South Africa, Page 84
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Fri, September 6th, 12:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Wits student contributes to ATLAS hardware
South African student Robert Reed has designed a high voltage board, making the country’s first contribution to the ATLAS Experiment run by the European Organisation of Nuclear Research (CERN). → Read more
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Fri, September 6th, 09:30 · Brandon Gregory
Creative technologists have increasing influence – Durrant
The creative marketing world is driven by new impetus derived from the increasing influence of the digital world and creative technologists, according to Nick Durrant, director of Bluegrass Digital. → Read more
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Fri, September 6th, 08:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Growing female business involvement is powerful – GGDCPT
South African-based bimonthly female-focused tech networking event Girl Geek Dinners Cape Town (GGDCPT) is to discuss the growing power of women in business, aiming to involve more students. → Read more
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Fri, September 6th, 06:00 · Brandon Gregory
E.tv plans four additional free-to-air channels
South African free-to-air broadcaster e.tv is planning to introduce four new channels from October this year as part of its digital terrestrial television (DTT) transition. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 19:30 · Tom Jackson
SANRAL ignored evidence e-tolling would fail – OUTA
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has joined the Democratic Alliance (DA) in accusing the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) of ignoring evidence that e-tolling would not work in the country. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 17:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Telkom refuses further wage talks
South African union Solidarity has re-approached part state-owned operator Telkom about employee salaries, with continued disgruntlement amongst workers. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA spectrum only for those who can use it
Spectrum in South Africa will only be allocated to operators who are able to use it, according to Dr Tracy Cohen, chief corporate services officer for Neotel. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
MasterCard releases small business offering
MasterCard has collaborated with Blue Label Telecoms to offer extended electronic payment solutions to small businesses in South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 14:40 · Tom Jackson
SA’s Bandwidth Barn concept heading to townships
The Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism is investigating sites for a Bandwidth Barn in Cape Town’s townships, as the government looks to roll the model out further to benefit entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 14:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Yappo on the lookout for further investment
South African student-focused mobile payment app Yappo is looking for second round investment in order to continue its operations. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
Infrastructure needs apps to drive usage – Alcatel-Lucent
A number of applications need to be built on top of network infrastructure in order to increase usage and bring costs down, according to Luis Martinez Amago, president Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) of Alcatel-Lucent. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 13:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Absa launches online insurance platform
South African bank Absa has launched online insurance for its customers, offering a variety of products and policies through Absa Online for the first time in South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 12:00 · Kamau Mbote
New Nokia Lumia models to launch in South Africa
Nokia has announced the Lumia 925 and 625 smartphones as well as the Asha 210 will be available in South Africa from next week, with the Nokia 208 arriving in October. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
StartupBus to take hackathon trip
International entrepreneurial hackathon initiative StartupBus will make its first trip to Africa, starting its programme in Zimbabwe in November. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 10:20 · Brandon Gregory
SA government submitted 17 requests for Facebook, Google user information
The South African government submitted 14 requests to Facebook and three to Google to access certain users’ account information during the course of last year. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 09:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Afrihost releases new data package
South African internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has launched a new data package, offering subscribers extra free data offerings. → Read more
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Thu, September 5th, 06:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
News24 to sponsor Loeries digital category
South African news publication News24 will sponsor the Loeries Awards’ Digital and Interactive Communication Category to emphasise the importance of online brand communication. → Read more
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Wed, September 4th, 19:30 · Jack Barton
SnapScan looks to expand services and reach
Exciting times lie ahead for mobile payments app SnapScan as it prepares national rollout and new features, according to co-founder Kobus Ehlers. → Read more
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Wed, September 4th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Regulator independence not crucial – Neotel
The independence of the regulator from the policymaker is not the pressing issue in achieving progress, according to Dr Tracy Cohen, chief corporate services officer at Neotel. → Read more
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Wed, September 4th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Shortening last mile key to SA connectivity – Huawei
The key to enhanced connectivity in South Africa is shortening the last mile, according to Lu Liang Ji, principal consultant of the convergence and ICT consulting practice, business consulting department at Huawei Technologies, while companies should focus on selling services not technologies. → Read more
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