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Thu, January 17th, 10:50 · Paul Adepoju

Omatek CEO calls on Nigeria’s capital market stakeholders to support SMEs

Florence Seriki, Group Managing Director and Chief Executive of Omatek Ventures Plc, has called on players in the Nigerian capital markets to support the goods, products and services being offered by the country’s small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) listed on the stock exchange. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 09:49 · Paul Adepoju

Centralized biometric identification database project for Africa underway

A project is underway to launch a centralised biometric identity database for West African countries. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 08:49 · Tefo Mohapi

President Ntuli appointed HP’s Business Critical Servers (BCS) BU and Sales Manager for the Enterprise Group in South Africa

Hewlett Packard (HP) has confirmed the appointed of President Ntuli as Business Critical Servers (BCS) BU and Sales Manager for the Enterprise Group in South Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 17th, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria will generate wealth and jobs via indigenous technology – Science and Technology Minister

Professor Ita Okon Bassey, the Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, has revealed plans to create wealth and millions of jobs through indigenous technology. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 15:32 · Brandon Gregory

South African IT work outsourced to foreign nationals

Evidence has emerged that South African information technology (IT) jobs are being outsourced to foreign nationals, despite the 25 percent unemployment rate in the country. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 15:21 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Dimension Data launches first pro-active, multi-vendor IT Support Service

Dimension Data has unveiled an enhanced, proactive version of its Uptime Maintenance and Support Services that will help its more than 6,000 global clients maximise the availability of their IT estate at optimum price. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 15:13 · Brandon Gregory

Democratic Alliance criticise SA’s Communications Minister’s court appeal

Marian Shinn, South Africa’s Shadow Minister of Communications, has criticised Communications Minister Dina Pule’s court appeal over the control of the set-top-boxes (STB). → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 14:19 · Kamau Mbote

US power facilities under cyber attack

Two US power facilities have suffered malware attacks in the past three months, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT). → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson

Kigali Trade Zone to host ICT park

The Rwandan government is to set up an ICT park in the Kigali Special Economic Zone (KSEZ), as the country trials the idea of a fully-fledged ICT city in the future. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 09:10 · Paul Adepoju

MasterCard President decries high volume of cash transactions, supports CBN cashless policy

Despite the immense advance in mobile retail technology, around 85 percent of all transactions are still being made with cash, which will only change with the “will of the people”, according to the President of MasterCard Worldwide. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 15:30 · HumanIPO

Females in tech industry a question of action rather than debate

With the male-dominated tech industry, the many female contributions are often overlooked, according to Mariska du Preez, Developer Relations Ninja at Mxit, co-founder at HackSTB and founding member at Geek Girl Dinner Cape Town. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 11:25 · Nanine Steenkamp

Exset and Digital Telemedia work together for African digital pay-TV roll out

Broadcasting solutions company Exset and Digital Telemedia (DTM) have collaborated as Digital Monetisation System (DMS) partners as they prepare to launch products in Africa to ease the progression towards digital pay TV. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 07:29 · Tefo Mohapi

South African Java expert: “Oracle paying the price for not considering the larger developer and user community”

Given the severity of the recent Java Vulnerability as noted by US-CERT on Thursday, HumanIPO sought the advice of a Java expert in South Africa to understand whether the threat is as severe as suspected. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 14:15 · Brandon Gregory

Windows 8 launches in the Kinyarwanda language

Microsoft has released its latest version of Windows to include the Rwandan language of Kinyarwanda. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju

MultiChoice Nigeria promotes ICT teaching in schools

Nigeria’s largest pay television company MultiChoice Nigeria will unveil more MultiChoice Resource Centres (MRC) in government owned schools across Nigeria to improve knowledge and skills in information and communication technology. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 13:08 · Brandon Gregory

Ghana’s President appoints medical doctor as Communications Minister

Dr Edward Omane Boamah has been appointed by President John Dramani Mahama to replace acting substantive Minister Harruna Iddrissu as Minister of Communications. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 12:29 · Paul Adepoju

Biometric registration of hotel employees underway in Nigeria

The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) has officially begun the biometric registration of all employees in hotels across the country in a bid to improve security. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s largest opposition party demands electronic voting in 2015

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has declared the time is right for Nigeria to adopt an electronic voting system to guarantee the integrity of future elections. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 12:35 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s ICT sector grew but did not develop in 2012

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s ICT sector have been advised to rethink strategies for 2013 after the President of the Institute of Software Practitioners of Nigeria (ISPON), Chris Uwaje, said the industry failed to achieve any form of development in 2012. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 09:53 · Tefo Mohapi

Craig Paul appointed HP Storage BU and Sales Manager for Enterprise Group in South Africa

Hewlett Packard (HP) have appointed Craig Paul as Storage Business Unit and Sales Manager for the Enterprise Group in South Africa after he rose through the ranks from a Desktop Support Engineer. → Read more