Articles by Tefo Mohapi

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Wed, February 6th, 08:11 · Tefo Mohapi

BlackBerry 10 analysts: “the challenge for the company will be to attract new users”

A week on from the much anticipated Blackberry 10 launch, there has been mixed reaction to the two new smartphones launched by Blackberry along with the new BB10 platform. → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 08:00 · Tefo Mohapi

MTN Group and other SA companies lead the way globally in committing to United Nations Global Compact

South African mobile operator, MTN Group, along with eleven other South African companies have taken the lead globally in voluntarily committing to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 16:02 · Tefo Mohapi

Nokia Lumia users to get Windows Phone 7.8 as roll-out begins

Nokia Lumia owners whose smartphones run on the Windows Phone 7.5 platform are set to get the the 7.8 software update as the Finnish phone giant and Microsoft begin the rollout. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 15:48 · Tefo Mohapi

HP announces new security services for customers

HP has unveiled a new set of security services that will help organisations and their customers “respond to, remediate and mitigate the impact of security breaches as they occur”. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 14:13 · Tefo Mohapi

ITEC expands through appointment of new dealers

ITEC, amongst South Africa’s top office automation solution providers, has added new dealers in Maputo, Mozambique and eastern Pretoria, SA, in a bid to expand its business. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 13:32 · Tefo Mohapi

Preferred Developer Programme launched by Mxit to recognise and reward best developers

South Africa's largest social network platform has launched their Preferred Developer Program (PDP) which will provide a form of certification or accreditation for Mxit developers. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 11:04 · Tefo Mohapi

South Africa gets the Nokia Lumia 620

The "most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone" is now available for sale in South Africa after the Nokia Lumia 620 was launched on Friday last week. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 10:54 · Tefo Mohapi

Safaricom awards CommProve network management contract

Kenyan operator Safaricom has awarded mobile monitoring company CommProve a network management contract in a bid to leverage their "next generation network monitoring solution". → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 08:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Kaspersky Lab named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Security report

Dubbed a "leading developer of secure content and threat management solutions", Kaspersky Lab have been named as a leader in the market of endpoint security solutions by Forrester Research. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:47 · Tefo Mohapi

Nigeria’s Tiketmobile in partnership with Nokia to improve its platform’s usage

Nigerian technology startup based out of Lagos' Co-Creation Hub, Tiketmobile, has entered into a partnership with Nokia in order to increase usage of its platform. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:33 · Tefo Mohapi

Huawei Authorized Network Academy inaugurated in Cairo

Egypt has been chosen as the base for the new Huawei Authorized Network Academy (HANA) laboratory in a bid to train engineering students and graduates on the latest networking and communications technologies. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Facebook advises users on how to protect their privacy in Graph Search

Facebook launched Graph Search in January with the aim of making information users already share with each other more useful and easy to find, but privacy concerns have dogged the new feature since its unveiling. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 10:21 · Tefo Mohapi

INTERVIEW: Christo Davel and Carlton Hood speak about 22seven & Old Mutual deal

Last night saw the announcement that Old Mutual Plc had purchased South African tech startup 22seven, “as part of its strategy to develop digital support for its customers.” → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Concealed cost warning for businesses moving to cloud

Deon Scheepers, Regional Business Development Manager at Interactive Intelligence Africa, says moving a business to the cloud serves to make it more efficient, but warns over concealed costs. → Read more
Fri, February 1st, 07:42 · Tefo Mohapi

SA government spent more than US$80 million on IT consultants in three years

South Africa's national government departments are reported by the country's Auditor General to be wasting taxpayers' money by handing out consultancy contracts and not hiring full-time staff. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 19:42 · Tefo Mohapi

Confirmed: Old Mutual Plc acquires 100% of 22seven

The rumours surrounding Old Mutual plc have been proved true after the investment group officially acquired 100 percent of South African money management service 22seven “as part of its strategy to develop digital support for its customers”. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 09:42 · Tefo Mohapi

Features of the BlackBerry 10 platform on two new LTE-enabled smartphones

BlackBerry are labelling their latest platform, BB10, as the “re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience”. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 07:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Goodbye BlackBerry Internet Service, African market could look elsewhere

BlackBerry (BBRY) announced at yesterday’s launch that the new smartphones based on the BB10 platform will not support the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS). → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 18:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Dimension Data signs global partnership deal with mobile device management company, Airwatch

The US$5.8 billion global ICT solutions and services provider with headquarters in South Africa, Dimension Data, has signed a global partnership deal with AirWatch. → Read more
Wed, January 30th, 16:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Questek and VidiGo partner

Questek Advanced Technologies, a South African systems integration company, has announced a partnership with broadcast software developer VidiGo allowing Questek to sell VidiGo’s range of products to its customers. → Read more