Articles by Gabriella Mulligan, Page 5
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Fri, June 20th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
EFF compares SABC COO to Boko Haram
There is “essentially no difference” between acting chief operations officer (COO) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Nigeria’s Islamic fundamentalist group Boko Haram, according to the country’s third political party the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
PriceCheck partners MTN for Nigeria app launch
South African price comparison platform PriceCheck has partnered with MTN Nigeria to launch a PriceCheck app for the Nigerian market. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Tanzania’s Flyezee launches flight comparison site
Tanzania-based startup Flyezee.com has launched its online flight comparison website, bringing a free platform for personal flight research to the public in East Africa. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
10% of SA households have internet access at home
The majority of internet users in South Africa access the web via mobile devices, with only 10 per cent of households in the country having internet access at home, according to Statistics South Africa (SA). → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook suffers downtime
Facebook users could not access the website for a time this morning following an error, with the company insisting all problems have now been fixed. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ANC “oblivious” to ICT importance – Shinn
South Africa’s ruling party the African National Congress (ANC) is “oblivious” to the value of technology in developing a dynamic economy and believes ICT serves only to propagate government messages to the public, according to Marian Shinn, shadow minister of telecommunications and postal services for opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA). → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Amazon launches Fire smartphone
Amazon has launched its first self-designed smartphone, the Amazon Fire, incorporating its whole digital database and technologies to create an immersive user experience. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zest sells 3,000 units in first 24 hours
South African startup Zest Mobile sold 3,000 units of its flagship smartphone the T1 on the first day of priority sales, with public sales opening today. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Congo’s VMK readying factory launch
Congo-Brazzaville-based mobile device producer VMK will launch a factory by the end of the year, in a bid to become the top homegrown African designer and manufacturer of mobile phones. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook officially reveals photo-sharing app Slingshot
Facebook has launched photo-sharing app Slingshot, which requires users to reply to a message before opening it, a week after it was prematurely released by mistake. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN cancels WBS SMS termination services
South Africa’s second operator MTN has revoked its SMS termination services from WBS, parent company of internet provider iBurst, following the company’s failure to pay the operator. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA to expand ICT infrastructure, boost skills, support SMEs – Zuma
The South African government will expand affordable ICT infrastructures across the country, improve technical skills training for young people, and support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the next five year term, president Jacob Zuma promised in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Gilat Satcom satellite phone extension enables use by miners
Gilat Satcom has unveiled an extension to satellite phones which enable the devices to be used in underground mines without loss of signal. → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigerian companies prefer fixed line to mobile, VoIP
Nigerian businesses prefer to make use of fixed line telephony for outgoing calls rather than mobile and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA’s Zest Mobile launches pre-order sales on T1
South African startup Zest Mobile has launched pre-order sales of its new mobile offering, the T1 smartphone, with the first 1,000 customers offered 1GB of free data each month under the launch package deal. → Read more
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Tue, June 17th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
CIOs pivotal to Kenyan growth – Kyalo
The role of chief information officers (CIOs) needs to be recognised as pivotal to the collective economic growth of a country such as Kenya, according to Victor Kyalo, acting chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kenya ICT Authority. → Read more
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Mon, June 16th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cape Town developer launches interactive load shedding map
South African developer and entrepreneur Johann du Toit has launched an online interactive map to help residents of Cape Town keep up to date with scheduled electricity load shedding plans. → Read more
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Fri, June 13th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom FTTH expected by end of year
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom will roll out fibre to the home (FTTH) services in 20 suburbs across the country by the end of 2014, as well as launching high-speed home LTE connectivity, the operator has promised. → Read more
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Fri, June 13th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom heralds turnaround success with financial results
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom has released its financial results for the year ended March 31, revealing ZAR1.577 billion (US$146.3 million) profits after tax for continuing operations, with the company heralding the results as proof of the success of its turnaround strategy. → Read more
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Fri, June 13th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom, BCX suspend acquisition talks
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom and local ICT solutions provider Business Connexion (BCX) have suspended talks regarding a Telkom acquisition of BCX following the death of BCX chief executive officer (CEO) Benjamin Mophatlane. → Read more
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