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Digital agenda aims to connect Africa
Stockholm, Sweden - A digital agenda for Africa will make the broadband deployment and adoption message more actionable. The overall aim of the agenda is to deliver bb to all citizens by 2020, in order to foster social and economic development, competition and...
SAP Africa the continent’s top employer
SAP Africa has been recognised as Africa’s best place to work by the internationally accredited Top Employers Institute at a gala awards ceremony held in Johannesburg. As well as securing first place in the category “Overall Top Employer Africa”, SAP Africa also...
Sage launches African business unit
In a bid to expand its operations into Africa, Sage South Africa has launched Sage HR Africa, a new business unit for HR and payroll software and services in Africa. Sage HR Africa is a joint venture between Sage VIP and Sage Pastel Payroll & HR’s international...
MTN’s Mahala promotion comes to an end
MTN’s 50% Mahala Airtime promotion may have come to an end on 31 August, but the company has reassured customers that free airtime received during the promotion will not expire. On 2 June 2013, MTN launched 50% Mahala airtime promotion for PayAsYouGo and TopUp...
Etisalat expands services in Africa
Further extending its reach into Africa, telecoms operator Etisalat has launched a mobile phone-based commerce service through subsidiary Etisalat Moov that will give much of Togo’s population access to banking for the very first time. “This launch represents the...
Online inventory liquidation set to boom
Excess stock, returned inventory and outdated products have long been problematic for retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers. They take up valuable warehouse or shelf space that could be better used to stockpile current inventory and perhaps more importantly, they...
IDC lowers tablet forecast
Faced with growing competition from larger smartphones and the prospect of new categories such as wearable devices diverting consumer spending, IDC has lowered its tablet forecast for 2013 and beyond. In its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, the research group says...
Key shifts needed for a competitive edge
In a world where more people are connected and have more platforms to communicate on, they also have a lot more power in their engagement with brands, says Michelle Beh, Senior Strategist at NATIVE. What this means to brand owners is that they need to involve their...
Bitdefender upgrades Android Mobile Security
Bitdefender, the creator of innovative global antivirus solutions, has released the unique Bitdefender Mobile Security to protect Android devices from malware and keep users up-to-date on what apps might be doing with personal data. Bitdefender Mobile Security, which...
Choosing the right ADSL connection
In today’s extremely tough economic conditions, many businesses are effectively being excluded from the Cloud revolution because they cannot afford uncapped, unshaped and unthrottled business connectivity solutions. So says Derek Hershaw, CEO of MWeb ISP, who notes...
The way forward for South Africa
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - The probability of South Africa becoming a failed state has increased, although there is still a good possibility that it could remain as one of the world’s top economies. The game of IT is where warning flags are going up...
Broadband could be SA’s saviour
By Kathy Gibson, Satnac 2013, Stellenbosch - Connectivity has a massive role to play in education in sub-Saharan Africa. Broadband could have a positive economic impact on the region, and its lack could doom us to miss out on the digital revolution. Brian O’Connel,...
Mobile phones drive data usage
Stockholm, Sweden - Consumers in sub-Saharan Africa are overwhelmingly mobile phone users – and they are using their devices for more data services than ever before. This is the word from Shiletsi Makhofane, head of marketing and strategy at Ericsson Sub-Saharan...
Digital agenda aims to connect Africa
Stockholm, Sweden - A digital agenda for Africa will make the broadband deployment and adoption message more actionable. The overall aim of the agenda is to deliver bb to all citizens by 2020, in order to foster social and economic development, competition and...
SAP Africa the continent’s top employer
SAP Africa has been recognised as Africa’s best place to work by the internationally accredited Top Employers Institute at a gala awards ceremony held in Johannesburg. As well as securing first place in the category “Overall Top Employer Africa”, SAP Africa also...
Sage launches African business unit
In a bid to expand its operations into Africa, Sage South Africa has launched Sage HR Africa, a new business unit for HR and payroll software and services in Africa. Sage HR Africa is a joint venture between Sage VIP and Sage Pastel Payroll & HR’s international...
MTN’s Mahala promotion comes to an end
MTN’s 50% Mahala Airtime promotion may have come to an end on 31 August, but the company has reassured customers that free airtime received during the promotion will not expire. On 2 June 2013, MTN launched 50% Mahala airtime promotion for PayAsYouGo and TopUp...
Etisalat expands services in Africa
Further extending its reach into Africa, telecoms operator Etisalat has launched a mobile phone-based commerce service through subsidiary Etisalat Moov that will give much of Togo’s population access to banking for the very first time. “This launch represents the...
Online inventory liquidation set to boom
Excess stock, returned inventory and outdated products have long been problematic for retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers. They take up valuable warehouse or shelf space that could be better used to stockpile current inventory and perhaps more importantly, they...
IDC lowers tablet forecast
Faced with growing competition from larger smartphones and the prospect of new categories such as wearable devices diverting consumer spending, IDC has lowered its tablet forecast for 2013 and beyond. In its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker, the research group says...