Internet, Page 53
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Tue, December 10th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA best for tech talent – Upande
South Africa has the most impressive pool of technology talent, while Nigeria presents the biggest market potential, according to Kenyan startup Upande. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
African e-commerce set to flourish this Christmas – DHL
E-commerce will flourish in Africa this festive season, with people flocking to online retail stores to order Christmas gifts online, according to express courier service DHL. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 05:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Affordable satellite internet coming to Free State
Maxwell Technology is rolling out affordable satellite-based internet to South Africa’s Free State, in a bid to connect rural and underserved areas to the internet. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher
Google, Facebook and co set up surveillance lobby group
Leading technology and internet companies have established the Reform Government Surveillance lobby group, in a bid to curb snooping by the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) on their data servers and customers. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 18:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Webmapping facilitates Kenyan rural service provision – startup
Webmapping is essential for the effective provision of government services across rural Kenya, as it facilitates the planning of service delivery, according to Kenyan startup Upande. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
Egypt inaugurates cybersecurity team
The Egyptian Computer Emergency Response Team (EG-CERT) has been launched in a bid to enhance cybersecurity in the country. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya in partnership with South Korea to improve ICT sector
The Kenyan and South Korean governments have announced a partnership to develop an e-government masterplan in Kenya, looking to develop ICT to stimulate socio-economic development in the country. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Members to play key role in achieving national broadband targets – WAPA
South Africa’s Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) has said its members are “uniquely positioned” to aid the successful rollout of the country’s new broadband policy. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 14:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa leads developing world on internet affordability – A4AI
Africa leads the developing world in terms of internet affordability, with Morocco top of the table and Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda also ranking in the top five developing countries, according to a new report by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI). → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 12:30 · Tom Jackson
SA broadband policy gazetted by Carrim
South Africa’s minister of communications Yunus Carrim has gazetted the country’s new broadband policy, seeking to provide a long-term strategy to provide connectivity to 100 per cent of South Africans by 2020. → Read more
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Mon, December 9th, 08:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan companies urged to test IT products and solutions before going live
Kenyan companies have been urged to ensure their products and solutions meet the quality analysis test before unveiling them to the market by following new application development methodologies and working with software testing firms. → Read more
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Sat, December 7th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA game STASIS beats Kickstarter target
South African-developed game STASIS soared through its Kickstarter goal this week, with its developers saying such crowdfunding platforms have “evened out the playing field” for game developers in South Africa and beyond. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Egyptian designs crisis management system
Nano Technologies, a Qatari firm founded and run by Egyptian Ahmed Fawzi, has developed a crisis management system named Al Dalilah, which uses satellite information and other technologies to organise first responders and rescue teams in a crisis situation. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SAPO set to offer eRegistered mail
The South African Post Office (SAPO) has selected the RiposteTrEx platform of the Escher Group to power its new digital mail offering, in a bid to provide eRegistered mail to the country. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Naspers reaches $100 share price
Naspers, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed multimedia giant, pushed above the ZAR1,000 (US$95) share price mark this morning, the result of strong foreign investments and the weak rand. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Microsoft helps disrupt ZeroAccess botnet
Microsoft has announced its Digital Crimes Unit, in collaboration with the European Cybercrime Centre and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has successfully disrupted the ZeroAccess botnet which had infected more than two million computers. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Nigerian platform integrating social and business
A Nigerian company has created Termii, a social-business networking site that integrates social, personal and business structures in a unified network. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
SA broadband goals realistic, collaboration necessary – Akamai
The goals set out in South Africa’s National Broadband Policy, Strategy and Plan are realistic, but public-private collaboration will be needed to achieve them according to David Belson, editor of Akamai’s State of the Internet report. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Twitter to be available on mobile without internet
Twitter has linked up with Singapore-based startup U2opia Mobile to make its service available to users in emerging markets on phones without internet access. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 09:30 · Tom Jackson
MWEB providing free Wi-Fi in Cape Town
South African internet service provider (ISP) is providing free high-speed uncapped Wi-Fi to Canal Walk shopping centre in Cape Town over the festive season. → Read more
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