MTN partners on e-commerce for Africa

MTN Group has announced a partnership agreement that will enable Africa’s leading telecoms operator to extend online retail and other essential digital services on the African continent. MTN has partnered with Rocket Internet and Millicom International Cellular to...

Advice on name collision identification

ICANN has issued comprehensive advice to IT professionals worldwide on how to proactively identify and manage private name space leakage into the public Domain Name System (DNS) and thus, eliminate the causes of name collisions as new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are...

Don’t be bullied by unlawful consumer practices

We have all come across those notices in some shops declaring our obligation to pay for items we break or damage while shopping in their store.  Notices stating “you break it, you buy it” or “you damage it, consider it sold” are familiar to all of us. If it’s not...

ARV treatment reduces TB co-infection

A new study by University of Cape Town researcher Dr Venessa Timmerman shows that not only does Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) reduce incidents of tuberculosis (TB) in people infected with HIV, but they also reduce mortality in those infected with both diseases. A...

New funding round for Africa’s iROKOtv

iROKOtv, the Africa-based movie platform for Nigerian movies, known colloquially as ‘Nollywood’, has announced a funding round of $8-million, led by existing investor Tiger Global, with further participation from Sweden-based Kinnevik and introducing new investor to...