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Mon, November 18th 2013, 17:00 · Brandon Gregory
Digitising South Africa a psychological change
The increasing digitisation of South Africa is having a profound psychological impact on the country, especially among young people, according to Johann Henning, acting managing director (MD) of Telkom. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th 2013, 10:04 · Nick Sato
Chris Wood named in 100 most powerful people in global ICT and telecoms industry
Chris Wood, chief executive officer (CEO) of Nairobi-based African carrier WIOCC, has been named among the 100 most powerful people in the global telecommunications industry. → Read more
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Sat, November 16th 2013, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa should be optimistic about connectivity, still work to do – panelists
Africa should be optimistic regarding the current state of connectivity as undersea connectivity is good, although there is work to do on terrestrial connections, according to panelists at AfricaCom. → Read more
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Fri, November 15th 2013, 20:00 · Brandon Gregory
Negative impact in delays to deploying LTE in Africa
Stakeholders in Africa need to understand the detrimental effect delaying the licensing for LTE service rollout will have on the continent, according to Andile Ngcaba, founder of investment firm Convergence Partners. → Read more
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Fri, November 15th 2013, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA must speak on white space spectrum – Hart
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) must regulate on white space spectrum, as developing white space technologies will benefit future generations, according to Arno Hart, project manager at the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET). → Read more
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Thu, November 14th 2013, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Satellite, not free computers, will boost e-education in Africa
Video and television content provided via satellite is the most viable option for providing educational content to rural Africa, not distributing computers, according to Richard Bell, group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wananchi Group. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th 2013, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
25 years before total SA internet penetration – MTN
It will take 25 years for South Africa’s four operators to achieve 100 per cent internet penetration, unless investment is significantly speeded up, according to Lambo Kanagaratnam, chief enterprise business officer at MTN South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th 2013, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Entrepreneurs must sell solutions, fix problems – RLabs
Entrepreneurs must seek to ensure their product sells a solution to a problem, in order to achieve success in business, according to Craig Ross, innovations manager at the Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs). → Read more
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Thu, November 14th 2013, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Social media is ideal platform to launch mobile money marketing
Social media is the best tool for spreading awareness and driving adoption of mobile money services in new markets, according to Vytas Paukstys, chief executive officer at Eskimi. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th 2013, 10:30 · Brandon Gregory
Analogue is holding SABC back – Mokhobo
Lulama Mokhobo, group chief executive officer (CEO) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), believes the delay in digital migration is preventing the state-broadcaster from progressing and it is falling behind rivals such as MultiChoice. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th 2013, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
Telcos should be enablers rather than retailers – Nagar
The content ecosystem is being skewed in favour of major players, most notably telecommunications companies, and this is a hindrance to growth in the content market, said Arun Nagar, chief executive officer (CEO) of Spice Africa. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th 2013, 18:00 · Nick Sato
MTN Mobile Money to withdraw and pay at Visa points
MTN Group has partnered with Visa to offer customers a new mobile payment solution which allows MTN Mobile Money subscribers make face-to-face and online transactions wherever Visa is accepted. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th 2013, 14:30 · Brandon Gregory
Discovering African music through TruSpot’s online services
With more than 167 million internet users in Africa and with 54 per cent of them accessing the internet via mobile phones, it is important to promote and distribute music online. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th 2013, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Africa will always lag behind, but don’t call it a digital divide – Cisco
Howard Charney, senior vice president at Cisco, believes it is a “tough” fact of life that Africa will always be last to witness hi-tech and telecommunications innovation, but that does not mean it will never see the advantages. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th 2013, 12:31 · Richard Cutcher
YooMee to launch LTE network in Cameroon, targeting Angola and Ivory Coast
Cameroon could get its first LTE network in the first quarter of 2014, after data-only specialists YooMee announced a partnership with global vendor Alcatel-Lucent. → Read more
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Wed, November 13th 2013, 10:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Safaricom could be Kenya’s biggest bank – Osiakwan
Safaricom only requires a licence to become Kenya’s biggest bank based on the success of its M-Pesa mobile money platform and mobile money’s disruptive influence in the technology sector, according to Eric Osiakwan, co-founder of Angel Africa. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th 2013, 20:00 · Brandon Gregory
Profiting from the internet of everything
Approximately US$14.4 trillion can be realised through all the new types of connections brought about by the Internet of everything (IoE), according to Howard Charney, senior vice president of Cisco. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th 2013, 19:00 · Brandon Gregory
Spotify biding its time over Africa launch
Axel Bringéus, head of new markets for Spotify, has given no target date as to when the popular music streaming service will launch in Africa. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th 2013, 18:00 · Richard Cutcher
Bitcoin to connect the mobile money islands – Kipochi
Pelle Braendgaard, co-founder of the Kipochi Bitcoin wallet and transfer service, believes the controversial digital currency could act as a facilitator between mobile money platforms. → Read more
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Tue, November 12th 2013, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Nigerian operators need to be given more freedom in mobile money
Mobile networks in Nigeria need to be allowed to get more involved in the rollout of mobile money in the West African country. → Read more
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