Telcos affected by social disruption

The disruptive impact of social conversation channels from giants such as Facebook and Google are not only offering alternative communication options, but are also giving consumers a way to seize control of telcos’ reputations – and even some business decisions....

Three reasons government tech projects fail

A number of high-profile government IT projects have ended in failure in recent years, says Gartner research director Darryl Carlton. Take the British Child Support Agency for example, which ranks as one of the worst public administration scandals of all time. Not...

Dark Fibre Africa refinances debt facilities

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has entered into a refinancing agreement with a syndicate of lenders to provide R3,5-billion of corporate debt facilities. “We are pleased to be receiving this refinancing from a syndicate of lenders made up of existing and new funders,” says...

Financial malware grows in popularity

A new report from Kaspersky Lab has found that users in Brazil, Russia and Italy are most frequently attacked by malware aimed at stealing money. In the reporting period, from 19 April to 19 May 2014, Kaspersky Lab solutions blocked 126 600 attempts on computers to...

Mobile broadcasts with Tuluntulu app

Tuluntulu, a mobile broadcast app, has launched on the Apple App and Google Play stores. The app delivers more than 10 TV-type channels, ranging in content from international news to African documentaries. The app offers users cheap, fast and easy access to mobile...