South Africa | HumanIPO

South Africa, Page 137

Fri, April 5th, 12:09 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Snapplify releases foreign content template

South African digital publishing company Snapplify has launched its foreign language content template ePub to cater for the digital publishing market in foreign languages. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 11:59 · Richard Cutcher

Investec joins SA’s banking app club

Investec are the latest South African bank to launch a mobile app, though it is initially only available on the iPad. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 11:43 · Richard Cutcher

ICASA investigating claims WBS have reconnected equipment

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is investigating allegations Wireless Business Solutions (WBS) has reconnected radio communication equipment previously affected by the regulator’s seizure of property on Wednesday. → Read more
Fri, April 5th, 07:39 · Brandon Gregory

Gauteng e-toll awaits parliament’s approval

The implementation of the controversial e-tolling in Gauteng may be imminent after the National Assembly passed the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:29 · Richard Cutcher

Line-up confirmed for LTE Africa 2013 in Cape Town

Organisers of the LTE Africa 2013 conference coming to Cape Town in July have told HumanIPO they are delighted with the line-up of speakers they have put together. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 14:15 · Brandon Gregory

TomTom reveals South Africa’s most congested cities

TomTom, the global positioning system (GPS) device manufacturer and software developer, has revealed South Africa’s most congested cities through its 2012 traffic congestion index. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 13:49 · Nanine Steenkamp

WordPress set for bigger presence on social media

Matt Mullenwag, founder of WordPress, has revealed plans for more social features on his open source blogging template to increase surface distribution. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 13:37 · Brandon Gregory

WMACA slams TopTV’s pornography proposal

Women and Men Against Child Abuse (WMACA) have added their voice to the opposition to TopTV’s bid to establish channels dedicated to adult content. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 12:44 · Richard Cutcher

Broadlink chief expresses surprise at ICASA raid on WBS

The managing director of Broadlink, which suffered significant network downtime yesterday as a result of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) raiding a licensee, has told HumanIPO he was as surprised as anyone when the move took place. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:15 · Tefo Mohapi

New ABSA banking app to be launched next week

ABSA will be launching their long awaited banking app at an event in Johannesburg next Wednesday. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 10:58 · Richard Cutcher

ICASA sets annual licence fee, increase effective immediately

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) appears to have met telecommunications companies halfway in the setting of the annual licence fee payable to the regulator. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 10:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Nokia Music+ to launch in SA

Nokia South Africa has announced a new subscription-based upgrade to its popular free-to-stream mobile music service is to launch in South Africa. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 19:48 · Richard Cutcher

Tim Harris trying to remove government obstacles for Silicon Cape

The Democratic Alliance’s Tim Harris MP was chosen as Silicon Cape’s first government liaison board member at the end of last year, but the shadow minister for finance sees his role as “getting government out the way”. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:15 · Nanine Steenkamp

OPINION: Failure a step in the startup ladder

In the innovative space of the tech environment, where startups shoot up as quickly as new technology developments itself, success is not guaranteed. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 15:23 · Gabriella Mulligan

Nando’s releases spoof SABC news show advert

South African restaurant chain Nando’s has released a new television advertisement featuring a spoof South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) news show, which discusses a parliamentary walk-out over the speaker’s choice of food. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 15:08 · Nanine Steenkamp

PR-Net hosts social multimedia talk

South African social media expert Dave Duarte will be speaking on the use of social multimedia as a tool to aid public relations (PR) investment in Cape Town tomorrow evening, hosted by peer network for education industry (PR-Net). → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 13:41 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA Desktop Dungeons developer joins jury in USA

South African game developer Danny Day participated as a member of the judging panel at the Independent Games Festival (IGF) in California last week as award-winning creator of Desktop Dungeons. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 12:50 · Tom Jackson

Fujitsu SA sells 25% stake to B-BBEE group

Fujitsu has sold 25 per cent of its South African subsidiary to Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) group Thuthukani Investment Consortium (TIC), supporting the South African Department of Trade and Industry’s policy of economic transformation. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 12:47 · Brandon Gregory

Universal Channel apologises for premature broadcasting of Mandela’s obituary

The Universal Channel (DStv 117) jumped the gun by mistakenly broadcasting “Remembering Madiba”, an obituary for Nelson Mandela, last night. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 12:07 · Richard Cutcher

SA investor environment can be improved – shadow finance minister

Tim Harris MP, the Democratic Alliance (DA) shadow finance minister, has described current business regulation as “outrageous” when compared to the rest of Africa. → Read more