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South Africa: New Technology Power for the Masses
As Mozambique, Iran and China have shown, mobile phone text messaging is showing an ability for the poor to mobilize quickly
Kenya: Turf War Hurts Mobile Phone Airtime Dealer
Aloo Mariah, group general manager Capital Airtime Limited and Capital Realtime Limited, has had a turbulent few weeks.
Kenya: Price Cuts a Short-Term Way to Counter Rivalry
It is the latest talk in town; the mobile phone wars.
Liberia: Extortionists, Push Senate to Demand Sim Card Registration
Some senators, getting calls from unidentified callers that their wives or husbands were spotting in love rides sitting in jeeps, cannot have it anymore.
Kenya: LG in Ambitious Plan to Cut Its Carbon Emissions
As electronic manufacturing companies strive to reduce their carbon footprint in their productions, LG Electronics has sets its agenda to cut down its carbon emissions by 150,000 tonnes by 2020.
South Africa: Zaptronix in Make-Or-Break Deal
ALTX-listed technology group Zaptronix said yesterday it has agreed to acquire I to I Technology Solutions as a going concern for R6,6m.
South Africa: Spotlight Falls On ICT
The 5th annual SITA GovTech Conference opened on Monday with a strong call for South Africans to get better access to Information Communication Technology (ICT).
Nigeria: More NITEL, MTEL Workers 'To Be Laid Off'
Some workers of the beleaguered Nigeria Telecom-munications Limited (NITEL) and its subsidiary, Mobile Telecommunications Limited (Mtel), are to be disengaged, a top union official said in Lagos yesterday.
Nigeria: 'More NITEL, MTEL Employees to Be Laid Off'
Some workers of the beleaguered NITEL and its subsidiary, MTEL, are to be disengaged, a top union official said in Lagos yesterday.Mr Adetunji Adesunkanmi, President, Senior Staff Association of Communications, Transport and Corporations (SSACTAC), said the disengagement would enable the government to settle the 29-month arrears of salary owed the workers.
Uganda: Cost of Website Names Set to Drop Next Year
Ugandans can expect to pay lower fees to acquire website identities when the continent's first domain name comes online next year, Ms Sophia Bekele, the President of DotConnect Africa has said.
Nigeria: Multimedia Learning Tech in Schools Underway
A multimedia instructional technology, Scalable Multimedia in Local Education (SMILE) project is underway for public schools across the country.
Uganda: Nation Adopts New IT Banking System
The government's expenditure will be checked as Bank of Uganda(BoU) introduced a new banking system that is expected to bring financial discipline.
Zimbabwe: Mobile Firms Beat Deadline
The three mobile phone operators in Zimbabwe have introduced "per second" billing ahead of the end of this month deadline which the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority had set.
Angola: Telecommunications Still Seeking Better Services
The general manager of the Angolan Institute of Communications (INACOM), Domingos Pedro António, said Monday here that the services provided by the sector of telecommunications in the country are not yet desired.
Kenya: Cheap Internet Still a Pipe Dream
The telecoms market has in the recent past seen call rates drop drastically in a fierce price war, in what has given users a sigh of relief.
Africa: GLO 1 will revolutionise business - Globacom
Ahead of the formal launch of Glo 1 international submarine cable, National Operator Globacom yesterday presented to telecom industry stakeholders the unique offers on the multi-million dollar facility.
Nigeria: Opposition Worries Over Election Machinery
The 120, 000 Data Capturing Machines [DCM] which the Independent National Electoral Commission is using for registration of voters do not have the requisite features to stop the sophistication of election fraudstars in the country, one of General Muhammadu Buhari's top aide has said
Kenya: Phone Giants Call Up Political Favours as Price War Rages
The explosive price wars in Kenya that have seen consumer prices of mobile phone talk-time tumbling by more than 40 per cent are grabbing the headlines. But the real issues causing uncertainty in the fastest growing sector in the economy are politics and unpredictable regulation.
Zimbabwe: Powercuts Give Econet Connectivity Nightmares
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest mobile phone operator, has been experiencing serious transmission problems for the past two days making it almost impossible to make calls and send messages.
Kenya: State Must Ensure Technology Transfer
Architectural impressions of the Thika superhighway which is under construction indicate one of the greatest civil works in the country since the building of the Great North Road and the Kenya-Uganda rail line more than 100 years ago.
Kenya: Flashcom Lowers Rates On Calls and Internet
Kenya's only operating local loop operator, Flashcom Ltd, has joined the telephony market price war frenzy, by cutting its calling and internet rates.
Ghana: E-Zwich Roll Out Plan Revised
The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement System (GhIPSS) has revised its approach in the deployment of e-zwich point-of sale machines and the issuance of the biometric smart cards.
Africa: G@id - Using Information Technology to Reach Mdgs By 2015
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) convened from 1-2 September 2010, to discuss G@ID, the role of Global Alliance of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and Development in accomplishing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
Uganda: Refugees to Use Internet to Locate Families
A service that uses the Internet and the SMS platform has been launched to enable refugees in Uganda locate their family members.
South Africa: Net1 Launches Cellphone Banking System in U.S.
NET1 UEPS is expanding its secured electronic payment system with the launch of a virtual payment service that will assist cellphone users in the US to make transactions via their cell phones.
Nigeria: Nation is Africa's Largest Online Audience, Tenth Largest in the World - ITU
The International Telecoms Union (ITU) has ranked Nigeria as the largest online audience on the African continent and the 10th largest in the world. In a recent statistic by the telecom body, 39.6 per cent of all internet traffic from Africa is from Nigeria, about 29.8 per cent of the population accesses the Internet while 43.9 million Nigerians access the Internet, making Nigerians the largest online audience in Africa and 10th largest in the world.
Zimbabwe: New Billing System, a Relief to Subscribers
AMONGST some of the positives to come from the economic reforms in 2009 was the rollout of more mobile phone lines by the three networks.
Uganda: ICT For Education Expo Due Sept 16
An Information Communication Technology education expo is set to take place mid this month. According to Mr Alfred Maina Muthami, the Projects and Finance coordinator, ICT 4 Education Uganda Limited, the expo will take between September 16-17 at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala.
Uganda: Mobile Project Launched to Reunite Refugees
Arrangements to help thousands of refugees who fled from conflict and disaster areas to reunite with families and friends through the use of mobile technology have been finalised.
Uganda: Google in Discussion With Local Telecoms for Partnership
Google, a United States-based online information search company, is in discussions with MTN and Orange Uganda for business partnerships to vend its products in the country. The talks could lead to easy access and lower prices of products of the information technology company in Uganda.
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