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Tue, October 23rd, 08:18 · Tefo Mohapi

Blackberry Jam Sessions announced for Pretoria and Cape Town

Although not part of the official list of BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour for Enterprise Developers cities announced by last week, two South African cities, Cape Town and Pretoria, will be hosting the country’s BlackBerry hackathons. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 08:09 · Tom Jackson

Access to ICT helps the very poor, says new research

Access to ICT contributes around 0.5 percent to an annual household income in East Africa, according to new research conducted by the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, suggesting a link between the use of ICT and poverty eradication. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 07:43 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s IT Naledi Solutions partners with Huawei

South Africa-based IT firm IT Naledi Solutions has revealed it has been appointed as an Authorised Service Provider (ASP) for Huawei Technologies, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 07:13 · Gythan Munga

SA electric prices may increase, hindering tech

South Africa’s main power utility Eskom wants electricity prices to be increased yearly for the next five years, spelling trouble for the country’s tech population. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 07:09 · Elly Okutoyi

Acer Africa and Orlando Pirates team open learning centre in Soweto

Electronics maker Acer has partnered with Orlando Pirates, a South African soccer team, to launch a learning center in Soweto, South Africa, expected to enable children to develop their computer, mathematics and science skills. → Read more
Tue, October 23rd, 06:31 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom expecting HEPS to lift by 20% to 25%

South Africa’s largest mobile services provider Vodacom today announced it expects its headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months ended September 2012 to be between 20 and 25 percent higher than the corresponding period last year, which was at R3.24 per share. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 14:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Dr Mathews Phosa steps down as chairman of SA’s JSE-listed EOH

In a SENS message released last week Friday, Dr. Mathews Phosa revealed that he will be stepping down as the chairman of EOH, a South African JSE-listed ICT company. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 14:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Significant earnings boost for Mix Telematics expected

Mix Telematics (MiX), the South Africa-based vehicle monitoring and fleet management solutions provider, has said it expects a significant rise in its earnings for the half year ended September 30, 2012. → Read more
Mon, October 22nd, 08:38 · Tom Jackson

SA university launches new courses to fill ICT skills gap

South African university College Campus, based in Pretoria, has launched three new technological degrees seeking to fill the widening skills gap in the country when it comes to ICT. → Read more
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
Mon, October 22nd, 07:11 · HumanIPO

Farmers in Africa await French app that checks cattle’s reproductive behaviour

Medria Technologies, a French monitoring solutions vendor, has developed using Machine-to-Machine communication (M2M) that monitors a cow’s reproductive behaviour and notifies the farmers automatically. → Read more
Sun, October 21st, 09:44 · Gythan Munga

Alan Knott-Craig Jr: Did he jump or was he pushed?

As the tech world plays catch-up following the sudden resignation of Mxit CEO Alan Knott-Craig Jr on Thursday, speculation begins as to why he is leaving the company less than a year after he joined. → Read more
Sat, October 20th, 08:03 · Gythan Munga

SA ambassador to Iran suspended amid MTN case

South Africa’s government has confirmed that an ambassador accused of accepting bribes in the case concerning mobile operator MTN’s Iranian unit has been suspended and recalled pending the outcome of an investigation. → 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, 12:59 · Vincent Matinde

Interactive multimedia guide of Cape Town launched

Tourism Radio, a South African audio tours firm, has launched a comprehensive Walking Tour of Central Cape, a multimedia guide for tourists, in partnership with Cape Town Tourism. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 09:36 · Vincent Matinde

Nomanini, the enterprising mobile terminal for prepaid vouchers

Nomanini, a South Africa-based startup, has made it easier for customers to purchase airtime, electricity vouchers and insurance through their mobile prepaid terminal. → 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
Fri, October 19th, 08:41 · Vincent Matinde

Vodacom AppStar challenge now goes global

Vodacom claims that its AppStar challenge will upgrade to an international contest after the inclusion of Kenya, Tanzania, Qatar, Egypt and Lesotho. → Read more