Forum aims to boost African domains

A platform for the DNS community across Africa to advance the domain name industry and domain name registrations on the continent is the goal of the Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum, to be held from 12 to 13 July 2013 in Durban.  The event has been organised by...

Howzit MSN moves into Kenya, Nigeria

Howzit MSN, one of Africa’s largest portals, with 3,3-million unique browsers per month, is set to launch dedicated versions of its site for Nigeria and Kenya.  Howzit MSN, operated by Kagiso Media in partnership with Microsoft, is the South African version of the...

Entries open for entrepreneur award

The 2013 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition is underway, with less than two months left to enter.  The competition is aimed at inspiring and encouraging entrepreneurs who are playing their part in fostering entrepreneurship in the country....

Commercial 5G a reality by 2020

Samsung Electronics says it has successfully developed the world’s first adaptive array transceiver technology operating in the millimetre-wave Ka bands for cellular communications.  The new technology sits at the core of 5G mobile communications system, and will...

Teraco secures R200m debt facility

Teraco Data Environments, the neutral co-location data centre operator and Internet exchange hub, has secured a R200-million medium term funding facility from Absa’s Corporate and Investment Banking division.  “The funds raised are the largest by an independently...

1m babies die the day they’re born

A baby’s birth day is the most dangerous day of its life, according to the Save the Children’s State of the World’s Mothers report. More than 1-million babies die every year on the day they are born, according to the first global analysis of newborn...