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Mon, June 3rd, 08:15 · Kamau Mbote

Yahoo! shuts down Mail Classic

Yahoo!’s Mail Classic will be shut down from today with all users required to move to a newer version of the platform which allows the company to easily update features, place adverts and deal with abuse protection. → Read more
Mon, June 3rd, 07:58 · Susan Mwenesi

Ericsson Kenya office hosts delayed Girls in ICT Day celebration

Ericsson Kenya finally joined the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) efforts in celebrating Girls in ICT Day on Friday, by inviting and hosting 20 high school students at their headquarters. → Read more
Mon, June 3rd, 07:31 · Richard Cutcher

DoC slams editor’s opinion piece

The Department of Communications (DoC) has labelled an opinion piece in The Sunday Times by its editor a “personal attack” on South Africa’s communications minister Dina Pule, her spokesperson Wisani Ngobeni and the City Press newspaper. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 14:38 · Susan Mwenesi

ICT companies prioritising employment of women – Ericsson

ICT companies are favouring employing women over men in a bid to empower women in the field, with female employers making up only 35 per cent of those within the sector. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 14:36 · Nanine Steenkamp

Afroes wins global innovation contest

South African mobile application startup Afroes won the third place in the worldwide Dragon’s Den Pitching competition with its message delivery service. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 14:18 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Out with the old, in with the new at Connected Kenya

Kenya’s premier ICT conference brought together close to 500 stakeholders from sectors as diverse as infrastructure, solutions and hardware provision, with the event witnessing a changing of the guard as far as policymakers were concerned. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 14:14 · Brandon Gregory

Transforming data centres for bottom line benefits

Transforming and optimising a data centre can result in “significant bottom line payback” and benefits for business operations, according to Brent Lees, senior product manager at Riverbed Technology. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 14:08 · Nanine Steenkamp

Samsung picks Intel processors

Samsung Electronics has settled on Intel Corp processors for its next series of top-tier Android tablets. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 13:46 · Brandon Gregory

COSATU’s drive-slow 300 cars strong

Approximately 300 vehicles participated in the Congress of South African Trade Union’s (COSATU) “drive-slow” protest action against e-tolling in Gauteng on Friday. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 12:17 · Susan Mwenesi

Orange makes Tujuane pre-paid tariff permanent

Orange Kenya has retained its Tujuane promotional pre-paid tariff, making it the company’s default tariff for its pre-paid subscribers. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 11:35 · Martin Cheruiyot

Telecel must address shareholding before licence renewal

Telecel Zimbabwe has been asked to address shareholding issues before being allowed to renew its operator’s licence, with the government saying the firm must be majority owned by locals. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 11:13 · Nanine Steenkamp

Laptops favoured for African education

Laptops are the favoured media used for digital education in African classrooms, with mobile yet to eclipse more established technologies. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 11:10 · Nick Sato

Safaricom pledges support for government’s laptops plan

Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom has given its support to the government’s one laptop per pupil initiative through its foundation. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:51 · Brandon Gregory

Aptronics fires warning on cloud use

Businesses should be aware cloud services could be adding extra costs and security risk, despite the significant adoption and growth it has seen in South Africa. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:38 · Richard Cutcher

BlackBerry remains SA’s coolest brand

Young South Africans have voted BlackBerry the “Coolest Brand Overall” in a Sunday Times competition, reaffirming the Canadian brand’s popularity in the country despite its troubles overseas. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:28 · Nanine Steenkamp

Comrades to be tracked by mapIT

The annual South African road race Comrades Marathon will be supported by mapIT and a Twitter feed to enhance spectators’ runner tracking. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:25 · Richard Cutcher

Dark Fibre Africa adds more managers

Dark Fibre Africa (DFA), a South African open access fibre optic provider, has bolstered its management team with the appointments of Reshaad Sha and Brian Alwar. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:18 · Nanine Steenkamp

New Android phones expected in June

Google will release its newest Android-operated smartphones by the end of June, including a debut of its first United States-produced device. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:17 · Martin Cheruiyot

Zimbabwe telecom fees hiked

Licence fees for mobile operators in Zimbabwe have been increased to US$137.5 million for 20 years from US$100 million for a 15 year licence, as the government looks to encourage growth. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 10:15 · Brandon Gregory

COSATU’s “drive-slow” protest against e-tolls goes ahead

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) began their “drive-slow” protest against e-tolling in Johannesburg this morning. → Read more