Articles by Gabriella Mulligan

Articles by Gabriella Mulligan, Page 34

Fri, May 24th, 12:53 · Gabriella Mulligan

Lack of broadband, high data costs obstacles to African startups

The biggest obstacles to startups across Africa are the lack of broadband and the oppressive price of data, according Andre de Wet, chief executive officer (CEO) of PriceCheck. → Read more
Fri, May 24th, 10:40 · Gabriella Mulligan

PriceCheck to expand across Africa with B2B, offline models

Online price comparison directory PriceCheck is looking to expand its services across Africa by introducing a new B2B model, while also working on a new offline digitised catalogue to facilitate shopping in unconnected areas. → Read more
Fri, May 24th, 08:41 · Gabriella Mulligan

Bandwidth Barn model ready for export – minister

The Bandwidth Barn incubator model could be packaged and exported to countries across Africa, with the Mauritian government already in the process of building their own such incubator. → Read more
Thu, May 23rd, 15:23 · Gabriella Mulligan

South African VC held back by lack of funding and framework

The venture capital (VC) ecosystem in South Africa is still very small, and is held back by the lack of funding opportunities and the obstructive legal framework. → Read more
Thu, May 23rd, 12:55 · Gabriella Mulligan

Combine tangible with digital – Fonk Mobile

Businesses should focus on combining the tangible with the digital in order to maintain visibility in the market and maximise value, according to Erik Jan Bijvank, co-founder of Fonk Mobile. → Read more
Thu, May 23rd, 11:49 · Gabriella Mulligan

Africa can thrive through collaboration with Europe

Africa does not need to create a new Silicon Valley, but can thrive through collaboration with Europe in particular, according to Mike Butcher, editor at large of TechCrunch. → Read more
Wed, May 22nd, 12:51 · Gabriella Mulligan

Startups pitch at NetProphet workshop

Ten South African startups pitched their concepts yesterday at the culmination of a two-day workshop organised by Saratoga as part of this year’s NetProphet event. → Read more
Wed, May 22nd, 10:18 · Gabriella Mulligan

Online Kenyan HIV awareness game goes live

A Kenyan-developed game with the aim of raising awareness about HIV and AIDS is now live online. → Read more
Fri, May 17th, 15:03 · Gabriella Mulligan

LulzSec hackers receive record prison terms

Four members of British hacking group LulzSec have been sentenced to prison, receiving the longest ever sentences handed down by an UK court for hacking to date. → Read more
Thu, May 16th, 13:36 · Gabriella Mulligan

SA’s PriceCheck wins BB app prize

South African mobile shopping app PriceCheck has won BlackBerry’s App of the Year award, beating an initial 100,000 applicants to win the prize. → Read more
Thu, May 16th, 10:08 · Gabriella Mulligan

Internet is a threat – Zimbabwe ICT stakeholders

The internet poses a real threat which must be addressed as broadband uptake expands, according to guest speakers at the Broadband Forum in Harare, Zimbabwe. → Read more
Wed, May 15th, 13:07 · Gabriella Mulligan

Zimbabwe’s ISPs “boring” – Behr

Internet service providers (ISPs) in Zimbabwe are lacking innovation, proving a bottleneck to achieving optimum connectivity in the country, says David Behr, chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of ZOL. → Read more
Wed, May 15th, 10:42 · Gabriella Mulligan

Infrastructure collaboration crucial to Zimbabwean broadband

Broadband players in Zimbabwe must collaborate with respect to infrastructure, and focus on value added services for competition, according to James Wekesa, chief commercial officer (CCO) of WIOCC. → Read more
Fri, May 10th, 10:59 · Gabriella Mulligan

Africa must tap into the internet’s opportunities – Wekesa

The opportunities presented by the internet in Africa are rife, and the continent needs to tap into them, says James Wekesa, chief commercial officer of undersea cable operator WIOCC. → Read more
Fri, May 10th, 09:20 · Gabriella Mulligan

Fibre, not mobile, the capacity solution for Zimbabwe – Behr

Fibre is the only way to improve Zimbabwe’s internet capacity, according to David Behr, executive director of Liquid Telecom, as wireless access fills a gap, but is not suitable for main internet connections. → Read more
Thu, May 2nd, 12:22 · Gabriella Mulligan

Failure to digitise holding back Kenyan economy – Ndemo

Kenya’s previous government should have digitised every registry, with the failure to do so now holding back the economy, according to Dr Bitange Ndemo, the outgoing permanent secretary at the ex-Ministry of Information and Communication. → Read more
Thu, May 2nd, 11:54 · Gabriella Mulligan

iPhone 5S pre-orders from June – report

The yet-to-be-announced but widely expected iPhone 5S will be available for pre-order from June 20, with sales to begin in July, according to the latest rumours. → Read more
Thu, May 2nd, 09:02 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pepsi attacked for “racist” advert

PepsiCo has come under fire for creating “arguably the most racist commercial in history” as part of its latest Mountain Dew advertising campaign. → Read more
Thu, May 2nd, 08:47 · Gabriella Mulligan

LG launches first curved TV

LG Electronics has opened a pre-order system for the first ever commercially available curved OLED television, with deliveries to begin next month. → Read more
Tue, April 30th, 11:26 · Gabriella Mulligan

CERN marks 20th anniversary of free internet

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) today marks the 20th anniversary of the world wide web becoming a freely available technology by recreating the first ever webpage. → Read more