February 18, 2019 •
Education, Southern Africa •
Neo Sesinye •
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Educational technology will play a bigger influence in all South African schools – particularly in metro areas or regions that have increasing access to an infrastructure that supports the blended learning model. This is the belief of SPARK Schools’...
February 1, 2019 •
East Africa •
Neo Sesinye •
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Nairobi-based colocation data centre provider icolo.io has implemented state-of the-art network infrastructure solutions in announcing the commencement of their second data centre in Nairobi – this follows their first in Mombasa. Construction of the...
Conferencing and collaboration brand FreeConferenceCall.com, has recently launched free conference calling in Uganda, which connects over 40 million people across Africa. Uganda joins Algeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and South Africa on a growing...
Tanzania’s digital lifestyle company Tigo, has heightened the availability of ultra-fast digital experience for data customers in the country with the launch of 4G+ network. The 4G+ network further distinguishes Tigo as the mobile operator that innovates...
August 3, 2018 •
Sponsored •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Connecting the Unconnected with Mobile Reach
With the continued evolution of satellite technology, the world is becoming an increasingly smaller place. Areas that were once impossible to reach – cargo ships in the middle of the Pacific or airplanes flying at 35,000 feet – can now stay connected...
LinkedIn announced that it is adding voice messaging to its social network. LinkedIn is letting users communicate with contacts by recording and sending voice messages of up to a minute long. According to LinkedIn, the function has been developed to help...
We’re living in a fast-paced world where digitalisation is at the forefront of numerous industries. Digital Transformation, loosely defined as the integration of digital technology into all areas of an organisation, fundamentally changing the...
Communications is critical to any successful business. Effective communication with your staff, customers and suppliers is what leads to effective outcomes. Oddly though, business communications tends to be something of a forgotten child in the IT family....
Information and communication technologies (ICT) have caused unprecedented change during the previous two and a half decades. Whereas previously communication technologies used analogue methods, digitalisation means data can be generated in a private network,...
May 8, 2018 •
Features •
NetAdmin •
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In today’s world, where the mobile workforce is in full swing, businesses are more focused than ever before on exploring tools that enable Unified Communication (UC) anywhere, and at any time. With a drive to reduce overheads and maximise productivity, the...
Popular communication app, Truecaller announced that it has reached over 100 million active users. With this new achievement, Truecaller in less than a year has moved passed from 100 million monthly active users (MAUs) to 100 million daily active users...
The recently released Internet Access in South Africa 2017 study, produced by World Wide Worx, a market research firm, with the support of Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), providers of wholesale fibre connectivity, highlighted the ever increasing importance of the...
July 3, 2013 •
Features •
NetAdmin •
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Africa’s massive growth potential has not gone unnoticed by companies around the world. In many regions, thriving telecoms, technology, power, infrastructure and finance sectors are delivering exceptional growth for multinational investors. In fact, 70% of...
May 7, 2013 •
Features •
NetAdmin •
Comments Off on Do you know the total cost of ownership of your communication solution?
Converged communication solutions have become critical to the enterprise for productivity reasons amongst others. However, while organisations have invested large sums of money into communication technology, they often fail to realise the full value of their...
Liberian cellular operator Lonestar Communications is allegedly responsible for taking the industry backwards, The Liberian Times reported yesterday. Lonestar Cell’s actions could disrupt national security, daily communication and other communication...
Eleven Ghanian government departments and agencies will commence with e-government projects to improve service to its citizens, the government said on Wednesday. These agencies include Food and Drugs Board, National Communication Authority, Births and Death...
