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Tue, January 29th, 12:51 · Gabriella Mulligan

Liquid Telecom acquires Altech EA operations

Liquid Telecom today announced its acquisition of Altech Group’s East Africa operations, creating Africa’s largest single fibre network. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 12:38 · Tefo Mohapi

Michael Jordaan (FNB): “I am not resigning as CEO of the most innovative bank in the world”

Michael Jordaan, Chief Executive at South Africa's First National Bank (FNB), took to Twitter to end speculation surrounding his job at FNB after MoneyWeb published an article citing bank insiders who suggested he was quitting. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 11:04 · Tefo Mohapi

Hacktivists expose passwords and information from universities and businesses across Africa

During a campaign codenamed "ProjectSunRise", hacktivist group Team GhostShell yesterday (January 28) exposed data including 700,000 accounts and records from universities and businesses in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria and Algeria. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 10:55 · Tefo Mohapi

Re-branding underway at SA’s Softline, to be known as Sage

South African software specialists Softline has announced a re-branding exercise that will see it change its name to Sage, bringing it into line with British-based parent company The Sage Group. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 10:16 · Kamau Mbote

Accra ranked first in MasterCard’s African cities growth review

Ghana’s capital Accra beat 18 Sub-Saharan cities to emerge as the urban area with the highest growth potential in research carried out by global payments leader MasterCard. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 10:07 · Richard Cutcher

MWEB respond to Telkom’s major price cut

MWEB has bit back in the growing South African ADSL price war started by Telkom last week by undercutting their part state-owned rival by R10 on its throttled uncapped products. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 10:03 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: CORD manifesto should focus more on ICT

As the political campaigns heat up in Kenya, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) - one of the major coalitions comprising Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka – yesterday released its manifesto. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 09:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter introduces advertising in North Africa

Twitter has launched advertising services in North Africa while launching similar services in the Middle East. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 09:53 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian telecoms stakeholders identify challenges responsible for poor service quality

Stakeholders in the Nigerian telecoms industry have listed the critical issues which should be given urgent attention in order to bring about improvement in service delivery. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 08:43 · Robin Okuthe

StarTimes takes its pay TV service to 13 additional Kenyan towns

Chinese digital pay TV company StarTimes has expanded its signal coverage network to 13 more towns in Kenya within less than a year of launching in the East African country. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 08:29 · Paul Adepoju

Concerns voiced over Nigerian community radio delays

Proponents of community radio under the umbrella body of the Nigerian Community Radio Coalition (NCRC) have expressed concerns over the lack of action in establishing community radio stations, despite the 2010 declaration by President Goodluck Jonathan that licenses should be awarded. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 08:17 · HumanIPO

UCC introduces new mobile law

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has announced a new law to control marketing aimed at SMS and mobile money users in East Africa. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 07:57 · Vincent Matinde

SA’s Dimension Data to offer cloud services to Questys Solutions

Dimension Data has announced that it will be offering cloud services to US-based IT firm Questys Solution in an effort to expand its client-base globally. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 07:52 · Tom Jackson

Skype pressured to provide transparency reports

Reporters Without Borders, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and 43 other campaign groups have written to Microsoft asking it to release information on how confidential user data is on Skype. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 06:31 · Tefo Mohapi

New Geeko range of tablets launched by South Africa’s Esquire Technologies

South Africa's Esquire Technologies, the 2012 African Distributor of the Year, is set to launch the Geeko Junior and Geeko Premium Tablets. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 16:57 · Tefo Mohapi

FEATURE: What does Facebook Graph search mean for Brands?

There has been a lot of hype surrounding the launch of Facebook’s Graph Search, but what does the "new" tool mean for businesses? → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 16:48 · Gabriella Mulligan

Safari users claim Google code bypasses security settings

Google is to face further legal battles over allegations of use of hidden cookies, with one claim already launched in the UK and a potential mass-action under coordination. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 15:35 · Nanine Steenkamp

Wonga online loans now on SA mobile

South African users are now able to obtain Wonga micro-loans using their mobile phones after the company launched a mobile edition to increase its subscriber base, a strategic solution targeting those without access to a computer. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 15:32 · Paul Adepoju

MTN and Vodafone gain subscribers, Glo and Expresso record reduction in Ghana’s telecoms market share

While MTN, Vodafone and Airtel are recording gains in their market shares, Ghana’s third largest telecoms company, tiGO, and two others, Glo and Expresso, recorded a reduction as of the end of November 2012. → Read more
Mon, January 28th, 15:23 · Tefo Mohapi

SONY fined for failing to prevent PlayStation cyber attack in 2011

UK regulators have fined Sony almost US$400,000 for failing to prevent cyberattacks on its PlayStation Network in 2011. → Read more