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Mon, November 5th, 09:28 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s BCX acquires Integr8 IT

ICT infrastructure management specialist Integr8 IT has today announced its acquisition by Business Connexion at an estimated R126 million (approx US$15 Million). → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 09:22 · Kamau Mbote

Nairobi and Mombasa now big Wi-Fi hotspots

Internet users in Kenya’s Nairobi and Mombasa cities can now enjoy Wi-Fi Internet connection free of interruptions following the roll out of Wazi Wi-Fi initiative by search engine giant Google. → Read more
Mon, November 5th, 09:16 · Vincent Matinde

Framework One opts to give African businesses cloud-based services

Businesses in Africa have a chance to reduce their software costs by buying into cloud-based services. Framework One, a startup in South Africa is heading this change with brand new products. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 14:13 · Tefo Mohapi

Anonymous Nigeria threatens further attacks on government sites, databases

Anonymous Nigeria, a hacker’s syndicate, have declared that they are planning more cyber attacks in Nigeria as part of “its war against corruption” in the country. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 14:02 · Paul Adepoju

Airlines in Nigeria urged to adopt e-Planning to tackle flight delays

Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), the government agency charged with the management of the nation’s airspace, is partnering with other stakeholders to tackle the menace of incessant flight delays at airports across the country by deploying the latest technology. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 11:42 · Kamau Mbote

Uganda’s ICT ministry on the spot over misappropriation of funds

Uganda’s ICT ministry permanent secretary Dr. Jimmy Saamanya has been taken to task over lack of accountability for funds allocated to his department. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 10:35 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s Internet leader charts course for escalating Africa’s Web use

Ghana’s Nii Quaynor, a leading African Internet figure and the head of the Africa Strategy Working Group (ASWG), has, alongside other stakeholders in Africa’s Internet community, revealed an initiative aimed at improving the continent’s involvement in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) multi-stakeholder model. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 10:00 · Tom Jackson

Kenya rolls out ICT departments in rural schools

The Kenyan government has launched an ICT programme in rural schools in an effort to facilitate easy learning of ICTs, enhance competitiveness in the job market and meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on education. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 09:49 · Paul Adepoju

China pledges digital media technology assistance to Cameroon

China is assisting Cameroon by granting the West African nation “latest” digital media technology to improve on newsgathering, programmes production and information management, a visiting delegation from China at a discussion with Prime Minister Philemon Yang revealed. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 09:24 · Tom Jackson

SA partners with HP, BMW to launch Computer Aided Technology Schools Programme

The South African Education Ministry has partnered with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and BMW to provide Computer Aided Technology (CAT) programmes in eight schools, aiming to ensure that participants are encouraged and prepared to take up ICT-related studies in later education. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:54 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya proves might in ICT use in East Africa’s universities survey

Six Kenyan universities have scooped top ten slots in ICT usage in a survey of ICT use in 100 East African institutions of higher learning, a report released yesterday reveals. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:48 · Nanine Steenkamp

First African fact checking site launched, developed by AFP

Africa’s first fact checking website, developed by the Agence France Presse (AFP) Foundation, was revealed on Wednesday, aiming to hold leadership and media accountable for their facts. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 06:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Microsoft launches Windows 8 Operating System in Jo’burg

Software giant Microsoft last week launched Microsft Windows 8 operating system at an event held at Shine Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa, part of its worldwide series of events marking the unveiling of its new operating system → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 13:20 · Gabriella Mulligan

SA census reveals poor Internet penetration

Statistics South Africa released the results of its 2011 census this week, showing there is significant work still to be done in order to meet ICT Vision 2020 targets in terms of Internet penetration and improving majority household comforts. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 13:01 · Nanine Steenkamp

Bytes and FrontRange integrate to provide cloud services in Sub-Saharan Africa

FrontRange Solutions and Bytes System Integration have announced a partnership for the purpose of providing a cloud service platform to sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 08:25 · Nanine Steenkamp

Samsung empowers SA school with solar classroom

South African school Phomolong Secondary has recently been upgraded with a solar powered internet classroom courtesy of Samsung, empowering students to be educated in technology even in areas of poor electricity supply. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 14:02 · Tom Jackson

Uganda reveals e-government plan with South Korean assistance

The National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has completed an e-government master plan, designed in tandem with South Korea’s National IT Promotional Agency (NIPA) as part of a pact between the two countries. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 12:22 · Tom Jackson

Cyber cities central to African “renaissance”

The Director of the Ghana Cyber City project has said that such cities will take on great importance within the Africa tech scene, given that the continent is “undergoing an unprecedented renaissance.” → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 11:54 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria gets first paid to click website

Nigeria-based ICT firm Hexanet Solutions has launched the first pay-per-click (PPC) website in Nigeria named Skorty.com that rewards users for clicking and viewing adverts placed on the site. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 09:26 · Paul Adepoju

Increased Wi-Fi access will ease Nigeria’s network congestion, CISCO says

A group of professionals from Cisco Systems, world leader in networking solutions, is advocating for increased Wi-Fi access in Nigeria, claiming it can improve Internet user-experience in the country as it is capable of ensuring traffic decongestion known to result from increased mobile data traffic on the Internet service providers (ISPs). → Read more