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Nashua Mobile partners with Porsche Design
The flagship Porsche Design retail store in Johannesburg has selected Nashua Mobile as its exclusive cellular service provider partner for the iconic Porsche Design P9981 BlackBerry smartphone. Lovers of luxury brands will be able to purchase voice and data contracts...
Africa’s economy on growth path
A great deal has changed since The Economist labelled Africa as “the Hopeless Continent” 10 years ago. Over the past decade, six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing countries were African; emerging economies in the East and West of Africa indicate a 6% to 7% economic...
Cell C appoints new chairman
Cell C has announced the appointment of Mohammed Hariri as a director and chairman of the Cell C board. Hariri takes over the position of chairman from Simon Duffy, who tendered his resignation from the board. Hariri is the chairman of the board of Oger Telecom, Cell...
CIOs intend to increase IT spending
Riverbed Technology reveals that 71% of CIOs expect to increase IT spending in 2013. The findings are the result of an independent research project regarding IT spending priorities across numerous industries in Europe. The survey was commissioned by Riverbed and...
New telecoms firm launches in SA
A new next-generation telecommunications firm, Tele Enterprise, has launched in South Africa, aiming to meet the need for end-to-end telecommunications services from a single service provider. Tele-Enterprise designs, implements and operates fully integrated,...
New branding for Telkom Mobile
Telkom yesterday announced the launch of Telkom Mobile, a high-quality network offering great value to data-hungry consumers and those who make high volumes of voice calls. The new Telkom Mobile is based on an existing robust and growing network that will benefit from...
Microsoft opens up on bribery reports
Microsoft will co-operate with a probe into allegations of bribery, reported yesterday in the Wall Street Journal. John Frank, VP and deputy general counsel at Microsoft, has responded to the report that Microsoft business partners in three countries may have engaged...
Smartphones make most of the money
Smartphones last year accounted for a whopping 87% of handset industry revenue and a staggering 93% of gross profits, even though they only made up 46% of unit shipments compared to once-mighty feature phones, according to an IHS iSuppli Wireless Communications...
Smart cities vital for economic growth
Cities are complicated, interdependent ecosystems that are being targeted by national governments as the crucible for re-animation of the economy. With such a focus on what areas the UK government should prioritise to kick start the economy Joe Dignan, chief public...
The economic realities of water scarcity
About 1,2-billion people - almost a fifth of the world’s population - live in areas of physical water scarcity, while another 1,6-billion face what can be called economic water shortage. The situation is only expected to worsen as population growth, climate change,...
Microsoft collaboration boosts East Africa
As part of the recently launched Microsoft 4Afrika Initiative, Microsoft has announced a strategic co-operation with business incubator iHub and the m:lab East Africa consortium to enable start-ups, innovators and the developer community of East Africa to grow their...
Senegal’s ICT skills can help Africa grow
SAP has reaffirmed its commitment to Senegal, applauding the country's superior ICT (information and communications technologies) skills that offer a significant pool of talent that could serve the entire region. The market leader in enterprise application software...
WD makes strategic investment in Skyera
Skyera and Western Digital have announced that Skyera has received strategic funding from Western Digital Capital as part of its recently announced Series B round of financing. Western Digital Capital co-invested in the $51-million round as an extension of the...
Nashua Mobile partners with Porsche Design
The flagship Porsche Design retail store in Johannesburg has selected Nashua Mobile as its exclusive cellular service provider partner for the iconic Porsche Design P9981 BlackBerry smartphone. Lovers of luxury brands will be able to purchase voice and data contracts...
Africa’s economy on growth path
A great deal has changed since The Economist labelled Africa as “the Hopeless Continent” 10 years ago. Over the past decade, six of the world’s 10 fastest-growing countries were African; emerging economies in the East and West of Africa indicate a 6% to 7% economic...
Cell C appoints new chairman
Cell C has announced the appointment of Mohammed Hariri as a director and chairman of the Cell C board. Hariri takes over the position of chairman from Simon Duffy, who tendered his resignation from the board. Hariri is the chairman of the board of Oger Telecom, Cell...
CIOs intend to increase IT spending
Riverbed Technology reveals that 71% of CIOs expect to increase IT spending in 2013. The findings are the result of an independent research project regarding IT spending priorities across numerous industries in Europe. The survey was commissioned by Riverbed and...
New telecoms firm launches in SA
A new next-generation telecommunications firm, Tele Enterprise, has launched in South Africa, aiming to meet the need for end-to-end telecommunications services from a single service provider. Tele-Enterprise designs, implements and operates fully integrated,...
New branding for Telkom Mobile
Telkom yesterday announced the launch of Telkom Mobile, a high-quality network offering great value to data-hungry consumers and those who make high volumes of voice calls. The new Telkom Mobile is based on an existing robust and growing network that will benefit from...
Microsoft opens up on bribery reports
Microsoft will co-operate with a probe into allegations of bribery, reported yesterday in the Wall Street Journal. John Frank, VP and deputy general counsel at Microsoft, has responded to the report that Microsoft business partners in three countries may have engaged...