SA Geek Girl community expands with students

More students will be at this month’s Geek Girl Dinner in Cape Town (GGDCPT), South Africa, promising a younger crowd of attendees next Tuesday, March 26. → Read more

DA: “It is time for Minister Pule to be fired”

Marian Shinn, the Democratic Alliance’s shadow minister of communications, has called on the South African minister to be “fired”, following Dina Pule’s continued “cronyism and self-enrichment”. → Read more

MediaMax owned K24, an all Kenyan news channel, is set to rebrand its look and content in a bid to increase its market share in the region. → Read more

IPTV in Africa should be part of affordable triple play services

Internet Protocol television (IPTV) should be rolled out as part of a triple play offering, if it is to garner more interest in Africa, according to the chief executive officer (CEO) of Turbo Worx. → Read more

70% of SA has digital signal – Sentech

Sentech, the state-owned firm responsible for rolling out digital signal across South Africa, says 70 per cent of the country is now covered, which will rise to 80 per cent by the end of the month. → Read more

NCC reiterates commitment to ensuring ICT access for the disabled

Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has reiterated their commitment of ensuring Nigerians living with disabilities have easy access to telecommunications services. → Read more

Forum to discuss Ghana connectivity

A forum, held at the Ghana-India Kofi Annan ICT Centre for Excellence and featuring key telecommunication stakeholders, will discuss how to connect all Ghanaians to the web on Wednesday. → Read more

Majority of mail from Nigeria is spam

A study exposing the world’s most infamous net fraud spots revealed more than 62 per cent of Nigeria’s email is categorised as spam. → Read more

Better planning is required for digital migration

Industry players attending the Digital TV Summit in Bryanston, Johannesburg, have called on the Department of Communications to improve its planning for digital migration after representatives from the ministry failed to give their scheduled address. → Read more

Safaricom could be launching app store soon on Windows phone

A “Safaricom Store” has reportedly appeared on some Windows phone devices in Kenya, with the company revealing last year an app store was on its way. → Read more

IEBC IT Chief warned on election kits

Problems with Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits had been foreseen weeks in advance of the general elections in Kenya. → Read more

Digital migration in Africa a hot topic, not a reality

Digital migration across the African continent will not become a reality within the 2015 deadline, despite the enthusiasm and activities of national authorities, according to Informa Telecoms. → Read more

Liberian government adopts DOCTRAK, no more faxing

DOCTRAK, a new online document tracking system, has been launched by Liberia’s Ministry of Finance with the goal of giving staff total accountability for the tracking of documents. → Read more

Libyan government halts telecoms tender process – Etisalat

The tender to take control of the Libya’s monopoly telecommunications operator has been delayed according to one of the companies in the running for the contract. → Read more

Industry figures must be “fearless” – Turbo Worx CEO

Gelfand Kausiyo, chief executive officer (CEO) of digital services firm Turbo Worx, believes industry players must be “fearless” as South Africa moves towards digital migration. → Read more

Eventsrail eases events registration and ticket purchase with mobile API platform

A mobile website that allows Nigerian event organisers to directly sell tickets has been launched by Eventsrail Limited, a major provider of online registration and ticketing services. → Read more

Orange Kenya unveils reverse call service

Orange has brought back the reverse call service, NiSort, for its mobile subscribers, allowing receivers to be charged on request on incoming calls. → Read more

More than 60 per cent of South African organisations affected by bots

More than 60 per cent of organisations in South Africa are infected by dangerous bots, according to a report by Check Point Software Technologies. → Read more

Reuters journalist charged with aiding hackers Anonymous

A deputy social media editor at Reuters has been charged with helping hacking collective Anonymous hack his former colleagues. → Read more

Innovative company culture key to startup success, says SA tech engineer

Computer vision and radar company iKubu believes an innovative company culture is one of the key ingredients to its success story of building a South African startup in the technology industry. → Read more