Policy, Page 29
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Mon, March 31st, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
SA announces VAT amendment for foreign e-services
South Africa’s National Treasury today published amendments to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, changing how foreign electronic services will be taxed in the future. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan court awards media houses digital licences, migration set for September
The Kenyan Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of Standard Group, Nation Media Group and Royal Media Services, awarding the media houses digital licences and setting a new deadline for digital migration of September 30. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
OUTA receives “damning” e-tolling information from “whistleblower”
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has claimed to have received “damning” information regarding mismanagement from a source inside South Africa’s e-tolling system, prompting it to lodge a subsidiary complaint with the public protector. → Read more
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Mon, March 31st, 09:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Facebook confirms lab working on drone connectivity
Facebook has shared more details on the work its Connectivity Lab is doing in building drones, satellites and lasers to deliver the internet to everyone. → Read more
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Fri, March 28th, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
M&G releases SA election app
South African newspaper The Mail & Guardian has released “SA Votes”, an app allowing South Africans to keep up to date with news relating to the 2014 elections, which will take place in May. → Read more
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Fri, March 28th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
ICT improving lives, productivity and development in Gambia – VP
Isatou Njie-Saidy, Gambia’s vice president and minister of women's affairs, has said ICT is improving lives, productivity and development in the West African nation. → Read more
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Fri, March 28th, 09:40 · Tom Jackson
Pule declines ANC parliamentary nomination
Former South African communications minister Dina Pule has decline her nomination by the ruling African National Congress (ANC) for the National Assembly ahead of the May elections. → Read more
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Fri, March 28th, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest post: Nathaniel Borenstein, chief scientist, Mimecast
Nathaniel Borenstein, chief scientist at Mimecast, discusses the importance of internet governance on healthcare, crime prevention and manufacturing in the future, highlighting the role of efficient governance on the evolution of the web. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA publishes new MTR regulations
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has published new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations, midway through defending legal proceedings against the previous controversial regulations. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Cashless policy will not end cash transactions in Nigeria – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said its cashless policy will not eliminate the use of cash for payments in Nigeria. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
Painful sanctions will make telecoms improve their QoS – NCC
Fines imposed by the Nigerian Communications Commission on telecoms operators have the aim of compelling the companies to improve their quality of service (QoS), according to Eugene Juwah, vice chairman of the commission. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Pinnacle director takes leave of absence
South African ICT provider Pinnacle Holding has announced the leave of absence of executive director Takalani Tshivhase after he appeared in court over allegations of corruption. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 10:30 · Chris Udemans
DoHA urges South Africans to pick up smart IDs
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) has urged those who applied for their smart IDs and have received notifications to collect them to do so. → Read more
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Thu, March 27th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
7411 National Directory opens doors to unlimited resources – Okeowo
Desmond Okeowo, promoter of Nigeria’s 7411 National Directory, has said the Nigerian Communications Commission-approved one-stop information directory has announced it is opening doors to resources for Nigerians. → Read more
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Wed, March 26th, 18:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
dotAfrica documentation signed to pave way for launch
The outstanding legal documentation relating to the launch of the dotAfrica generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) was signed at the 49th meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today, paving the way for the first phase of dotAfrica domain applications beginning in May. → Read more
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Wed, March 26th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
SADC communications ministers to accelerate universal broadband access
Southern African Development Community (SADC) communications ministers have agreed at an Extraordinary Meeting held in Johannesburg, South Africa, to accelerate progress towards universal broadband access. → Read more
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Wed, March 26th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Rockefeller, World Bank grant Ghana $3.8m for ICT park
The Rockefeller Foundation has partnered with the World Bank to grant US$3.8 million to the Ghanaian government to enable the construction of a state of the art ICT park, intended to attract businesses and address youth unemployment. → Read more
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Wed, March 26th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s ICT growth sustainable – Johnson
The current growth in Nigeria’s ICT sector is sustainable, communication technology minister Omobola Johnson told the just-concluded Nigeria Summit organised by The Economist. → Read more
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Wed, March 26th, 14:00 · Guest Post
Guest post: Alan Knott-Craig Sr, CEO, Cell C
This week the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is in court facing legal claims by leading operators MTN and Vodacom, challenging the new mobile termination rates (MTRs) which will provide asymmetry with negative repercussions for larger operators. In this guest post, Alan Knott-Craig Sr, chief executive officer (CEO) of Cell C, which supports the new rates, discusses the case and says this week is a landmark one for South African telecommunications. → Read more
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Wed, March 26th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTR regulations a “half baked experiment” – Vodacom, MTN
The new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations published by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) constitute a “half baked experiment”, the court hearing legal challenges to the regulations by Vodacom and MTN has heard. → Read more
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