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Thu, March 7th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju

Naspers confirms investment in Nigeria’s Konga.com

South Africa-based multinational mass media company Naspers has confirmed to HumanIPO it has acquired a 50 per cent stake in Nigerian online megastore Konga.com. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 15:24 · Vincent Matinde

Djibouti Data Center (DDC) launches

A new three tier level data centre has been launched in the East African country Djibouti, to become the first in the region to provide direct access to undersea cable systems. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 15:19 · Kamau Mbote

ICANN seeks Arab involvement in internet governance

The president of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has urged the Arab world to join in determining the future of the internet in a meeting held in Dubai. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 15:17 · Igor Hobotov

Telecoms companies in Ghana get stern warning from EPA on masts

Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has threatened to slam sanctions on network operators who fail to abide by the agency’s guidelines on the construction of transmission and communication towers. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 14:24 · Gabriella Mulligan

ICASA downplays Vodacom warnings on MTR

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will proceed with its planned review of the mobile market with a view to further reducing mobile termination rates (MTRs), in spite of Vodacom’s warnings doing so could hinder capital investment in the sector. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 14:19 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA entrepreneur to appeal to DTI for favourable SMME law discussion

South African entrepreneur Heather Malcomess plans to approach the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in an attempt to alter newly proposed legislation in favour of supporting Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs). → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 14:06 · Tom Jackson

SA slides in global cloud computing rankings

A new study shows South Africa has fallen two places to 20th out of the 24 leading IT economies in terms of cloud computing, with the country in danger of falling behind international best practice in some areas. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher

Google to launch music streaming through YouTube

A Google music streaming service is reportedly going to be launched through YouTube later this year. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 13:57 · Richard Cutcher

Certified single-click payment coming to South Africa

Cape Town startup Peach Payments are beginning the rollout of a single-click payment solution for the South African e-commerce industry. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 13:36 · Gabriella Mulligan

“Harlem Shake” causes stir in Tunisia

Extreme Muslim “Salafi” activists and the Tunisian government have reacted strongly to a video of Tunisian secondary school students performing the infamous “Harlem Shake”, prompting student protests. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 12:53 · Tom Jackson

IDC study highlights costs of pirated software

A new study by the International Data Corporation (IDC) has found pirated software is costing businesses worldwide billions of dollars, with an informal study by Microsoft confirming South African businesses are also losing out. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 12:35 · Tom Jackson

Google reveals details of FBI web monitoring

As part of its Transparency Report, Google has released vague data on official requests for data from the FBI under the Patriot Act. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 12:27 · Nanine Steenkamp

Zapacab to improve SA taxi services

South African taxi ordering solution Zapacab is set to launch before April this year, seeking to provide reliable and efficient taxi services on the streets of Cape Town. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 10:40 · Gabriella Mulligan

Crowd-sourced election reports soar on Uchaguzi

Incident-mapping website Uchaguzi, which has been documenting the Kenyan elections, has seen crowd-sourced reports soar 480 per cent since the polls began. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 10:38 · Richard Cutcher

MTN view Myanmar as an excellent opportunity

MTN Group is among 90 companies competing for one of two mobile network licences in Southeast Asian country Myanmar, with chief executive Sifiso Dabengwa describing the country’s 60 million population as an “excellent opportunity”. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 10:35 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya a telecommunications powerhouse – report

Pyramid Research has described the Kenyan telecommunications sector as a powerhouse in Sub-Saharan Africa, based on network expansion and expected revenues over the next five years. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 09:42 · Nanine Steenkamp

Zamtel to launch LTE in Zambia

Zambia Telecommunication Company (Zamtel) plans to roll out a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network as soon as the company gets the green light for licensing. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 09:39 · Elly Okutoyi

Opera launches Android browser running on WebKit

Opera Mini has finally launched the beta version of its smartphone browser for Android gadgets, based on the WebKit browser engine, in a bid to carve its own niche in a market currently dominated by Google and Apple. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 09:13 · Gabriella Mulligan

M-Pesa celebrates 6th birthday

As M-Pesa celebrates its sixth birthday, Safaricom chief executive officer (CEO) Bob Collymore says the service has developed “beyond any of our expectations”. → Read more
Thu, March 7th, 08:59 · Tom Jackson

SABC illegally removed Motsoeneng – CWU

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has said the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board acted illegally in removing acting chief operations officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng. → Read more