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Mon, September 16th, 13:30 · Brandon Gregory
Gartner Symposium ITxpo kicks off in Cape Town
Technology research company Gartner began its three day symposium at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) today, with the theme "Leading in the digital world". → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel lures Nigerian confectioners with telecoms solutions
Airtel has said it is offering confectioners operating in Nigeria several telecommunications solutions to add value to the sector of the economy. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 12:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Samsung sells 38 million Galaxy Note devices
Samsung has sold more than 38 million Galaxy Notes since the launch in late 2011, 28 million more than it reported a year ago. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile technology is boosting African innovation – Matiangi
Mobile technology has opened the door to innovation in Africa, especially with the penetration of financial services to more Africans, according to Kenya’s ICT cabinet secretary, Fred Matiangi. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 11:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Potraz releases Consumer Protection Guidelines draft
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Association of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has released its Consumer Protection Guidelines (CPG) draft, aiming to educate Zimbabweans about their rights. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
CcHUB Nigeria celebrates second anniversary
Co-Creation Hub (CcHUB) Nigeria celebrated its second year anniversary on Friday with a startup showcase, featuring selected startups from the hub’s community. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 10:30 · Nick Sato
Tusker Project Fame 6 goes digital with online mobile platform
East African Breweries Limited (EABL) has launched an online mobile platform to enable fans to follow its upcoming Tusker Project Fame 6 (TPF6) competition and interact with TPF6 contestants. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Oracle slashes data centre costs with new world record ZS3 storage
The ZS3 series, Oracle’s latest ZFS storage appliances, has been shown to significantly improve operational efficiencies, reduce data centre costs, and increase business application performance. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Expert calls for common e-health application for Africa
Sam Quarshie, head of ICT at Ghana Health Services, has called for the creation and adoption of common e-health applications across Africa. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 09:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
ISPA Super Teacher announced
The Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has announced the Super Teacher of the year, marking the end of the iWeek conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 08:30 · Nick Sato
CTA selects ICT hubs as partners ahead of ICT for Agriculture conference
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) has announced the ICT hubs and labs selected as partners ahead of the regional hackathon running parallel with the international conference on ICT for Agriculture (ICT4Ag) in Kigali, Rwanda. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
PitchIN collaborates with LaunchLab
Stellenbosch pitching initiative PitchIN has entered a partnership with the tech transfer company of the University of Stellenbosch to add more value to acceleration hub LaunchLab. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
iLabAfrica launches specialist academy for digital security
Strathmore University-owned iLabAfrica, an ICT research, innovation, entrepreneurship and incubation centre in conjunction with Egypt’s SoftLock, has launched East and Central Africa’s first hands-on studio-assisted training academy for digital security → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 06:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tech professionals set for GWAVACon 2013
Technology professionals drawn from countries such as South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya will be attending GWAVACon 2013, an event consisting of three days of intense training, more than 100 breakout sessions and opportunities to network with other industry players from around the world. → Read more
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Mon, September 16th, 05:00 · Nick Sato
Cisco appoints new general manager for East Africa
Cisco has appointed Sabrina Dar as its new general manager for East Africa, based out of Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
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Sun, September 15th, 10:46 · Richard Cutcher
FEATURE: The week in startups 15/09/2013
Africa’s startup scene is seeing new players and updates every day and this week saw the release of a new CMS platform aimed at those in creative industries. → Read more
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Sat, September 14th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
E-tolling to raise funds for social welfare – SANRAL
E-tolling will be selectively used across South Africa in order to allow the government to free up more money for social welfare, according to Vusi Mona, spokesperson for the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL). → Read more
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Sat, September 14th, 08:00 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan underwriter launches phone insurance
A Kenyan underwriter has launched the country’s first standalone insurance product that allows phone owners to insure their devices. → Read more
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Fri, September 13th, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria is IBM’s hub for Africa, says CEO
Virginia Ginny Rometty, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of IBM, has described Nigeria as IBM’s hub for Africa, the reason the company is launching two software incubation centres in the country. → Read more
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Fri, September 13th, 19:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
OPINION: Startups need to wake up
The Cape Town tech startup scene is not short of ideas and willing individuals, but ideas are only as valuable as the funds and skills that are applied to them. → Read more
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