Africa finds new alliances in the East
Africa is finding more synergy with the emerging markets of Asia than with its traditional trading partners in Europe and North America. This is one of the key messages coming through at the World Economic Forum held this week in Cape Town, and reiterated by BT’s...Africa tapped for 1m digital jobs
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new initiative that will focus on Africa’s youth and employment, Digital Jobs Africa. The Rockefeller Foundation’s nearly $100-million investment in Digital Jobs Africa will impact 1-million people in Africa...Neotel brings fibre video network to SA
Neotel has launched a local fibre video network solution, Video Connect. Video Connect, designed to offer connectivity and accessibility to key media hotspots globally, was introduced to the market last year, to test its performance and usability. Abid Qadiri, chief...BT aims to connect 700 000 in Africa
BT has announced its Connecting Africa project, which will bring broadband Internet access to communities across Africa. BT is working with SOS Children’s Villages, an international charity that focusses on children at risk, to connect twenty of the charity’s sites in...FNB site most popular
In its most recent survey of Web users, Alexa notes that FNB was the only banking Web site in the top 10 sites in Africa, and the most popular banking Web site on the continent. FNB Online CEO Lee-Anne van Zyl comments: “We have over 2,8-million unique visitors to our...