more thriving future for the country. The Vodacom Trade Direct portal which aims to help empower small businesses with access to a market of...
Egypt's economy grew by 5.8 percent in the first quarter of 2010, accelerated by the 11.3 percent growth of its ICT industry.
Reports by the Economic Development Minister revealed the growth was at its fastest pace in almost two years and is expected to hit as high as 5.3 percent...
Learn how to prevent program failure before it happens & win an iPhone 6 with Complexus. Africa’s foremost ICT publication ITNewsAfrica.com, is delighted to announce that Silver Sponsor, Complexus, is giving away an iPhone 6 at the CIO Roadmap conference.
Complexus will be showcasing their brand new suite of SharePoint Apps -...
Africa is the continent with high rate of a number of diseases but with lowest as far as using the internet, a valuable source of information in today's world, is concerned, a new UN report indicated on Friday.
According to the report, Africa shares only 1.2 % of the global...
Companies are under increasing pressure to cut costs, especially as the consensus now seems for tax hikes in this month's budget. This will come on top of the repo rate having being increased to the point where the prime lending rate is now 10.25 percent.
However, with cost cutting and...
The economic prospects of professional drivers in South Africa’s passenger transport industry are set to be transformed due to a new multimillion-rand vehicle solutions programme.
This will offer, according to Uber, driver-partners unprecedented low monthly rates and access not based purely on credit ratings, but rather eligibility determined by their...
Smartphone adoption in Africa has risen at a phenomenal rate. A survey of mobile phone usage in five African countries has delivered findings on the rise of Internet access via phones within Africa’s major markets, namely South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda.
The Mobile Africa 2015 study, conducted by mobile...
South Africa's largest annual video gaming, tech and geek culture expo has been cancelled for 2020. The rAge Expo has been ongoing without fail for nearly two decades.
For the first time in 18 years, the Johannesburg-based event won't be going forward due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
"The 2020 expo...
American designer Chris Bangle explains his philosophy that car design is an art form in its own right, with an engaging account of the BMW Group's Deep Blue project, intended to create the SUV of the future. Sending a team of German designers to live in the...
The countdown has commenced towards the CIO Mining Africa summit hosted by EnerGlobe Ltd. and supported by IT News Africa as the official Media Partner.
This exciting event, the second of this year, will reconvene on the 11th to 12th November 2015 at the Protea Hotel Fire & Ice, in...
The latest version of the Xbox range, the Xbox One S, was made available for purchase on Monday. The One S is an update on Microsoft's Xbox One and comes just months before the release of the Xbox Scorpio at the end of the year.
The new version of the...
Motorola has announced today a new rugged mobility solution WT4090 Voice-only Wearable (VOW) Terminal and the RCH50 Rugged Cabled Headset, both aimed at improving the productivity of warehouse workers and replace paper-based processes.
The easy-to-use voice-directed solution for enterprise use are suitable for warehouses, factory floors or loading docks, resulting...
Predictive Insights has signed on as a bronze sponsor for the Digital Retail Forum 2020 that is slated to take place on the 29th January 2020, at Emperors Palace, Johannesburg. Predictive Insights, a product development studio that uses AI and machine learning to improve their clients’ products, services and...
The (geographic information system) GIS business in Nigeria is growing at an astronomical speed, it is no doubt that it is Africa's fastest growing geospatial industry. No wonder there is a perceivable intense battle for the greatest share of the Nigerian GIS market.
Ten years ago GIS in Nigeria was...
According to the Global Web Index, 31% of internet users have used a VPN in the past month. As tomorrow is International VPN Day, Daniel Markuson, cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, decided to explain in a simple, non-technical language - what a VPN is and how it can help keep...
Unfavourable weather conditions in the form of heavy rains and electrical storm activity are expected across South Africa during the annual rainy season. Telkom is gearing up to minimise network related faults caused by the adverse weather conditions and the effect this has on our customers.
Thunderstorms are most prevalent at...
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