Articles by Tefo Mohapi

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Mon, October 22nd, 08:34 · Tefo Mohapi

Gartner honours SA’s Dimension Data as world cloud solutions leader

South Africa’s Dimension Data, a global ICT solutions provider, has today announced it has been recognised by global IT research leader Gartner as a leading ICT company after recent positioning in the Leaders quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Vox Telecom looking at converged telecommunications services

With the growing trend of businesses towards converged telecommunications services, Douglas Reed, CEO of Vox Telecom, believes his company is well positioned to take advantage of this drift. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 07:23 · Tefo Mohapi

Samsung unveils first Windows Phone 8 phone in Cape Town

As part of the Samsung World Tour featured in Cape Town last week, the Korean electronics manufacturer has unveiled Samsung ATIV S, its first Microsoft Windows 8 powered phone. → Read more
Sun, October 21st, 09:35 · Tefo Mohapi

Google announces the new Samsung Chromebook

Google has announced the availability of its new and affordable Chromebook built by Samsung, with the “made for cloud” device is now available for pre-order. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 14:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom’s Blackberry Internet Service headaches

Vodacom is the largest BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) mobile operator in the world and this seems to be taking a toll, with the company saying it needs to look at alternatives to protect itself against increased data use on smart devices. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 08:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Dark Fibre Africa announces affordable shaped fibre offering

Local open-access dark fibre infrastructure provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has introduced an affordable shaped fibre offering, hoping it will “transform the way people do business in future.” → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 15:02 · Tefo Mohapi

BREAKING: Alan Knott-Craig Jnr steps down as Mxit CEO

In an unexpected and surprising move, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr has stepped down as CEO of Mxit, citing shareholder differences. → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 14:03 · Tefo Mohapi

ICANN reveals initiative to increase its presence across Africa

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced a new initiative to increase Africa’s involvement the at the organisation’s 45th public meeting in Toronto, Canada. → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 13:47 · Tefo Mohapi

Zimbabwean telco allows commuters to pay fares using mobile money

Zimbabwe’s telecoms firm Econet Wireless has launched an initiative that would enable commuters to pay for transportation using Ecocash, its mobile money service that currently has around 2 million users. → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 07:32 · Tefo Mohapi

Smartphones essential for content creation, not just consumption

Rise in smartphone adoption has led to increased content consumption, according to Samsung Electronics, yet there is an increase in business usage of the phones and content creation for business purposes. → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 06:51 · Tefo Mohapi

Migration contributes to Malaria infection, mobile data proves

A recent mobile-based survey pioneered by Harvard School of Public Health has revealed that malaria is transmitted from hot spots areas to other regions through migration. → Read more
Wed, October 17th, 12:29 · Tefo Mohapi

New tech gadgets discount for SA’s FNB customers

The First National Bank, SA’s leading commercial bank and tech innovator, has said new and existing cheque and credit card customers can now qualify for an additional discount on its range of smartphones, tablets and laptops. → Read more
Wed, October 17th, 08:53 · Tefo Mohapi

Business Partners Limited launches venture capital fund in SA

Business Partners Limited, a specialist risk finance company for formal small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has announced the launch of the R400 million (US$45 million) Business Partners Limited Venture Fund, one of the largest Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) financing funds in South Africa. → Read more
Wed, October 17th, 08:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Airtel Rwanda announces unlimited call packages for customers

Airtel Rwanda announced yesterday that it has introduced unlimited call packages for its subscribers, in an attempt to entice users to switch over to the company as Rwanda seeks to bolster its mobile phone market. → Read more
Wed, October 17th, 08:29 · Tefo Mohapi

HP SA announces Doug Downing as ISS Business Unit and Sales Manager

Hewlett Packard’s South African division today announced that Doug Downing has been appointed as the new Industry Standard Servers (ISS) Business Unit and Sales Manager for Enterprise Group (EG) in South Africa. → Read more
Wed, October 17th, 07:18 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Nedbank MyFinancialLife app now available

Nedbank’s MyFinancialLife, the free Personal Financial Management tool, is now available to to all, putting customers in control of their finances by connecting them to all institutions that they have a financial relationship with and giving a clear financial picture in one secure place. → Read more
Tue, October 16th, 14:32 · Tefo Mohapi

Laurence Savage named as new Altech COO

Today Allied Technologies Limited (Altech), the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed multibillion-rand technology group, has announced the appointment of Laurence Savage to the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective January 2013. → Read more
Tue, October 16th, 13:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Xbox Music launched by Microsoft to rival Apple iTunes

After Microsoft’s “failed” Microsoft Zune business, the tech giant has unveiled Microsoft Xbox Music, viewed as capable of going head-to-head with rival Apple’s iTunes. → Read more
Tue, October 16th, 08:32 · Tefo Mohapi

HP announces new business analytics tool for speedy business growth

Business solutions leader HP Enterprise Services has announced its new business analytics services, expected to enable its customers to accelerate the discovery of growth opportunities, efficiencies and cost savings while supporting improvements in compliance and mitigation of risks. → Read more
Mon, October 15th, 14:29 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom SA offers callers free talk time on latest promotion

South Africa’s integrated telecommunications service provider Vodacom announced the launch of the Vodacom Extra Time promotion over the weekend, enabling its prepaid and top up customers to talk for an hour but only pay for the first three minutes. → Read more