Policy, Page 50
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Fri, December 6th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Intel latest IT giant to join Egypt’s tech park
Intel has opened its new building in Egypt, located in the Maadi technological investment zone, the largest of its kind in the Middle East and Africa. → 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, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
NCC to engage consumers through social media
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is to utilise social media to monitor consumer complaints of poor service from telecommunications. → Read more
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Fri, December 6th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana data centre delay angers minister
Edward Omane Boamah, Ghana’s minister of communications, has fired a warning shot at Top International Engineering Limited over the delays to the US$40 million data centre project it was contracted to carry out on behalf of the government. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 19:30 · Tom Jackson
Maimane likens SANRAL CEO to PW Botha
South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) chief executive officer (CEO) Nazir Alli has been likened to apartheid-era president PW Botha by Democratic Alliance (DA) premier candidate for Gauteng Mmusi Maimane. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 18:30 · Nick Sato
CCK to start auditing Quality of Service on Non-Voice parameters
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has announced it will start auditing quality of service (QoS) on non-voice communication services after a huge influx of customers using devices for non-voice. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigeria mulls jail terms for social media dissenters
The Nigerian Senate is considering passing a bill which provides for a seven-year jail sentence for those found guilty of criticising the government via social media and electronic messaging. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
IBM to hold Virtual Recruiting Event
IBM’s recruiting team has announced that it is inviting professors, scientists and qualified university students to participate in a Research Virtual Recruiting Event today (Thursday) for several open positions at the recently opened IBM Research Africa Laboratory, in Nairobi. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Zuma must expel Pule – DA
Marian Shinn, the Democratic Alliance’s shadow minister for communications, has called on President Jacob Zuma to expel South Africa’s former minister of communications Dina Pule from parliament after the public protector published a scathing assessment of the latter’s conduct. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zambia to reissue digital migration tender
The Zambian government has decided to reissue the call for tenders for the execution of the digital migration process, reaffirming its commitment to adhering to the 2015 deadline. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Pule must apologise – public protector
Dina Pule, South Africa’s disgraced former communications minister, has been ordered to apologise to the Department of Communications (DoC), parliament and the Sunday Times newspaper by the country’s public protector Thuli Madonsela. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 15:00 · Richard Cutcher
Online portal for e-toll charge list, wheelchair set on fire
The South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) online e-toll portal allows any person to view the outstanding bills of any vehicle, whether theirs or not. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Control systems for SA set-top boxes will not be mandatory
The South African government has decided the use of control systems for set-top boxes in the upcoming digital migration will not be mandatory, taking into account the need for speed in the migration process and to encourage industry competition. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Cabinet approves SA broadband policy
South Africa’s Cabinet has approved the Department of Communications’ (DoC) National Broadband Policy, Strategy and Plan, which it says will “contribute significantly to economic growth, development and job-creation”. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Majority of Kenyans want digital migration postponed – COFEK
The majority of Kenyans believe the country’s digital migration should be postponed until June 2014, according to a new report by the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK). → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
SAPO, police unions working against e-tolling
Unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the South African Post Office (SAPO) and Gauteng metro police have promised to assist with the fight against e-tolling. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 10:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Novartis Africa Day highlights technology use in healthcare
Global pharmaceutical company Novartis today hosts its first Africa Day, celebrating the company’s innovative use of technology to improve healthcare across Africa. → Read more
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Thu, December 5th, 06:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
LG wins UN award for development promotion
LG Electronics has been awarded the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) Award by the United Nations (UN) Global Compact Local Network (UNGC), recognising LG’s Hope series of activities promoting sustainable development. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan media, MPs agree amendments on controversial media bill
The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has come to an agreement with Kenyan legislators to amend contentious issues in the Kenya Information and Communication Amendment (KICA) Bill. → Read more
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Wed, December 4th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
45,700 public transport operators exempt from e-tolling
The South African Department of Transport has announced a total of 45,700 public transport operators have been exempt from paying e-tolls in Gauteng since the controversial policy launched yesterday. → Read more
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