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Kenya: Libraries to offer free Internet to public
Kenya’s public libraries are moving online to deliver free Internet to over half a million library members from June this year, as Liquid Telecom Kenya and the Communications Authority of Kenya connect 46 branches of Kenya National Libraries Services (KNLS)…
Samsung Electronics unveils 2016 Q1 Results
Samsung Electronics has revealed its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. Samsung’s revenue for the quarter was 49.78 trillion Korean Won (KRW), or R618.18 billion. This was an increase of 5.7 percent year-on-year (YoY). Operating profit…
South Africa: Vega to offer degree course in Game Design
South Africa is believed to have a gaming industry worth R 2.5 billion with a positive growth projection which is set to reach R 3.3 billion in 2017. Business is increasingly looking to gamification strategies to bring brands to life.…
Integr8’s Sussman to judge Seedstars start-ups
Robert Sussman, co-founder and co-CEO of international award winning ICT managed services company Integr8, is set to sit on the judging panel of Switzerland based Seedstars. Seedstars World promotes, connects and invests up to $1,5mn in emerging market start-ups through…
Lionesses of Africa places focus on female entrepreneurs in South Africa
Entrepreneurship is seen as a powerful economic driver of the future growth of economies around the world, and in Africa in particular. One of the most exciting developments is the increasingly important role of women entrepreneurs behind this new entrepreneurial…
How Digital Transformation is helping African businesses survive
Standard & Poor’s predicts that the South African economy will grow by only 0.8% in 2016. Three different finance ministers in four days, a downward trend in its stock market, and plummeting currency values are all contributing to the slowdown.…
Charging mobile devices could put data at risk
Smartphones can be compromised when charged using a standard USB connection connected to a computer, Kaspersky Lab experts have discovered in a proof-of-concept experiment. The researchers are now evaluating what the impact of such an incident might be. Have you…
MTN Business SA App of the Year Awards calls for entries
Submissions for the MTN Business SA App of the Year Awards 2016, the biggest and most prestigious app development awards, are now open. The App of the Year Awards is a springboard for creative developers and their original solutions. Previous…
IT News Africa revamps video section for a more streamlined experience
Africa’s technology news leader “IT News Africa” has revamped its video section in order to offer viewers a more streamlined experience. When accessing the newly revamped video section, viewers will gain access to interviews with bespoke local and international leaders…
Nigeria: Ntel unveils unlimited data offer
Nigerian mobile operator Ntel has revealed a new mobile data offer for its customers. The company revealed that the latest offer will provide Nigerian consumers with unlimited data, for a period of 3 months. Under the terms of the Smart Phone…
Ericsson reveals Emergency Wallet to support humanitarian responses
Ericsson has committed to developing Ericsson Emergency Wallet, a mobile financial services solution, for deployment in the immediate aftermath of disaster or crises to support humanitarian organizations and affected populations within Africa as well as globally. The company revealed that…
eLearning Africa: Impatient Africans “not going to wait until 2063”
There was a mood of impatience among ministers, businessmen, and education experts attending this year’s eLearning Africa conference, which was held in Cairo during May 2016. Aware of the opportunity offered by information and communication technologies to spread education, training…
Using the same approach as Cyber threat creators to fight them
The same model of sharing data and intelligence employed by those who create the threats to our organisations should inform our approach to meeting them head on. And cloud gives us a key means to do this, writes Trevor Coetzee,…
Ghana: Tigo wins big at 2016 IT & Telecoms Awards
Mobile operator Tigo has walked away with multiple awards at the 6th Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards. At the event, Tigo walked away with the title of Brand of the Year. Along with the title of Brand of the…
CItrix Synergy 2016: Citrix & Microsoft to help businesses embrace Digital Transformation
At Citrix Synergy 2016, Citrix and Microsoft unveiled an expansion of their strategic partnership to meet the needs of the modern workforce with application and desktop virtualization in the cloud, network delivery, and enterprise mobility management space. During the keynote…
Citrix Synergy 2016 places focus on Digital Business Transformation
According to Citrix, customers, as well as their digital businesses, will take center stage at the 2016 Citrix Synergy conference – which is being held in Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States of America. According to the company, this…
