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AfricaCom 2014

Video Interview: The quest for service provider collaboration – Cisco CTO

Paolo Campoli is the Head of Middle East & Africa Global SP Sales and SP CTO for the EMEA Sales Region at Cisco. His responsibilities include direct Sales leadership for Global Service Providers accounts in the ME&A region, managing...

IT News Africa: Top Stories of the Week

This week in technology has been especially busy. Not only was AfricaCom 2014 a major highlight of the week, but we also had some hands-on time with Huawei's latest mobile devices - the Ascend Mate 7 and the Ascend...

Video Interview: Internet connectivity changes lives – Facebook VP

At AfricaCom 2014, IT News Africa had an exclusive interview with Chris Daniels, Facebook's Vice President for Internet.org. Daniels explains in the interview that Facebook's mission is to make the world more open and connected. Daniels also explains that...

2014 AfricaCom award winners revealed

AfricaCom is still running strong at the CTICC Convention Centre, which is located in Cape Town - South Africa. The winners of the digital industry’s most anticipated Awards were announced during a prestigious awards ceremony. The 2014 AfricaCom Awards were...

Liquid Telecom reveals 100Mbps FTTH progress

At AfricaCom 2014, which is currently taking place at CTICC in Cape Town, Liquid Telecom unveiled its progress in laying "Fibre To The Home" which it is, according to the company, providing to homes and small businesses with unlimited...

MTN calls for collaboration between operators & OTT players

A balanced co-operation between mobile network operators and Over the Top (OTT) players is required to develop a win-win ecosystem as operators cannot be in complete control of the internet ecosystem while a broadband pipe that lacks appealing content...

Facebook’s Internet.org App headed to Kenya

Today, at AfricaCom in Cape Town, South Africa, Facebook’s Vice President of Internet.org, Chris Daniels spoke about Internet.org and the importance of making internet access available to the two-thirds of the world not yet connected. As part of this...

Microsoft launches new eCommerce portal at AfricaCom

At AfricaCom 2014, Microsoft 4Afrika and Skrill have revealed their alliance in order to launch a new e-commerce portal. By integrating with mobile network operators (MNOs), the portal enables Africans to use their mobile wallets to buy from global...

Gilat Satcom inks USD7.5M deal to launch satellite service

At Africacom, which is being held at the CTICC in Cape Town, Gilat Satcom has revealed that it has signed a two-year $7.5M contract with a leading mobile communications company in DRC. Dan Zajicek, CEO of Gilat Satcom, said “Established...

IT News Africa: Top Stories of the Week

For those in the tech industry November can be a very busy time. Not only did we just experience the GSMA's Mobile 360 Series – Africa event, but we also have Africacom 2014 coming up next week. In case you...
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