South Africa, Page 2
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Fri, October 24th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Guest Post: Mobile money – time for a reality check?
Vahid Monadjem is the co-founder and CEO of Nomanini, South Africa-based mobile Point of Sale service for facilitating cash transactions in emerging markets. In this guest post, he called for a closer look at the mobile money sector especially in Africa where it is extensively believed that mobile money is on a meteoric rise. But as far as Monadjem is concerned, mobile money has not yet arrived. → Read more
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Thu, October 23rd, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung boosts fight against Ebola with smartphones worth $1m
Technology company has announced its support of ongoing global efforts towards eradicating Ebola virus disease in some African countries. In a statement, Samsung announced a donation of about 3,000 GALAXY S3 Neo smartphones valued at about USD1 million. → Read more
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Wed, October 22nd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN sponsors GSMA Mobile 360-Africa
Telecommunications company MTN today announced it is sponsoring GSMA Mobile 360-Africa. In a statement, the company said it is the Platinum Event Sponsor for the GSMA Mobile 360-Africa. The event will be held in Cape Town South Africa from November 5 - 7 2014. → Read more
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Mon, October 20th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
South Africans are early adopters of latest smartphone trends – BlackBerry
Yudi Moodley, Managing Director for Africa at BlackBerry, has described South Africans as early adopters of the latest trends in smartphones. In line with this he said BlackBerry will be launching its latest smartphone the BlackBerry Passport next month in South Africa. → Read more
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Mon, October 20th, 10:04 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung launches Galaxy Note 4 in South Africa, announces new partnerships
South Africa has become the first African country where Samsung Mobile's latest device the Galaxy Note 4 has been launched. The new device was unveiled at an event held in Cape Town. → Read more
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Mon, October 13th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Orange bags 12 AfricaCom Awards nominations
Organisers of AfricaCom Awards 2014 have announced nominees for the awards event scheduled to hold on November 12 at The Waterfront Lookout, Cape Town, South Africa. → Read more
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Mon, October 13th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Startups will drive IoT in South Africa through creation of niche apps – Gartner
Leasing technology research firm Gartner has predicted that startups in South Africa will drive acceptance, use and growth in the Internet of Things (IoT) through the creation of a multitude of niche applications. Other stakeholders expected to play critical roles include consumer goods companies and enterprises. → Read more
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Fri, October 10th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Wikipedia launches Wiki Loves Africa photo contest
Wikipedia has launched a photo contest in Africa with the aim of showcasing the continent's diversity via pictures. The contest is launched by WikiAfrica, an international collaborative project between Africa Centre and Lettera27. They are partnering with Fondation Orange to launch Wiki Loves Africa. → Read more
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Wed, October 8th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Nedbank deploys Gemalto’s plug-and-play solution to secure online banking for corporate clients
Gemalto , the world leader in digital security, announces that Nedbank Ltd, a leading commercial bank in South Africa, is deploying its Ezio eBanking solution to provide their wholesale customers with unmatched online transaction security and superior convenience. → Read more
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Wed, October 8th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Oracle announces initiative to enrich, increase skills capacity of IT practitioners in Africa
Oracle Corporation has launched a new initiative that is aimed at enriching and increasing the skills capacity of IT practitioners in Africa. The initiative consist of four elements – employee readiness, ecosystem readiness, workforce readiness and youth readiness. → Read more
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Thu, October 2nd, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
IT services spending to increase in SA
IT services spending in South Africa is expected to increase 10.5% year on year in 2015 to total $5.7 billion, according to the latest forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC). → Read more
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Wed, October 1st, 11:13 · Paul Adepoju
Upwardly Mobile theme announced for SMW 2015
Toby Daniels, Founder and Executive Director, Social Media Week (SMW), this morning announced the theme for SMW 2015. In a newsletter sent to subscribers, Daniel said the theme for next year is 'Upwardly Mobile: The Rise Of The Connected Class'. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Vodacom tests superfast 4G in SA
Vodacom has launched its next development in 4G technology, capable of downloading an entire 1Gb movie in less than a minute,this being the first time that this has been achieved on a live mobile network in South Africa using a smartphone. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
FNB launches regional money transfer app
FNB customers can now make online financial transactions across borders after South Africa’s First National bank (FNB) upgraded its banking app to provide a platform for money transfer to Mozambique and Zimbabwe. → Read more
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Mon, September 22nd, 14:06 · Paul Adepoju
South Africa’s national soccer association, teams verified on Twitter
The South Africa Football Association (SAFA) has announced its official Twitter account and those of the male and female national football teams have been verified thus removing the confusion often encountered when seeking official updates from the football association and teams → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Internet, consumers driving growth in South Africa’s entertainment, media industry – PwC
Vicki Myburgh, Entertainment & Media Industries Leader for PwC South Africa, has described the Internet and consumers as the major drivers of the growth of the entertainment and media industry in South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 11:09 · Paul Adepoju
ApexPeak, Karu Exporters close $23m export finance deal
88mph-funded startup ApexPeak and South African citrus fruit grower Karu Exporters have closed a US$23 million export finance deal. Under the agreement, Karu will receive monthly disbursement until the end of 2014. → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
SuperSport, Red Bull added to Samsung’s Smart Hub
Samsung Electronics today announced the addition of SuperSport and Red Bull TV app to its existing Smart Hub solution. → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Byte Orbit calls for Startup Knight 2014 entries
The third edition of the annual Startup Knight competition is here again with its main aim being to empower aspiring tech entrepreneurs and visionaries in South Africa → Read more
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Fri, September 12th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mxit’s Ukufunda virtual school to support learning in SA public schools
South Africa’s Mixit Reach in partnership with UNICEF has launched an innovative learning and teaching tool Ukufunda, targeted at changing the way students are taught in public schools by supporting classroom activities. → Read more
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