Tue, February 18th, 17:00 · Tom Jackson
The South African parliament’s transport portfolio committee should see beyond what it is told by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) in a briefing today, according to the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA). → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 16:20 · Susan Mwenesi
A biometric system introduced in Kenya’s parliament last week will monitor attendance of parliamentarians in a bid to curb absenteeism. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has claimed Indian company Olive Telecommunications was awarded the tender for the supply of devices for Kenya’s laptops for schools programme unfairly after senior government officials colluded to inflate prices. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Good technology and science education is the key to achieving food security, poverty alleviation, and community development in rural areas of South Africa, according to local mobile laboratory inventors Kusile Labs & Technology. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
Mobile operator MTN Ghana has launched the Huawei Ascend Y220 smartphone in Accra, hoping to provide a cheap entry-level device to the African market. → Read more
Tue, February 18th, 05:00 · Chris Udemans
The use of mobile phones and living in close proximity to cellular base stations do not cause cancer, according to a study spanning 11 years. → Read more
Mon, February 17th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tanzania has launched an electronic issuance of Certificate of Origin system (e-CO) for processing exports, discarding the manual system which has been in use for 14 years. → Read more
Fri, February 14th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Intel Corporation is inviting Kenyan innovators over the age of 18 who work in the field of vending systems to its Intelligent Vending Competition, seeking to get new ideas, talents and projects for the vending machine market of the future. → Read more
Thu, February 13th, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
South African information technology firm Dimension Data has announced it will sell its distribution business Express Data to Australian hardware distributor Dicker Data for an undisclosed price. → Read more
Wed, February 12th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SEACOM subsidiary cloud provider Pamoja Africa has announced a partnership with Symantec for the distribution of Symantec cloud services on the Pamoja network. → Read more
Wed, February 12th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has said 71 per cent of toll road users in the Gauteng province of South Africa have not registered for e-tags, and has called on President Jacob Zuma to repeal the policy. → Read more
Wed, February 12th, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
Nokia has announced the arrival of its new six-inch Lumia smartphone in South Africa, ahead of the launch of the affordable Asha models. → Read more
Wed, February 12th, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
Kenya’s parliament has begun investigating the tender for the supply of 1.3 million laptops for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s flagship laptops for schools policy, after allegations the winning bidder failed to meet the necessary requirements. → Read more
Wed, February 12th, 09:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nokia has officially unveiled its latest 6-inch Lumia smartphones in Nigeria, the flagship Nokia Lumia 1520 and the more affordable Lumia 1320. → Read more
Tue, February 11th, 20:00 · Chris Udemans
Technology should be deployed in an effective way in order to combat crime, said Mark Walker director of insight and vertical industries of the International Data Corporation (IDC) at a Motorola Solutions conference today. → Read more
Tue, February 11th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has submitted a 10,000 word complaint about the handling of e-tolling by the South African National Road Agency (SANRAL) to the public protector, accusing the state-owned company of breaching seven of the human rights contained in the country’s constitution. → Read more
Tue, February 11th, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
Nokia is to launch a low-cost Android smartphone this month, in spite of the fact its mobile business is set to be acquired by Microsoft, according to a report. → Read more
Mon, February 10th, 10:20 · Tom Jackson
Kenya’s Ministry of Education has awarded the tender for the supply of devices for the government’s flagship laptops for schools programme to Indian firm Olive Telecommunications, in spite of reports suggesting the firm did not mean the tender requirements. → Read more
Mon, February 10th, 06:48 · Chris Udemans
Google has bought six per cent of Lenovo’s shares for US$750 million, according to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange news service. → Read more
Fri, February 7th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has announced successful first-year results of testing technological solutions in Namibia to detect and prevent wildlife crime, with the illegal wildlife trade estimated to be worth up to US$10 billion annually. → Read more
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