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Review: Borderlands – The Handsome Collection
The Borderlands series is possibly one of the most colourful, crazy and hilarious game series to grace the First-Person Shooter genre. Since it inception in 2009, it’s spawned three titles which have provided gamers with hours of fun, humour and…
IT News Africa: Top Tech Stories of the Week
Smartphones have been the talk of the tech industry this week. During the course of this week HTC has unveiled its latest device, the HTC One M9. To add to the lineup, the Mobicel Air has also reached the South…
Nigeria: Infracos set to connect 60 cities to broadband
According to a report by ngrguardiannews.com, Lagos as well as 60 other cities, in the North Central zone of Nigeria, are set to receive improved broadband services. The report revealed that MainOne Cable will be in charge of the Lagos…
HDS streamlines post-production and archiving solution for starz
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., has announced that Starz, a leading global integrated media and entertainment company, has selected Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) with Hitachi Unified Storage VM (HUS VM) to refresh their post-production…
Data management in South Africa has its own unique challenges
The impact of load shedding on an organisation’s data management capabilities is adding a level of uncertainty to boardroom discussions about technology that are already strained by issues of mobility, Big Data, and which cloud option to use. Even in…
South Africa: HTC One M9 set for June 2015 launch
Smartphone manufacturer HTC has revealed the release date of the HTC One M9 in South Africa. According to HTC, its latest smartphone will be available in June 2015. Neeraj Seth, Head of Marketing, HTC MEA stated that: “The HTC One…
Can Artificial Intelligence enable smarter business decision-making ability?
The phrase ‘Artificial Intelligence’ or AI typically brings to mind images of intelligent humanoid robots performing tasks instead of people. However, while robotics is an important branch of AI, it is by no means the only aspect of this science.…
Video Interview: Isaac Mophatlane discusses the future of BCX
IT News Africa’s Managing Director, Abe Wakama interviews Business Connexion (BCX) CEO, Isaac Mophatlane. During the interview, Mophatlane discusses the origins of BCX, the looming Telkom deal, as well as the future of BCX. In 1996, Isaac co-founded the former…
Lenovo appoints new EMEA and North America Presidents
Lenovo has revealed new leaders for North America and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), following a recent realignment of its business groups and geographies to drive greater consistency, synergy and focus across the world. In a new leadership role,…
South Africa: Massive growth in 4G and Wi-Fi connections expected
According to the latest annual update of the Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2014 to 2019, the ongoing adoption of more powerful devices and machine-to-machine (M2M) connections may see 3G surpassing 2G as the top…
Keeping the connected generation safe online
Always-on connectivity has become part and parcel of today’s society, with more and more people relying heavily on email, social media and web browsing. Children growing up in this era have unprecedented access to information, multimedia and interactive learning capabilities,…
Connected Africa and Satcom Africa have lift off
The 18th Annual Connected Africa and SatCom Africa event aims to tackle infrastructure costs, cost connectivity in rural areas, commercialisation of satellites, service reliability and much more. This exciting conference expo will convene on the 26 May to 27 May…
Study reveals African mobile phone usage stats
A survey of mobile phone usage in five African countries has delivered startling findings on the rise of Internet access via phones, the potential demise of Nokia and the continued appeal of BlackBerry. The Mobile Africa 2015 study, conducted by…
MTN launches first Firefox smartphone in Africa
According to MTN South Africa, it has become the first operator in Africa to release a Firefox OS-based smartphone. The device launched by the telecom operator is the Alcatel OneTouch Fire E smartphone, which will run the latest version of…
Rwanda: Airtel inks ticket payment deal with Kenya Airways
According to Airtel Rwanda, in an effort to grow the scope of payment services offered on the Airtel money platform, it has introduced a payment option for Kenya Airways tickets on Airtel money. Airtel Rwanda Chief Financial Officer, Tano Oware…
SA’s power crisis: How analytics can change the game
Now is the ideal time for Eskom to use advanced analytics to improve decision-making and better handle South Africa’s power crisis. Eskom has always used a degree of analytics to manage power supply. However, the big data it gathers from…
