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PayGate predicts card payments will be mobile in 5 years
Payment service provider PayGate recently added mobile payment system Zapper to its payment options. With the addition of Zapper, PayGate has also predicted that half of card payments will become mobile in the next 5 years. This is according to…
MainOne secures deal with Lagos Garage start-up hub
Nigerian provider MainOne, has secured a deal with Lagos Garage. According to the company the deal will ensure that the 440.ng start-ups will have the high-speed internet service they need to build and deliver their products. The 440.ng is a…
No silver bullet for IT security
The security landscape is a complex one, and several layers of defence at multiple points in the organisation are needed to successfully combat today’s sophisticated threats. Unfortunately, for too many businesses, the idea of a ‘quick fix’ is tempting, and…
Rwanda: MTN to unveil cross-border money service
MTN Rwanda will integrate its mobile money system with that of MTN Uganda this coming November. This will, according to the company, allow subscribers to send and receive money between the two countries. MTN Rwanda GM, Norman Munyampundu stated that…
Kaspersky reveals security guide to keep data safe
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team share the security measures they use to protect their own communications via email, instant messaging tools, smartphones, and while browsing over computer networks and interacting with the physical world. Following…
Nigeria: 100GB Ultra-broadband set to boost connectivity
Alcatel-Lucent is preparing to open up Africa’s most populous nation to the benefits of ultra-broadband connectivity by launching a 100 gigabit-per-second fibre-optic network with MTN Nigeria. MTN Nigeria, which covers more than almost 90 percent of Nigeria’s land mass, will…
TA Telecom to map identity of Africa with mobile tech
TA Telecom has revealed that the beta trials for Nafsi, Africa’s most ambitious big data analysis project according to the company, is now underway in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa. The survey aims to use mobile technology to collect…
Vodacom launches LTE connectivity in Lesotho
Vodacom has launched the Long Term Evolution (LTE) service in Lesotho. According to Vodacom, the service will bring high-speed mobile internet to the people of the Mountain Kingdom as well as address the relative scarcity of fixed line connections in…
AfricaCom Awards 2014 shortlist revealed
The AfricaCom Awards are set to take place on the 12th November 2014, at The Waterfront Lookout in Cape Town. The event celebrates and acknowledges leaders in digital technology, ICT, Telecommunications and Media across Africa. As the event grows each…
Nigeria: Airtel appoints Belgore as chairman of ops board
Bharti Airtel has revealed the appointment of Alfa Belgore. Belgore will be taking up the position of chairman of the board of directors of Airtel’s Nigeria unit. Belgore is a former Chief Justice of the Republic of Nigeria. Christian de…
Top 15 games to check out at rAge 2014
rAge 2014 is underway at the Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg South Africa. The event kicked off on the 10th of October and will run to the 12th of October 2014. IT News Africa is currently attending rAge 2014 and we…
IT News Africa: Top Stories of the Week
We are well into the scorching heat of October 2014, which means that the tech scene in Africa is heating up rapidly. For those based in Johannesburg South Africa, one of South Africa’s largest gaming expos is under way –…
Welcome to the new frontier in consumer banking in South Africa
FlickPay, Snapscan and Zapper might sound like a foreign language – yet these are the apps used by a fast growing group of consumers in South Africa who have bought into the world of mobile payment. Mobile phone providers, merchants,…
Top 10 benefits of the $50 smartphone in Africa
Tech4Africa is still underway at the SciBono Discovery Center, Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown, Johannesburg. IT News Africa caught up with Gareth Knight, creator of Tech4Africa, in order to discuss the top 10 benefits of the extremely sought after USD $50 smartphone.…
IBM Watson goes live in Africa
IBM and Metropolitan Health revealed the first commercial application of Watson in Africa. According to IBM, its Watson application is a ground breaking computing platform able to interact in natural language. By tapping into the power of Watson, Metropolitan Health…
Movitel named fastest-growing telco in Africa
Movitel, SA – a joint venture between of Viettel in Mozambiuqe – gained its second honourable international prize of the year by winning Golden Globe of “Fastest Growing of the Year in Middle-East and Africa” at the International Business Awards…
