Articles by Tefo Mohapi

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Mon, December 3rd, 12:13 · Tefo Mohapi

University students win big with Vodacom’s Developer Program

Six university students from across South Africa have been awarded cash prizes by Vodacom for creating unique app ideas. → Read more
Mon, December 3rd, 11:26 · Tefo Mohapi

iROKOtv celebrates first anniversary and SA office is planned for 2013

iROKOtv, Africa’s biggest online platform for streaming movies, celebrated its first birthday on Saturday, and HumanIPO can reveal a South African office is in the pipeline. → Read more
Mon, December 3rd, 10:25 · Tefo Mohapi

Google and Yahoo! domains in Romania taken down by Algerian hacker

An Algerian hacker going by the name MCA-RCB has taken credit for the defacement of both Google and Yahoo!’s Romanian websites. → Read more
Mon, December 3rd, 10:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Africa News Innovation Challenge winners announced

The winning innovators in the US$1 million Africa News Innovation Challenge, which seeks to encourage African journalists to use digital tools, have been announced. → Read more
Mon, December 3rd, 08:27 · Tefo Mohapi

Nominations for Mauritius’ 2012 ICT Excellence Awards now open

The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) in Mauritius is inviting nominations for the 2012 ICT Excellence Awards, recognising outstanding use of ICT. → Read more
Mon, December 3rd, 07:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Cloud Services for Microsoft across the Middle East and Africa announced by Dimension Data

Dimension Data, a global ICT services and solutions provider, has made its Cloud Services for Microsoft available across the Middle East and Africa (MEA). → Read more
Mon, December 3rd, 06:45 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom SA and Vodafone UK celebrate 20 year anniversary of first SMS

The first SMS was sent via Vodafone UK’s GSM network twenty years ago today (Monday), received on an Orbitel 901 handset and said “Merry Christmas”. → Read more
Fri, November 30th, 10:04 · Tefo Mohapi

MTN SA go commercial with their LTE offering

MTN South Africa has gone live with the commercial availability of LTE (Long Term Evolution) in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban, with no word of availability of the offering for Cape Town. → Read more
Fri, November 30th, 07:54 · Tefo Mohapi

Mobile phones and social media crucial to travel experience, says study

88 percent of people take a mobile device capable of 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity on holiday with them, with the same percentage under the age of 34 using Facebook to inspire their holiday destination. → Read more
Fri, November 30th, 06:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Further boost for ZA Central Registry for its .africa bid

South Africa based ZA Central Registry (ZACR) have received a further boost in the race to win the rights to administer the .africa generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) after the Republic of Namibia formally endorsed their bid. → Read more
Thu, November 29th, 10:44 · Tefo Mohapi

thumbzup for Absa’s “world-first” payment device

A world-first payment device for small businesses has been launched by South African bank Absa in Johannesburg today (Thursday). → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 13:10 · Tefo Mohapi

Africa expected to have highest cloud traffic growth, say Samsung

Samsung Electronics believe the proliferation of mobile devices will speed up the adoption of cloud computing services in Africa. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 10:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Mobile Web Africa returns to Johannesburg

More than 200 people from the mobile industry gathered at The Venue Melrose Arch, Johannesburg, for the fourth annual Mobile Web Africa conference today. → Read more
Wed, November 28th, 06:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Highlights from Mobile Marketing Africa Focus Day at Mobile Web in Africa 2012

The Mobile Web in Africa 2012 conference began in Johannesburg yesterday (Tuesday) and was titled “Mobile Marketing Africa Focus”. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 15:02 · Tefo Mohapi

Survey reveals data protection and infrastructure security are top priorities for business IT professionals

A survey conducted by B2B International for anti-virus specialists Kaspersky Lab has revealed data protection and infrastructure security are top priorities for business IT professionals. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 12:30 · Tefo Mohapi

South Africa’s top musicians and DJs to remix the classic Nokia tune

Finnish phone maker Nokia, ailing internationally but popular in Africa, has challenged some of South Africa’s top musicians and DJs to remix the classic Nokia tune, originally known as the Grande Valse. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 11:27 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Internet Solutions believes its Network OVC will improve customer’s application performance

Communications service provider Internet Solutions believes its Network OVC (optimisation, visibility, control) solution will enable customers to achieve a consistent end-user quality of experience (QOE) as a means of increasing their business efficiency and application performance. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 06:29 · Tefo Mohapi

SA IT distribution company expecting tablets to be popular this festive season

Esquire Technologies, a South African distributor of IT components, desktops, notebooks, peripherals and digital lifestyle products, believes tablets will be what most people will be looking for as gifts during the festive season. → Read more
Mon, November 26th, 14:34 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s sustainableIT nominated for two Tech Trailblazers awards

South African information technology company sustainableIT has been nominated in two categories for the Tech Trailblazers awards. → Read more
Mon, November 26th, 14:04 · Tefo Mohapi

Kaspersky lab wins Best IT Security Company at Kenya ICT Pinnacle Awards 2012

Kaspersky Lab has been awarded the Best IT Security Company with the Best IT Security Solution at the 17th Annual Kenya ICT Pinnacle Awards. → Read more