The cost of World Cup social mentions

The World Cup is proving that, for some companies, talk might be very expensive – contrary to popular wisdom. Yingli is a solar panel company that paid an estimated $17, 5-million to be a World Cup sponsor. Since Yingli enjoyed just 2,782 mentions in social media,...

Cwele outlines plan for universal access

For South Africa and Africa to achieve universal access and services, equitable access to scarce global resources needs to be achieved. This will require continual improvements of current governance structures and organisational arrangements to make them for efficient...

uAfrica rolls out African expansion

South African e-commerce technology company uAfrica has announced the launch of the first phase of its expansion plan into the rest of Africa. The first phase targets Nigeria with a trial Proof of Concept (POC) partnership with MTN Business customers who will be able...

Ultra-fast broadband on growth trajectory

At the end of 2013, ultra-fast broadband (UFB) access – with a throughput equal to or above 30Mbps – represented 29% of all broadband connections worldwide. This is one of the findings from IDate’s ranking of countries that lead the way in ultra-fast fixed and mobile...

Watson, Genesys grow customer experience

IBM and Genesys have announced a partnership that will transform how organisations of all sizes differentiate their customer experience.This will be doe by tapping the power of IBM Watson to transform the way brands engage clients across customer service, marketing...