South Africa, Page 50
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Tue, January 7th, 07:00 · Tom Jackson
MEA external storage market declines, SA and Egypt badly hit
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) external storage market declined 8.8 per cent year-on-year during the third quarter of 2013, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation (IDC), with particularly large declines in South Africa and Egypt. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA matric results available via SMS through SABC
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has launched a new service allowing students awaiting their matriculation (matric) examination results tomorrow to register to receive their personal results via SMS. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA broadcasters criticise compulsory STB control systems
South African broadcasters and business associations have spoken out against the government’s decision to install a control system on all set-top boxes (STBs) in the forthcoming digital migration, questioning the decision’s legality and saying it places an “extra burden on consumers”. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom CEO sells shares
Vodacom chief executive officer (CEO) Shameel Joosub has sold over ZAR6 million (US$560,735) in ordinary shares in South Africa’s largest telecoms company. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 10:40 · Tom Jackson
Online scammers misuse Mandela name
The Africa Rising Foundation has warned the public about an online scam using the name of chairman Ndaba Mandela, the late Nelson Mandela’s grandson. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Telkom sells iWayAfrica
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom has sold its loss-making pan-African business, iWayAfrica and Africa Online Mauritius, to internet service provider (ISP) Gondwana International Networks as part of its turnaround efforts. → Read more
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Mon, January 6th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder, Wabona
In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Simbarashe Mabasha, co-founder of online entertainment streaming service Wabona, discusses the emergence of Africa as a force in video entertainment, and looks forward to a future in mobile entertainment. → Read more
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Thu, January 2nd, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Mark Allewell, founder and CEO, Tourism Radio
Mark Allewell is the founder of South African audio tour guide company Tourism Radio. He is currently preparing for a year’s travel sabbatical with his wife Ronelle and three-year-old twins Kai and Kerala. In this exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Allewell shares some entrepreneurial tips and explains why he is taking a year away from his successful business. → Read more
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Tue, December 31st, 12:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO: South African Startup Central 2013
No news organisation in the world covers African tech startups in as much detail, every day, as HumanIPO. Using their contacts across the continent, HumanIPO reporters work hard to ensure even the smallest African business has the opportunity to be profiled on the site and catch the attention of our continental and international investor readership. → Read more
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Mon, December 30th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Vodacom’s Richard Boorman looks back on telecoms in 2013
In an exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Richard Boorman, executive head: media relations and social media at South Africa’s largest operator Vodacom, takes a look back at how the country’s mobile industry fared in 2013 and what it needs to do to progress in 2014. → Read more
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Fri, December 27th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Duncan Arthur on the Year of the Bitcoin
Bitcoin hobbyist Duncan Arthur looks back on the development of Bitcoin over a year that has seen its value skyrocket and the launch of its first ATMs, discussing its relevance to Africa and looking at the future of the borderless digital currency. → Read more
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Mon, December 23rd, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
FEATURE: DoC has reasons for optimism in 2014 after turbulent year
It has truly been a terrible year at South Africa’s Department of Communications (DoC). Yet another minister has gone, and until the last month of 2013 the department had achieved next to nothing in meeting its major targets. But two significant breakthroughs in the last weeks of the year may have raised hopes of a more enjoyable 2014. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 17:00 · Selipha Kihagi
88mph to launch in Nigeria next year
African accelerator and investment fund 88mph will expand its operations to Nigeria in the first quarter of 2014, adding to the programmes it has already run in Kenya and South Africa. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 14:00 · Selipha Kihagi
MTN partners Rocket to develop internet businesses in Middle East
MTN Group has announced it has entered into partnership with internet incubator Rocket Internet, as part of its efforts to expand its online and digital services to the Middle East. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 13:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Google snubs SA agency’s request to remove blog post
The Counter Intelligence Agency of South Africa submitted a request to Google asking it to remove a blog post which it said was infringing copyright by criticising a media release the agency had issued. → Read more
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Fri, December 20th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Vodacom’s M-Pesa service set for relaunch
South Africa’s largest operator Vodacom has informed M-Pesa customers in the country via SMS they will be unable to carry out transactions via Nedbank ATMs from January 15, 2014 “until further notice”, as the company relaunches its mobile money service. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
E-toll users hassled over unpaid fees – report
The Electronic Tolling Collection company (ETC) is calling, mailing and SMSing motorists in Gauteng over unpaid e-toll fees. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
DoT correcting Government Gazette e-tolling errors
South Africa’s Department of Transport (DoT) has noted errors in the Government Gazette notice on e-tolling charges highlighted by the Justice Project South Africa (JPSA), saying it is correcting them and that they do not affect e-tolling’s validity. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 13:20 · Nick Sato
Kenyan SMS scheduler app wins Appstar Challenge
Kenyan app Automs.gs has won this year’s Vodafone Appstar Challenge, for its app which allows the automatic sending of personalised text message on pre-scheduled dates. → Read more
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Thu, December 19th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
Tech leaders meet Obama over surveillance
Leaders of some of the world’s biggest technology firms met US President Barack Obama this week to discuss the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance of their data servers and customers. → Read more
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