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Fri, August 23rd, 13:20 · Richard Cutcher
Yahoo! visited more times than Google
More Americans visited Yahoo! than Google in July, the first time it has overtaken its rival in in two years. → Read more
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Fri, August 23rd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Qualcomm commits to growth of ICT wireless ecosystem in Nigeria
Qualcomm, the mobile chip manufacturing company, has expressed its commitment towards the growth of the ICT wireless ecosystem in Nigeria through the support of software applications that would help tackle the challenges. → Read more
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Fri, August 23rd, 09:00 · HumanIPO
Guest Post: Alan Knott-Craig asks “why Wi-Fi now?”
Former Mxit chief executive officer (CEO) Alan Knott-Craig Jr recently launched Project Isizwe, aiming to supply free wireless internet to impoverished areas for the improvement of education and employment. → Read more
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Fri, August 23rd, 08:00 · Jack Barton
Boost Communications partners with mapIT for mobile advertising services
Norwegian mobile marketing company Boost Communications and South African digital mapping firm mapIT have announced a partnership to deliver targeted advertising to Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 19:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
eThekwini to launch e-careers
The eThekwini municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, is launching an e-careers platform, making available jobs more accessible to citizens. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 18:30 · Kamau Mbote
Dimension Data’s bid for AccessKenya now unconditional
South African ICT giant Dimension Data has announced its offer for Kenyan internet service provider (ISP) AccessKenya is now unconditional, with all the requirements satisfied. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 18:00 · Brandon Gregory
Department of Basic Education fails to meet all ICT goals
Only 4,195 (17 per cent) of South Africa’s 24,453 schools are connected to ICT for teaching and learning purposes, revealed during a recent Basic Education Portfolio Committee meeting. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 16:00 · Jack Barton
City of Johannesburg claims it was “maliciously hacked”
The municipal government of Johannesburg has sent out mixed statements in response to a massive security breach in its e-payments system. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 15:40 · Susan Mwenesi
South Korea performs Ugandan IT feasibility study
The National Information Technology Authority-Uganda (NITA-U) will host IT experts from South Korea, carrying out a feasibility study to see if the East African country can implement a Government Integrated Data Center (GIDC), Disaster Recovery Site (DRS) and Shared Services and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 12:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
First African cloud analytics to launch
Big data convergence driver Kognitio has expanded in partnership with South African business intelligence (BI) specialist EnterpriseWorx to offer cloud-based analytics to the African continent. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 11:20 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s county funds to be monitored electronically after $35.5 million loan
The Kenyan government has received a KSh3.1 billion (US$35.5 million) loan from the Belgian government that will help facilitate the e-government private network County Connectivity Project Phase 2 (CCP2). → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 10:20 · Brandon Gregory
FNB’s full service bank account cheapest in South Africa
The Solidarity Bank Charges 2013 has named First National Bank’s (FNB) Easy Account as South Africa’s cheapest full-service bank account, as a result of the electronic services offered. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Trading connectivity established in Johannesburg
Global trading system and exchange connection company, FCM360, has partnered with South African financial technology market place SI Futures, giving Johannesburg access to a fast network. → Read more
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Thu, August 22nd, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
Voice is evolving despite its decline – Reed
The handling and nature of voice calls are changing despite the communications technique remaining a critical part of a contact centre, believes Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer at South African company Elingo. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN launches prepaid cloud-based services for Nigerian SMEs
MTN Nigeria has become the first mobile operator in the country to offer cloud-based services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 19:00 · Jack Barton
Neotel launch South African LTE service
Neotel has launched its LTE service, beginning with a rollout in South Africa’s Gauteng province. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Firm begins $100 million fiber optic network in Abia state
Broadband Communications has begun building the open access fiber optic network in Umuahia, the capital city of Abia state, in south eastern Nigeria, via a public-private partnership arrangement with the state government. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 16:30 · Kamau Mbote
Facebook hacker could get $10,000 bounty
Khalil Shreateh could receive up to US$10,000 as a reward after exposing a Facebook flaw which allows strangers to access personal pages, despite him being denied the usual US$500 payment by the social network itself. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 15:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan government to improve online portal’s information accessibility
The Kenyan government is upgrading its online portal to make it a one stop shop for all information and realise Article 35 of the country’s constitution, which ensures citizens’ right to access information held by the state. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 14:00 · Brandon Gregory
FNB’s e-learning home ownership programme a success
First National Bank’s (FNB) Housing Finance Division has moved its compulsory home ownership education programme for first time home buyers to the web from “the classroom” and has described it as a “great success”. → Read more
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