Articles by Tom Jackson, Page 2
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Wed, July 2nd, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
No progress on Motsoeneng replacement, DA demands suspension
South African communications minister Faith Muthambi has said no progress has yet been made on replacing South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) acting chief operations officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng, with the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) demanding his immediate suspension. → Read more
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Wed, July 2nd, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Q&A: Gareth Cliff, CliffCentral
South African radio personality and CliffCentral founder Gareth Cliff talks to HumanIPO about his move away from traditional broadcasting and what he sees as the future of the medium. → Read more
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Mon, June 30th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
Mxit finds partner, starts marketing in Nigeria
South African chat app Mxit has started marketing activities in Nigeria after finding a local partner, but says it does not currently have plans to open an office in the country. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Removing porn cost Mxit users – CEO
Removing porn and profanity from South African chat app Mxit has meant a decline in active users, as has the increasing prevalence of smartphones in the country, according to chief executive officer (CEO) Francois Swart. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 14:30 · Tom Jackson
Get to know your customers and build services around them, operators told
African operators have been urged to get to know their customers in rural areas better in order to work out how to best offer and extract value, driving penetration of internet and mobile services while proving beneficial for the providers. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Twitter, CliffCentral cooperate to remove fake accounts
Twitter is cooperating with South African radio personality Gareth Cliff’s “unradio” station CliffCentral to remove fake accounts created claiming to represent the station and its founder. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 09:30 · Tom Jackson
CliffCentral denies it failed on Comedy Central
South African radio personality Gareth Cliff’s “unradio” station CliffCentral has denied it failed on Comedy Central Africa after its agreement was terminated after low viewing figures. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
MultiChoice launches Africa Rising campaign
African pay-TV provider MultiChoice has launched its Africa Rising campaign, aimed at inspiring Africans to get involved in community-based social upliftment projects. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Google begins removing search results after EU court ruling
Google has begun taking action on request by users in the European Union (EU) to be “forgotten” following a May court ruling. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 17:00 · Tom Jackson
FibreCo to link PE, Cape Town with fibre optic network, Durban connected by 2016
Fibre optic network operator FibreCo is set to train 25 industry technicians in the Nelson Mandela Bay area ahead of the further rollout of its network later this year, which will link Port Elizabeth and Cape Town. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 14:30 · Tom Jackson
SWIFT’s growth in Africa outperforms rest of world
SWIFT has released figures showing its business in Africa is outperforming the its growth globally, with African volumes growing by 16 per cent compared to 10 per cent worldwide. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Sunday Mail editor denies Baba Jukwa links as brother also arrested
The editor of state-owned Zimbabwean newspaper the Sunday Mail Edmund Kudzayi has denied he is behind the Baba Jukwa Facebook page and said his arrest is politically motivated, with his older brother now also under arrest and accused of complicity. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan startups dominate PIVOT East competition
Kenyan startups emerged winners in four out of five categories at the 2014 edition of the mobile startups event PIVOT East, with winning companies receiving US$10,000 each. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
Provide Africans with relevant content in easy manner – panel
Africans need to be provided with content that is relevant to them in a manner which makes accessing it easy and affordable, according to panelists at VAS Africa 2014. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
Poor QoS opens door to new entrants – Smile
Poor quality of service (QoS) in countries such as Nigeria have opened the door to new entrants as incumbent mobile network operators (MNOs) struggle to fulfil subscribers’ needs, according to Tom Allen, group chief operating officer (COO) of Smile Communications. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 15:30 · Tom Jackson
SA falling behind with lack of spectrum allocation – Smile
South Africa is falling behind as a result of its failure to allocate higher frequency spectrum, according to Smile Communications group chief operating officer (COO) Tom Allen. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
Virgin Mobile targets further African rollouts
Virgin Mobile plans to roll out more mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) in North and Sub-Saharan Africa as it looks to take advantage of the huge opportunities in providing such services. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
Zimbabwean editor charged in court over Baba Jukwa links
Edmund Kudzayi, editor of Zimbabwean state-owned newspaper the Sunday Mail, appeared in court on Saturday charged with attempting to overthrow president Robert Mugabe and for links to Facebook whisteblower Baba Jukwa. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 14:30 · Tom Jackson
Google considers undersea cable investment – report
Google is considering a multimillion-dollar investment in an undersea cable across the Pacific Ocean, continuing a trend amongst tech giants in seeking more control over their own traffic, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
OPINION: Financial might plus lean startup mentality make Uber unstoppable
A year ago, competition in South Africa’s taxi app market seemed to be hotting up. Now, with the launch of uberX, it seems competitors have it all to do to stop the global titan from wrapping up both ends of the market. → Read more
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