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Publiseer wins the Startup World Cup Nigeria Regional Competition
Publiseer has emerged as the regional champion of the Startup World Cup Nigeria Regional Competition held in Lagos, Nigeria. Publiseer will join other regional winners from various countries, including Mauritius, South Africa, and Kenya, at the Grand Finale, which will…
Clickatell appoints new executives
South African-born and Silicon Valley-based global customer engagement company, Clickatell, has made three new appointments to its board as it enters its next phase of growth and global expansion. Michael Jordaan, financial services expert, venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, joins…
The future of e-commerce in Africa
At present, e-business in Africa remains a challenge. It may be better than it ever has been, but the truth is that lower literacy and internet penetration levels continue to limit the growth on the continent. However, this will not…
Ethiopia’s telecom privatisation leads new wave of deals for 2019
Last week, during a press briefing, Ethiopia’s state-owned telecommunications company announced it will be the first of four companies to be privatised. Telecom, media and tech investment and consolidation activity in Africa is predicted to reach a record high for…
New Netshield GSM Power Monitor IoT Gateway helps cut support costs and time to service client SLA’s
Netshield has launched its next-generation Inline GSM Power Monitor IoT Gateway, the ideal accompaniment for services businesses looking for a cost-effective and easy to deploy means to remotely monitor for business disruptions; such as power, temperature, humidity, flooding and even…
Culture can be an accelerator of digital transformation – Gartner
In an era of continuous change, a proactive and adaptive culture is a critical asset and CIOs will play a key role in establishing the right mindsets and practices. Gartner, Inc. predicts that by 2021, CIOs will be as responsible for culture change as chief…
Digital Afrique Telecom launches smart card system in Côte d’Ivoire
Digital Afrique Telecom (DAT) announced the launch of a Smart Card and Ticketing system to enable Ivorian public transport users to board over 700 buses every day through contactless cards. This smart ticketing service allows each passenger of SOTRA, the…
Xineoh appoints new executives
South African AI start-up, Xineoh, has appointed former Chief Executive Officer of Grand Parade Investments, Alan Keet, and former Chief Technology Officer of News International in the United Kingdom, Xen Lategan, to its board. Xineoh Chief Executive Officer, Vian Chinner,…
Fintech’s adoption will continue to revolutionise the postal landscape in 2019
Two years ago, Australia Post entered into a joint venture with a company to offer local businesses a single platform to access e-commerce products and other services. Post office branches in the UK offer customers access to the majority of…
Airtel, Telkom Kenya merge operations
Airtel Kenya has announced that it has signed an agreement with Telkom Kenya to merge their respective mobile, enterprise and carrier services businesses as Airtel-Telkom. Last month, three industry sources had told Reuters that Bharti Airtel was in talks to…
Avanti partners MainOne to improve broadband services in Nigeria
Avanti Communications Group, a provider of satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and MainOne, a connectivity and data centre solutions company in West Africa, have signed an agreement to jointly improve broadband penetration across…
Only 23 percent of global STEM talent is female
In an era where South African women have become increasingly prominent in medicine, law and business, why are there so few women scientists and engineers? Encouragement vs. acumen seems to be the key to speeding up the take-up of careers…
New Honor service store opens in Durban
Honor, the young, pioneering technology smartphone brand, has announced that all Honor consumers would be welcomed at the first Huawei Service store in KwaZulu-Natal, at the Cornubia Mall in Durban. With the official launch of the brand in…
IT News Africa: Most Read Articles of the Week
Another week has gone by where technology news has been dominating the headlines both across Africa and around the world. This week in tech saw a number of tech developments across the African continent and the world. From new innovations…
Apple rewards 14-year-old who discovered the FaceTime bug
After deploying a fix for its notorious FaceTime bug, Apple is compensating the boy who discovered it in the first place. A 14-year-old high school student named Grant Thompson from Tucson, Arizona was the first to pick up on the…
Apple rails against secret screen recordings
In a recent article from TechCrunch, it was revealed that Apple is calling for the removal of code that lets developers record how a user interacts with their iPhone apps or face having their apps removed from the App Store…
