Articles by Tefo Mohapi

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Mon, September 17th, 13:12 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom’s mobile education programme spreads to Eastern Cape

Over 1,400 teachers from 172 schools in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province are expected to benefit from the Vodacom Mobile Education Programme, which is aimed at transforming classroom teaching using technology. → Read more
Fri, September 14th, 12:29 · Tefo Mohapi

BongoHive flying the flag for Zambia’s techies despite being shunned initially

Two Zambian tech enthusiasts, Lukonga Lindunda and Bart Cornille, have created an ecosystem for techies and developers in Lusaka, where technology solutions specific to Zambia are developed and nurtured to ensure sustainability. → Read more
Fri, September 14th, 07:18 · Tefo Mohapi

EXCLUSIVE Q & A: SA Startup bridging gap between PR professionals and journalists

Their new user registrations may still be low, but South African startup Like Luci hopes to bridge the gap between PR professionals and journalists through its online communications management platform. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 09:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Samsung Week slated for Zambia

Lusaka’s capital Zambia is scheduled to host this year's Samsung Week from August 26 to September 1. The weeklong extravaganza would later be rolled out across Africa. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 09:04 · Tefo Mohapi

Cloud computing as a disruptive technology for collaboration and enterprise software

As far as disruptive technology goes, cloud computing is a disruptive market force to traditional IT business operations with its pay-as-you-go consumption model and asset-light delivery of key business applications and services. → Read more
Fri, August 24th, 08:43 · Tefo Mohapi

Samsung Weeks to be hosted across the continent

Samsung continues to expand its presence in Africa and seems determined to participate in a meaningful manner by positively influencing the communities where its consumers live in the many countries where it operates. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 12:10 · Tefo Mohapi

Etisalat Nigeria uses Oracle solution to accelerate data retrieval and analysis by 99%

Oracle Communications announced on Wednesday that Etisalat Nigeria, a leading Nigerian telecommunications service provider, has deployed and gone live with Oracle Communications Data Model solution. → Read more
Thu, August 23rd, 09:09 · Tefo Mohapi

Ushahidi appoints new members to its board

Kenya’s Ushahidi, the firm behind Ushahidi open source mobile-based app that allows users to crowdsource crisis information, yesterday announced it would be adding three new members, namely Clay Shirky, David Kobia and Erik Hersman, to its board of directors. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 09:32 · Tefo Mohapi

South African startup aims to revolutionise journalism

South African startup called Mampoer Shorts aims to challenge traditional article publishing and distribution models by offering journalists the opportunity to sell their long-form articles directly to the reader. → Read more
Wed, August 22nd, 06:48 · Tefo Mohapi

Coders to benefit from TrustPay’s sponsorship of Mobile Entertainment Africa

African App developers are set to benefit from TrustPay's announced sponsorship of Mobile Entertainment Africa 2012 conference to be held in Cape Town. The sponsorship comprises five access passes to the event for African App developers worth €650 (approx US$810) each. → Read more
Mon, August 20th, 12:10 · Tefo Mohapi

REVIEW: Samsung Series 5 13.3 inch

When Apple launched the MacBook Air, it sparked rave reviews. The price also proved steep for majority of consumers. The same can be said of the first Ultrabooks launched by Acer and the Series 9 by Samsung. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 09:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom to host first Android developer workshop for women coders

Vodacom will tomorrow host South Africa’s first-ever Women’s Developer Workshop focused on providing women with the practical skills essential for developing Android mobile applications. → Read more
Fri, August 17th, 08:50 · Tefo Mohapi

Kasuwa rebrands, targets entire African continent

Popular Nigerian online retailer Kasuwa has undergone a rebranding process and has now been renamed Jumia -- Jumiacom.ng. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 15:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Instagram looking to grow business involvement

Popular photo sharing and filter app Instagram has announced its intentions to assist businesses to become more involved on its platform. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 13:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Africa’s largest social network partners with Standard Bank to launch Mxit Money

Mxit today launched its mobile commerce platform, which will see it provide its 10 million active South African users with the ability to perform real money transactions. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 12:00 · Tefo Mohapi

HP South Africa claims virtualisation aids innovation

HP South Africa recently announced new virtualisation software solutions that it hopes will simplify, automate and secure the movement of virtual machines (VMs) and data in cloud environments. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 10:35 · Tefo Mohapi

South Africa’s unmatched love for Nokia and Blackberry phones let out

Phone-makers Nokia and RIM have both come under significant financial pressure in the recent month. However, this does not seem to be the trend in South Africa as the companies’ brands have remained popular, according to a study by research firm World Wide Worx. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 07:47 · Tefo Mohapi

iROKO in first African event sponsorship, hopes to extend content beyond Nigeria

The world's largest distributor of Nigerian entertainment iROKO Partners was last week announced by All Amber -- organiser of mobile related events in Africa -- as a Gold sponsor of this year's Mobile Entertainnent Africa event scheduled for Cape Town, South Africa. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 13:13 · Tefo Mohapi

Bill Clinton to speak at Dell’s customer and partner event

Former US President Bill Clinton will speak at Dell’s second annual customer and partner event called Dell World 2012. The event brings together IT stakeholders from across the world. → Read more
Mon, August 13th, 11:56 · Tefo Mohapi

Zambia’s communications regulator seizes fake Samsung handsets

Zambia’s police alongside officials of the Bureau of Standard and Cycorp Zambia Limited have cracked a whip on fake mobile phones arresting over 2600 suspected counterfeit Samsung handsets in Lusaka and Copperbelt area. → Read more