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IBM and Tanzanian Government Sign Collaboration Agreement
IBM (NYSE:IBM) has signed a collaboration agreement with the Tanzanian government aimed at supporting the adoption of information technologies and Tanzania's development in key...
FIFA and Sony to Launch First Ever Global 3D Experience of the FIFA World Cup(TM)
Following the initial joint announcement to make the world's first FIFA World Cup(TM) available in 3D, FIFA and Sony Corporation today unveiled insights into...
African Radio Stations take on the world
It has finally happened. A Sub-Saharan radio station is streaming live on the Internet in CD quality. Why did it take so long? The...
Sudanese to access web freely despite sanctions
The United States has moved to ensure that Sudanese can exercise their universal right to free speech and information to the greatest extent possible....
Europe asked to guard against conflict-resources from Africa
Rights group, Global Witness (GW) has called on corporations in Europe to break their links to conflict resources from the Democratic Republic of Congo...
Zimbabwe and South African Toyota cars recalled
Toyota Zimbabwe is recalling close to 100 cars for check ups as the
automotive giant recalls thousands of cars worldwide. In South Africa
a recall of...
Smart Metering Systems to Change the Dynamics of Electricity Metering in South Africa: Frost & Sullivan
The electricity metering market in South Africa is facing a period of significant change due to the implementation of smart metering systems. This is...
ESKADENIA Software enters the Qatari insurance market and signs with SEIB
Leading regional software provider ESKADENIA Software signed an agreement to deploy its fully fledged Insurance and Enterprise Resource Planning software systems with SEIB Insurance...
Ethiopia Agent recalls Toyota vehicles for repairs
Motor and Engineering Company of Ethiopia (MOENCO), the sole agent of the Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation, has requested its Ethiopian customers to return...
U.S.: Comcast Promotes Hank Fore to Regional Vice President For Oregon/SW Washington
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSK)(NASDAQ:CMCSA), one of the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications services, has promoted Hank Fore to Regional Vice President...
Hewlett Packard’s Brain Gain Initiative to consolidate African development
Among the first leading IT companies to have invested in Africa, Hewlett-Packard (HP) is convinced that to benefit from the continent’s full potential the...
Jimmy Wales seeks the development of Wikipedia in African languages
In an interview during the month of November, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder, talked about the state of development of the participatory online encyclopedia in...
Cherrypal launches world’s first $99 laptop
Cherrypal, the company that brought the world's "greenest" desktop computer to market last year, announced today that it has officially launched the first $99...
Recent Microsoft security patch affects those using Windows 7, Vista, XP
A Microsoft security update for its new computer operating system, Windows 7 as well as older versions of Windows, is resulting in some users...
WiMax: Revolutionizing mobile phones and internet access in Africa
“Africa Com”, the largest communications event in Africa, was held this November in Cape Town. Among the many conferences and technical demonstrations, one in...
Intra-African dialogue expands into cyberspace
Many credit Obama’s ability to galvanize grass-roots support via online tools as an important factor in his primary and general election victories in 2008....
Craving more international channels
For years, only two satellite TV packages have been commercialized in Africa: DStv Multichoice for English-language channels and CanalSat Horizons for the French part....
South African Broadband Market is at a Watershed, Says Frost & Sullivan
The South African broadband market has shown consistently significant growth rates of over 30.0 per cent in the last two years. Frost & Sullivan...
The Internet of Things: next big marvel?
To say the world has become one big technological hub is no news at all. If just by reaching one’s pocket for one tiny...
Djibouti: American Meteorologists modernize Djibouti Airport weather installation
Last week, service members assigned to Combined Joint Task Force in the Horn of Africa installed an antenna at the Ambouli International Airport to...
Ethiopia: Microsoft software application soon in Amharic
Ethiopia Information and Communication Technology Development Agency (EICTDA); the federal government arm in charge of Information and communication technology (ICT) development at the Addis...
Crash of first African satellite blamed on China
Nigeria's minister of state for science and technology, Alhassan Zaku has confirmed that the country’s communications satellite NIGCOMSAT-1, has been powered down due to...
Laptops for all in Uganda
Alintuma Nsambu, the State Minister for Information and Communications Technologies, has affirmed that the newly introduced laptop ownership programme will after five years, see...
Nigeria Stock Exchange lists OMATEK computer assembly plant
Nigeria's first computer assembly plant, Omatek Nigeria Limited, has joined the league of quoted companies at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), with its listing...
Better health care only a telephone click away
The small, dusty village of Mayange lies 20 kilometres from Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. Its health centre has fewer than 40 beds but serves an...
From African child soldier to Father of the Internet
I felt the hard, cold steel of a gun against the back of my head. I spun around and saw my assailant's finger shaking...
Morocco : Television now available on cell phones
Personal mobile television (TMP), a service that enables users of cell phone to receive free of charge television programmes, has been officially launched in...
Egypt: Investigate Beating of ‘Facebook’ Activist
Egyptian authorities should immediately investigate and prosecute those security officials responsible for beating Ahmed Maher Ibrahim, Human Rights Watch said today. Maher, a 27-year-old...
Camera that sees through clothes to revolutionize fight against terror
Technology has become indispensable in the battle against terror; prioritizing the need for up to date inventions to fight terrorists who resort to ingenious...