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Mon, March 11th, 14:46 · Tom Jackson

SEACOM announces network upgrade

SEACOM is to upgrade its submarine network on the Southern and Eastern African coastlines in order to meet growing capacity demands and enable affordable internet access in East Africa. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 13:40 · Richard Cutcher

Only technology joined with human processes can tackle fraud

The general manager of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council has outlined how simply being PCI compliant does not make you invincible to fraudulent activity. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 12:45 · Brandon Gregory

Free State website firm to be investigated by National Treasury

Letlaka Media, the company that charged ZAR47 million (approximately US$5.1 million) for the redesign of the Free State government’s website, may lose its government contracts as the National Treasury investigates. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 12:33 · Tom Jackson

PPP crucial to 100% broadband goal – Cisco

A public-private partnership (PPP) is the only way for the South African government to meet its target of 100 per cent broadband penetration by 2020, according to Alpheus Mangale, Managing Director of Cisco South Africa. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 10:37 · Tefo Mohapi

Anonymous claims to have hacked Anglo American

Hacking group Anonymous has claimed it has hacked mining company Anglo American under its “Operation Green Rights” initiative. → Read more
Mon, March 11th, 10:25 · Tom Jackson

Randfontein has fastest internet in SA – report

A report has found Randfontein to have the fastest broadband internet in South Africa, though only nine areas in the country have speeds faster than the national average. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 16:13 · Richard Cutcher

SimCity video game sales suspended by Amazon

The latest incarnation of popular video game SimCity had sales briefly suspended by Amazon because of “issues” with the product. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 15:59 · Richard Cutcher

SA government not doing anything to hit 2020 broadband target

The South African government is only paying “lip service” to the 2020 100 per cent broadband penetration target and will miss it badly, according to Arthur Goldstuck. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 11:02 · Kamau Mbote

Ugandan government launch website to gauge ministry performance

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Uganda has created a website that will allow citizens to access information on the performance of government ministries. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 09:21 · Brandon Gregory

South African local municipality website spelling blunder

A quick Google search for the eMalahleni local municipality reveal the government website’s name has been embarrassingly incorrectly spelled, reading “eMalahleni Local Minicipality.” → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 08:58 · Tom Jackson

Google Play week of deals to celebrate birthday

Google Play celebrated its first birthday this week by offering a week of deals and discounts on in the media and app store. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 08:56 · Brandon Gregory

Whitespace, “the Wright brothers for the web”

Jason Bagley and Adrian Myburgh are the masterminds behind Whitespace, a web designing agency in Cape Town with a focus on mobile, web and user experience design. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 08:52 · Vincent Matinde

Botswana sees increase in internet use

Botswanan internet usage is on an upward trend and is increasing the penetration rate in Africa, according to the latest report by BuddeComm. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

Google SA’s YouTube partners had a superb 2012, increasing revenue and views

Google South Africa revealed in Montecasino, Johannesburg, that in 2012 South African YouTube views grew by 80 per cent. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 07:19 · Vincent Matinde

Jobberman releases a BlackBerry app

Nigeria’s top job site, Jobberman, has announced the launch of their BlackBerry application. → Read more
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, 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