South African crime app gets over 150 000 downloads

The Namula security app with free crime response has recently reached 150 000 downloads. 150 000...

Dell expands solar schools

Dell has announced that it will be expanding its solar-powered Learning Labs across South Africa to...

Fixed broadband in Africa to treble in next 5 years

Fixed broadband subscriptions in Sub Saharan Africa are estimated to be 6.6 million. This market is...

Call to end light ‘poverty’

More than 1.3 billion people are trapped in light poverty as they don’t have access to...

How Africa will connect to the digital economy

BYRON CLATTERBUCK, CEO at SEACOM, says there are two major focuses for telecoms players for the...

Education in South Africa must be digital-driven

In an era driven and dominated by technology, PIERRE AUREL, Strategic Project Manager at e4, believes...

Inside Netflix: Quest for content will sweep Africa

In the second of a series of behind-the-scenes reports from Netflix studios, ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK discovers an...

Algeria leads Africa in ultra-broadband

Alcatel-Lucent and Ooredoo Algeria have built a high-capacity optical transport network to connect Algeria’s mains cities...

Samsung gets medical

Samsung Electronics South Africa has invested into the medical sector, with the aim of using the...

Nigeria rolls out eID

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has received his National eID card, marking the official launch of the...

Cloud can power Africa

Africa has an enormous opportunity to harness technologies like cloud computing, mobility, social media and big...

FNB adds Moz to mobile money

A year after launching its Zimbabwe Money Transfer service, FNB has added an additional cross border...

Samsung solar school for Senegal

Samsung has launched its Solar Powered Internet School (SPIS) in Senegal. The school is specifically designed...

IBM helps get meds to Zambians

IBM is collaborating with the Zambian Ministry of Health to provide citizens with improved access to...

Payment revolution coming

Recent KPMG research has revealed that sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest-growing mobile market in the world,...

Tigo opens free mobile Facebook for Tanzania

Tigo Tanzania has entered a partnership with Facebook in which all its customers in the country...

Grant to help Ghana attract IT

The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a $3.8 million grant to the Ghanaian government in partnership with...

Philips opens Innovation Hub in Kenya

Philips has announced the establishment of its Africa Innovation Hub in Nairobi, Kenya, which will work...