Digital skills for girls precede Africa Code Week
From PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, Rwanda KIGALI – AMBITIOUS plans to equip girls and women in the continent with digital skills have received a major boost with the hosting of the f ...
Read More »Ex-MTN executive Farroukh joins Smile
By TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG - has announced the appointment of Ahmad Farroukh to its board as Executive Director of Operations, effective immediately. Irene Charnley, Smile G ...
Read More »Vodacom courts controversy for ‘ripping off’ clients
JOHANNESBURG -THE country’s biggest mobile network operator, Vodacom, is being accused of short-changing clients, which is forcing them to migrate to rival companies. CAJ News has ...
Read More »Opera invests $100 million to grow digital economy
By GIFT NDOLWANE JOHANNESBURG - AN investment of $100 million by Opera, the developer of the most popular mobile browser in the continent, over the next two years is poised to fac ...
Read More »MTN reaches agreement to acquire Iranian Net
By TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG - THE MTN Group is to acquire a major stake (49 percent) in Iranian fixed broadband provider, Iranian Net, for R540 million (US$39,8 million). The ...
Read More »Otel buys Jireh Technologies
By MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG -INDEPENDENT voice and data provider, Otel, has acquired fixed and wireless broadband internet service provider (ISP), Jireh Technologies. The val ...
Read More »Tech- Avaya strengthens Sub-Saharan Africa base
By TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG -AVAYA is driving its services growth in South Africa and Sub-Saharan region with the appointment of Dean Baker as Strategic Services Sales Manage ...
Read More »Trust issues hindering e-commerce adoption
By MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG - INTERNET users are increasingly concerned about their online privacy with almost half say lack of trust is their main reason for not shopping on ...
Read More »South Africa to spend billions in ICT sector
By GIFT NDOLWANE JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH Africa is projected to have the highest information and communications technology (ICT) spend (US$10,5 billion) in the developing world duri ...
Read More »SA brands urged to apply for dotAfrica domain
By TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG - SOUTH African organisations have been encouraged to register for a pioneer programme that would put their brands in line to register their chose ...
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