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A new star is born …
Astronomers using ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, have obtained a vivid close-up view of material streaming away from a newborn star. By looking at the glow coming from carbon monoxide molecules in an object called Herbig-Haro 46/47 they have...
10m Sassa debit cards rolled out in SA
MasterCard and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) have confirmed that there are 10-million active Sassa Debit MasterCard cards in South Africa, following the introduction of the new biometric grant payment disbursement system that commenced in March...
Internet.org wants ubiquitous connectivity
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, yesterday launched Internet.org, a global partnership with the goal of making Internet access available to the next 5-billion people. "Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the...
Altech UEC in R50m manufacturing expansion
The largest developer and manufacturer of set-top boxes in Africa, Altech UEC SA, has expanded its capabilities with a R50-million investment to meet the continuing demand for terrestrial set-top boxes, satellite decoders and smart TVs. Part of the expansion includes...
Ellies Connect offers Internet packages
Ellies has branched out into the world of telecommunications and entertainment with a new organisation: Ellies Connect. Ellies Connect comprises three different but integrated elements: entertainment; hardware; and connectivity. Ellies Connect will showcase these...
Nigeria set to be African e-commerce leader
The African e-commerce industry is set for significant growth in the next few years, due to the increased availability of broadband access, affordable data costs offered by mobile operators, and the consistent development of mobile devices. According to Hennie...
DCC moves into Mozambique market
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is expanding its African presence with the opening of a local office and warehouse in Maputo, Mozambique. The new sales team will be headed up by Marina Duarte, a Mozambican local with more than eight years’ experience in...
Cisco boosts its SA channel operation
Cisco has appointed a new channel director to head up the South African region, as well as a new distributor to help accelerate time to market and service channel customers. Kevin Hardy has been appointed as director of partner operations and commercial for Cisco’s...
Energy-intensive users’ costs still rising
A survey of energy-intensive users has found that the electricity portion of their total input costs has increased by an average of 9% to 18% between 2007 and 2012. Shaun Nel, project director and advisor of the Energy Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa, reveals...
EnterpriseWorx brings cloud BI to Africa
Kognitio, which drives the convergence of big data, in-memory analytics and cloud computing, has partnered with South African business intelligence (BI), data management and software engineering specialist EnterpriseWorx to deliver the first cloud-based analytics...
Epson appoints ImageMed as reseller
Epson South Africa has appointed ImageMed Technologies as a specialist reseller of the Epson SureLab SL-D3000 compact digital drylab, a photo printer that is ideal for the retail photo laboratory market. In addition, ImageMed has also been appointed as an accredited...
JusPlay releases educational Android tablet
Local distributors of entertaining, creative and inspirational software and providers of easy-to-use software and hardware solutions, Edutain Distribution, is pleased to announce the launch of JusPlay, an Android educational tablet for children from the ages three to...
New gaming notebook from Pinnacle Africa
Pinnacle Africa is proud to announce the arrival of the MSI GS70 Stealth Gaming Notebook - the world's thinnest and lightest 17-inch gaming notebook – which is now available exclusively from Pinnacle Africa. With designs inspired by the stealth fighter, this...
A new star is born …
Astronomers using ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, have obtained a vivid close-up view of material streaming away from a newborn star. By looking at the glow coming from carbon monoxide molecules in an object called Herbig-Haro 46/47 they have...
10m Sassa debit cards rolled out in SA
MasterCard and the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) have confirmed that there are 10-million active Sassa Debit MasterCard cards in South Africa, following the introduction of the new biometric grant payment disbursement system that commenced in March...
Internet.org wants ubiquitous connectivity
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, yesterday launched Internet.org, a global partnership with the goal of making Internet access available to the next 5-billion people. "Everything Facebook has done has been about giving all people around the world the...
Altech UEC in R50m manufacturing expansion
The largest developer and manufacturer of set-top boxes in Africa, Altech UEC SA, has expanded its capabilities with a R50-million investment to meet the continuing demand for terrestrial set-top boxes, satellite decoders and smart TVs. Part of the expansion includes...
Ellies Connect offers Internet packages
Ellies has branched out into the world of telecommunications and entertainment with a new organisation: Ellies Connect. Ellies Connect comprises three different but integrated elements: entertainment; hardware; and connectivity. Ellies Connect will showcase these...
Nigeria set to be African e-commerce leader
The African e-commerce industry is set for significant growth in the next few years, due to the increased availability of broadband access, affordable data costs offered by mobile operators, and the consistent development of mobile devices. According to Hennie...
DCC moves into Mozambique market
Distributor Drive Control Corporation (DCC) is expanding its African presence with the opening of a local office and warehouse in Maputo, Mozambique. The new sales team will be headed up by Marina Duarte, a Mozambican local with more than eight years’ experience in...