Cameroon: The Cardiopad - an African Invention to Save Lives
[RNW Africa]
Yaoundé -
A young Cameroonian engineer has built the first fully touch screen medical tablet that could soon save many African lives. He first has to find the necessary funding to mass-produce the device.
Kenya: Stop Lawlessness in Row Over Park Fees
[Nation]
The controversy about introduction of an electronic system in the collection of fees in the Maasai Mara game park is getting out of hand.
Africa: Global Leaders Promote Technology to Advance Sustainable Growth
[State Department]
Washington -
More than 400 global policymakers, development chiefs and technology leaders have gathered in California for a three-day conference to discuss using connection technologies, like the Web and mobile phones, to advance sustainable development in the fields of health, the environment, agriculture and economic growth.
Kenya: Nation Unveils a Software Certification Program
[Nation]
The Kenya ICT Board has introduce a certification program for software developers in Kenya. Dubbed ,Chipuka, (Swahili word for Emerge), the program will offer credential examination for software developers and would help employers to easily identify software developers that have the skills necessary to carry out IT jobs to a professional and world class standard.
South Africa: Mini-Bus Taxis Introduce Smart Card System
[West Cape News]
A Cape Town taxi association has become the first to introduce a smart card electronic payment system rather than cash.
South Africa: Public Masterclass On Digital Design
[Biz-Community]
The Cape Town office of Ogilvy will offer a public masterclass on UX (user experience) for web through its digital marketing education arm - the Ogilvy Digital Marketing Academy (ODMA) run by Rian van der Merwe, a globally recognised figure in the field of UX.
South Africa: Use Digital Channels to Reach the 2012 Consumer
[Biz-Community]
Anyone who is in business is aware that we are operating in a uniquely-challenging environment. Our current sources of stress include the sustained financial crunch, the unstoppable and technology-driven globalisation of business and society and the growing importance of emerging economies. All these factors have conspired to create something of a "perfect storm", especially when it comes to consumer expectations and behaviour.
Nigeria: MEND Threat - MTN Seeks FG's Protection
[Leadership]
After a threat by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to inflict pains on South African investments in the country, MTN Nigeria Limited, foremost GSM communications provider in the country, is tasking the federal government to protect its facilities nationwide.
Nigeria: Poor Telecom Services and NCC's Empty Threat
[Leadership]
Since the advent of the telecom boom especially, the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Nigerians have, without apologies to mobile operators, come to accept poor quality of service as an additional burden they have to bear.
Nigeria: Nigeria to Licence 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz Spectra
[Leadership]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said it would auction digital licence in the 2.3GigaHertz (GHz) and 2.6GHz spectra to increase broadband access and make internet pervasive across the country in 20112.
Nigeria: Making the Country Ripe for Software Exports
[Leadership]
For years, Nigeria has tried to make a head way in global information technology, especially playing a role in the emerging electronic market presently dominated by the Western nations and a few developing nations like China, India and Brazil.
Nigeria: Oracle Experience Wins IDMN Award
[Leadership]
Oracle Experience, one of the brand activation and experiential marketing outfits has emerged the winner of the Institute of Direct Marketing of Nigeria (IDMN) West Africa's World Class Experiential Marketing Services Consultant of the year 2011.
Kenya: Corporates Line Up for ICT City
[Nairobi Star]
Local corporates are increasingly showing interest to invest in the proposed ICT city, Konza, whose ground breaking is expected by April this year.
South Africa: ITWeb Appoints Africa Editor
[Biz-Community]
ITWeb, South Africa's leading business technology publisher, has appointed Gareth van Zyl to be editor of ITWebAfrica, its soon-to-be-launched ICT news and information Web site dedicated to English-speaking African markets.
Kenya: Social Media Is a Game Changer
[Nairobi Star]
The mobile phone was a silver bullet for Africa, it was the device which brought billions of Africans into the c21st.
Ethiopia: Nation's First Electronics Mall Opens
[Addis Fortune]
The six-storey building, which rests on a 1,000sqm plot of land in front of Cathedral High School located on Wawel Street.
South Africa: Gauteng Hotline Set to Deliver
[Biz-Community]
ITWeb reports that, as she launched the Gauteng Premier's Hotline in Soweto, Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said it is a milestone for government's effort to improve communication with the province's residents. Mokonyane revealed that Statistics received from the successful of the Presidential Hotline show that the majority of the calls logged come from Gauteng.
South Africa: First Students Graduate From Samsung Electronics Engineering Academy
[Biz-Community]
The Samsung Electronics Engineering Academy's first class of Grade 12 students graduated recently at a ceremony held at the Alberton Civic Centre south of Johannesburg. Launched in March last year, the academy is a core part of Samsung's vision to fast-track the entry of African youths into the electronics job market, with a short-term goal to develop 10 000 electronics engineers across the continent by 2015.
East Africa: Interswitch East Africa Adds Base in The Nation
[Independent]
In a bid to enhance its growing network, Interswitch East Africa in partnership with Airtel Uganda have launched Airtel Money Cash Out, an innovation they say is the first of this innovative operation in East Africa.
Uganda: Airtel's Mobile Money Entry U.S Competition
[EA Business]
Kampala, Uganda -
The entry of Airtel Uganda into the Mobile Money platform is set to generate renewed innovativeness that could yet again send ripples across Uganda's telecom sector.
South Africa: Learners Called to Enter SKA Competition
[BuaNews]
Pretoria -
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is calling on learners in Grades 4 to 11 to enter a competition aimed at raising awareness of South Africa's bid to host the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project.
Kenya: Technology Key to Boosting Agriculture
[Capital FM]
Nairobi, Kenya -
The use of technology and rural urbanisation will be necessary components to boost Kenya's agricultural sector that is currently operating below its potential - utilising less than 60 percent of the available land for farming.
Kenya: Subscribers Lose Millions As Smart TV Goes Off Air
[Business Daily]
Pay-television provider Smart TV has closed shop after failing to secure adequate funding for its operations, leaving thousands of its subscribers and dealers with obsolete decoders.
Uganda: The Evolution in Music Storage
[Monitor]
The road that leads us from Edison's tin-foil cylinder to today's Bose systems is an enthralling street packed with remarkable inventions and innovations.
Nigeria: Mass Spam Declines, Targeted Attacks On the Rise - Report
[Daily Trust]
Lagos -
After the 2010 cybercrime turning point, when spam levels started to decline for the first time, this trend continued throughout 2011, a trend that can be explained mainly by several key botnet takedowns throughout the last two years.
South Africa: Social Media Saved Africa's Oldest Community Station
[IPS]
Cape Town -
When a financial crisis threatened the existence of Africa's oldest community station, Bush Radio, an outpouring of sympathy and appeals went viral on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. However, despite this outspoken support that showed that the station is worth saving, its future remains uncertain.
Ghana: Robotics Workshop Aims to Increase Interest
[Public Agenda]
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Institute of Technical Supervision (ITS), a division under the Office of the Head of Civil Service of Ghana jointly organized a training and capacity-building workshop ahead of Ghana's first National Robot Competition.
Kenya: How Facebook Is Tagging Your Profile to Profits
[Nation]
The world's most populated social site Facebook has announced a number of significant changes, the most important of which is the converting of personal profiles into "Timeline".
Africa: Taxing International Inbound Calls
[Balancing Act]
London -
Many African regulators' have introduced a tax on international inbound calls. It started with Côte d'Ivoire and then spread like a plague to Gabon, Ghana and Senegal, to name but a few. The latest country wanting to join the fold is Liberia and operators are seeking to persuade the regulator LTA not to go ahead.
Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Installs Tuna Attracting Devices
[Daily News]
TANZANIA has partnered with Mauritius in pursuing the technology that will lure migratory tuna fish to one area in deep sea waters. At the moment five Fish Aggregating Devices have been installed near Latham Island in the Indian Ocean.