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CELLULAR operator Zain has once again been goaded into denying relentless press speculation in Africa and the Middle East that it has sold its pan-African networks to Vivendi.
Although electronic storage of information has many benefits, the fast pace at which technology develops can result in a loss of valuable information, said Prime Minister Nahas Angula.
MTC has been branded as "self-serving" by an independent research tank, who accused the operator of using its market dominance and high retail prices to prevent Cell One and Switch from gaining market share.
The purchase of huge swathes of African farmland by rich countries, Obama's visit to Ghana, women's official dress in Buganda and the proliferation of new political parties in Zambia are among the topics covered in this week's round-up of the African blogosphere, by Dibussi Tande.
Surveying the Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR) campaign around the Protocol on Women's Rights to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights, Karoline Kemp discusses the role of ICTs (information and communication technologies) in engaging civil society and facilitating the campaign. Highlighting SOAWR's ability to nurture productive relationships with African Union (AU) ...
INFORMATION and Broadcasting Services Minister, Ronnie Shikapwasha, has advised media institutions to ensure they start using digital equipment by 2015.
The LoneStar Cell Communication (LCC) on Tuesday dished out several prizes to its valuable customers who were successful in the blank SMS competition.
Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY Group, Mr. Nduka Obai-gbena, yesterday donated 100 computers to Day Waterman College located at Asu village, off Abeokuta-Shagamu Expressway, Ogun State.
WARID Telecom is to invest $10m (about sh20b) in the extension of power lines to all its masts across the country. The investment also involves the construction of perimeter walls around the masts; a move top officials said would cut the company's costs by up to 30% in the long-run.
SHELL, Total and MOGAS have entered into a partnership with ZAIN to enable clients use the ZAP service.
The United Nations and the African Union today launched a new tool, designed in partnership with the Microsoft Corporation, to help map investment flows on the continent and provide business leaders the information they need to make sound decisions.
Mobile phones are the unlikely weapons being used to fight cassava disease in Tanzania, in a collaboration between scientists and farmers.
The MP for Kwabre West, Mr. Owusu Ansah, has appealed to President Barrack Obama to help Ghana to adopt the electronic way of voting to help prevent acrimony and violence after elections.
The first batch of winners of the much-publicised weekly Zain 'Live your Dream' promotion on Tuesday walked home with various prizes, ranging from free talk time (scratch cards) to cell phones and cash prizes.
45 of them trained in the Microsoft certified engineer program, and 35 followed the Microsoft digital literacy curriculum.
The BroadBand Company, a new Internet Service Provider, is expected to unveil its services to Ugandans at prices lower than what most of the current players in the market are offering this Friday.
Fifteen more schools in Mpumalanga are to benefit from an initiative enabling children from different schools to be taught maths and science at the same time.
Members of the House of Representatives and Minister of Science and Technology, Alhassan Bako Zaku, have expressed divergent views on the bill for an Act to establish cyber security agency.
ALINK Technologies has announced it is diversifying its product line to include Television (TV) assembling in order to redeem its declining mobile phone sales.
The Chief Executive Officer of Mobitel Limited, Mr. Johnson Salako, who regained his freedom on Monday after eight days in the Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) custody yesterday cried foul over his arrest, saying he was wrongly detained as it was the former management of the company that was granted "waiver" by the Nigerian Communications commission (NCC) and not the new Mobitel.
TELECOM chiefs are foreseeing a rise in call tariffs as the industry takes a hard bite from increasing operational costs.
ORGANISATIONS should adhere to the law when making decisions about computer data and storage management in order to avoid piracy.
TRANSFERRING money should be one of the easiest daily transactions a customer undertakes. But for most customers who have received money/remittances from aboard or sent money, delays and lengthy queues is something you would rather do without.
MULTICHOICE may soon have competition in the pay-TV arena, but there are other challenges facing the operator.
In an effort to better understand the mindset of the African youth, United States President Barack Obama has asked young people across the continent to engage with him on MXit, the vastly popular mobile social network and instant messenger.
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