Articles by Tefo Mohapi

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Mon, November 5th, 12:06 · Tefo Mohapi

Segun Ogusanya appointed as Airtel Nigeria’s boss, effective Nov 6

Airtel Nigeria’s mother company Bharti Airtel announced it will be appointing Segun Ogunsanya as the chief executive officer for the Nigerian business. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 11:18 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodafone extends M-Pesa’s reach to other global money transfer services

Vodafone Group has announced of plans to extend the reach of its secure mobile money transfer service M-Pesa to additional international money transfer services. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 09:28 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s BCX acquires Integr8 IT

ICT infrastructure management specialist Integr8 IT has today announced its acquisition by Business Connexion at an estimated R126 million (approx US$15 Million). → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 14:13 · Tefo Mohapi

Anonymous Nigeria threatens further attacks on government sites, databases

Anonymous Nigeria, a hacker’s syndicate, have declared that they are planning more cyber attacks in Nigeria as part of “its war against corruption” in the country. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 11:59 · Tefo Mohapi

HP announces new products to help businesses increasing mobile usage

Computer-maker HP has announced new products and services that help small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) simplify their IT infrastructure to accelerate business gains from mobile access. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 06:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Microsoft launches Windows 8 Operating System in Jo’burg

Software giant Microsoft last week launched Microsft Windows 8 operating system at an event held at Shine Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa, part of its worldwide series of events marking the unveiling of its new operating system → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 13:42 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom unveils its South African summer promotion

Vodacom has today launched its South African Summer 2012 promotion, set to provide double value to customers who purchase its range of products including talk time, data, SMS, MMS, Vodacom Millionaires and selected content services. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 09:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Is M-Pesa really Kenyan or British?

Hailed as the “Kenyan technology success story”, many have claimed M-Pesa to be testimony to the greatness of the East African country’s technology scene, producing world-class technology companies that rival those in South Africa. But, is the acclaimed mobile money service really Kenyan at all? → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 09:16 · Tefo Mohapi

DSTV’s Mobile TV App now available for Windows Phone 7.5

Software giant Microsoft and Multichoice, the South Africa-based satellite television services provider, yesterday announced that the Drifta viewer app for Windows Phone is now available for Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 mobile phones. → Read more
Tue, October 30th, 14:19 · Tefo Mohapi

iROKO partners with GoMetro to offer South African rail commuters free content

iROKO Partners, the world’s largest online distributor of African music and movies, today announced it will start offering free Web content to rail commuters in South Africa, following a partnership with GoMetro, a mobile site launched last month. → Read more
Mon, October 29th, 11:55 · Tefo Mohapi

Effective Measure appoints new South African chief

The South African business unit of digital audience specialist Effective Measure (EM) last week appointed Alan Morrissey as its country managing director for South Africa. → Read more
Mon, October 29th, 09:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Dimension Data launches cloud solutions in Botswana

South Africa-based Dimension Data last week launched its cloud services in Botswana, expanding into yet another southern African country. → Read more
Mon, October 29th, 07:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Suspension of SA’s ambassador to Iran temporarily lifted, MTN investigation continues

South Africa’s former ambassador, Yusuf Saloojee, to Iran’s three-month suspension has been lifted and he is back at his job in Muscat, Oman, with the outcome of an investigation into his involvement in the alleged MTN-Iran bribery scandal is pending. → Read more
Mon, October 29th, 06:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Airtel Zambia donates mobile phones for disaster management

Zambia’s largest mobile services provider, Airtel Zambia, has announced that it has donated Android mobile phones to the Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) through the office of the vice president, with the phones to be used for communication during disasters in rainy season. → Read more
Sat, October 27th, 10:06 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Naspers rumoured to be buying Souq.com

South African media giant Naspers is rumoured to be acquiring a stake worth approximately US$40 million in Al Jabbar Internet Group's subsidiary Souq.com, in the largest investment in an e-commerce and Internet business in the Middle East since the 2009 sale of Arabic-language internet venture Maktoob.com to Yahoo!. → Read more
Fri, October 26th, 13:02 · Tefo Mohapi

Nokia introduces the Asha Touch range of phones in South Africa

With Africa having nearly 1 billion mobile phone subscriptions, Nokia believes it has taken the right step towards connecting the next billion consumers by unveiling the Asha Touch family of mobile devices in South Africa. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 14:31 · Tefo Mohapi

School Exam Revision Apps proving popular on Mxit

Education apps on Mxit - “Africa’s largest social network” - were popular for the period leading up to the start of South African Grade 12 exams on Monday. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 12:39 · Tefo Mohapi

Samsung partners with Rwanda’s government toward IT solutions rollout

Rwanda’s government has entered into a partnership agreement with South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung to facilitate the rollout of IT solutions across the country. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 11:21 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodafone’s innovation centre declared Africa’s greenest building

Vodafone’s Site Solution Innovation Centre was yesterday honoured as the winner of the category “Highest Scoring Green Star Project 2008-2012” by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) given the outstanding nature of the project. → Read more
Thu, October 25th, 06:01 · Tefo Mohapi

rara.com launches in South Africa, announces Windows 8 and iOS apps

UK-based online music service rara.com has said it will soon be available in seven more countries, including South Africa. → Read more