South Africa, Page 86
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Tue, September 3rd, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
IgniteIT competition winners announced
Three South African secondary schools have been named winners of the IgniteIT ICT competition organised by Neotel, Gauteng’s Department of Education, the Department of Communications and Huawei. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 20:00 · Jack Barton
Promoting entrepreneurs the only way to fulfil the NDP – Clem Sunter
The only way South Africa will meet the goals of the National Development Plan (NDP) is by promoting entrepreneurship, according to Clem Sunter, author and former chief executive officer (CEO) of Anglo American. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 19:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Open letter: ICASA’s proposed LLU regulations compromises NDP
The South African Communication Union (SACU) has written an open letter to Yunus Carrim, minister of communications, demanding he intervene with the local loop unbundling (LLU) regulations which the union claims do not comply with the governmental strategy of development. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 18:40 · Brandon Gregory
Editor escapes ANN7 over alleged political interference
Controversy involving Rajesh Sundaram, the now former Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) consulting editor, and the Gupta family, which owns the broadcaster, has been revealed, with the new channel just one month old. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Take action on broadband – Dr Pepper
The focus in the South African broadband dialogue needs to shift from ubiquity to impact, according to Dr Robert Pepper, vice president of global technology policy at CISCO. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 17:00 · Jack Barton
Startups need to consider Africa “a totally different market” – Zapacab CEO
Many people underestimate the challenges of transferring a successful business model to African markets, according to Rupert Sully, chief executive officer (CEO) of South Africa taxi calling mobi site Zapacab. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 15:30 · Brandon Gregory
DA requests SABC board intervention over “happy news”
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has written to Ellen Tshabalala, chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) interim board, to request Hlaudi Motsoeneng, SABC chief operating officer (COO), does not implement the 70 per cent “good news” bulletins. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Too many delays to SA broadband policy – Carrim
There have been too many delays to the creation of South Africa’s broadband policy, according to the country’s latest minister for communications Yunus Carrim, and government and industry must work together in order for the country to reap the economic and social benefits of broadband. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 14:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Verizon proposes a price for Vodafone stake
Verizon Communications has revealed its US$130 billion offer to buy the 45 per cent stake Vodafone has in its joint venture Verizon Wireless. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
AngloGold piloting mining technology
AngloGold Ashanti is piloting technology which has been tipped to substantially increase South Africa’s gold reserves. → Read more
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Mon, September 2nd, 09:00 · Jack Barton
Telkom Mobile operating largest Wi-Fi network in South Africa
Telkom Mobile says it is now operating South Africa’s biggest Wi-Fi network, with hotspots in 1,500 locations nationwide. → Read more
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Sun, September 1st, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: A week in startups 01/09/2013
As ever there has been mixed fortunes for the startup and innovation scene across Africa this week, but there has been no shortage of developments for HumanIPO to sink its teeth into. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 19:30 · Brandon Gregory
FEATURE: Discrimination against women in IT all in the mind?
In Africa, men seemingly dominate the fields of software programming, IT, business analysis and consultancy. Charlene Tshitoka and Chimwemwe Sichali of ThoughtWorks ask whether women on the continent feel they have more to prove and what role African men play in preventing their daughters from studying and entering IT professions. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 19:00 · Jack Barton
Cell C limits BlackBerry data usage
South African operator Cell C faces anger from customers after it set a data usage limit of two gigabytes per month for its BlackBerry users. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
SABC executive calls for 70 per cent good news
Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) controversial chief operating officer (COO), has called for 70 per cent of news broadcast in the corporation’s bulletins to be positive. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
ANC still playing party politics over SABC board appointments
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has expressed concern the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is trying to position more party loyalists within the new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 15:00 · Jack Barton
Vodacom sues Telfree for over $5 million
Vodacom has initiated legal action against bulk messaging service Telfree over failure to pay for SMS deliveries worth over ZAR54 million (US$5.2 million). → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
MTN to review sponsorship strategy
South African telecoms group MTN is reviewing its sponsorship strategy following an audit which revealed more than ZAR19 million (US$1.84 million) in irregular payments. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 12:30 · Tom Jackson
Huawei appoints new CEO in SA
Huawei has appointed Wilson Liu as its new chief executive officer (CEO) for South African operations, with the job of driving its market development strategy in the country. → Read more
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Fri, August 30th, 11:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Partnering with a technology specialised agency
Samantha Harper, founder of South African IT career specialist Nu Beginnings, writes for HumanIPO on seeking partnership with agencies in the technology industry. → Read more
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