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Accra becomes next smart African city to offer Uber
Alon Lits, General Manager for Uber Sub-Saharan Africa. (Image Credit: Darryl Linington). Accra has been named as the next city to join Uber’s network in Africa. The economically vibrant hub is the...
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Beyond the cloud: What your business will look like in the future
Beyond the cloud: what your business will look like in the future. After a slow start in South Africa, cloud adoption is picking up fast, following global trends in which spend on cloud services is...
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Nigeria: Intel’s radio show to encourage women to utilise IT
Nigeria: Intel’s radio show to encourage women to utilise IT. (Image Credit: Darryl Linington). The Intel Corporation within Nigeria has unveiled a new radio show, which according to the company, is...
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Kenya: Safaricom strikes M-Pesa deal with Carrefour Hypermarket
Safaricom strikes M-Pesa deal with Carrefour Hypermarket. (Image Source: reviewstabloid.com) The Carrefour hypermarket chain, located within Kenya, has become one of the first retailers in Kenya to...
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South Africa: M4JAM acquired by Informal Solutions
M4JAM acquired by Informal Solutions. (Image Source: business2community.com). Telco product distributor, Informal Solution Providers, has announced its acquisition of micro-jobbing platform, M4JAM...
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Personal safety to drive wearables market beyond health & fitness
(Image Source: cnbc.com) According to the latest Ericsson ConsumerLab report, “Wearable technology and the internet of things”, it has been revealed that six in 10 smartphone users state that wearables...
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South Africa: 120 students embark on two year coding journey
WeThinkCode says its mission is to source and train Africa’s future coding talent – it’s an ambitious undertaking for the first peer-to-peer tertiary IT education academy in Africa, but it has now...
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Africa: A playground of the future through smart cities
Africa: a playground of the future through smart cities. Africa’s cities are well-positioned to rapidly transform through the greater use of advanced technology and data. Smart applications,...
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Beyond the Badges: The Real Business Case for Gamification
Over the past several years, gamification, the concept of applying game mechanics and game design techniques to engage and motivate people, has found its way into the corporate lexicon, with companies...
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Nigeria sets the bar high for promoting ridesharing in Africa
Nigeria sets the bar high for promoting ridesharing in Africa. (Image Source: technokrata.hu). At the start of the last century, just one in seven people worldwide lived in cities. Today it’s half, and...
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Mobile money could give Kenyan entrepreneurs a business boost
Mobile money could give Kenyan entrepreneurs a business boost. (Image Source: (http://www.digibuzzme.com). Much has been said and written about how person-to-person mobile money transactions are...
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Educators get early access to Microsoft’s Minecraft Education Edition
Minecraft Education Edition. As part of its ongoing commitment to empower students, Microsoft is releasing Minecraft: Education Edition early access for educators around the world. The early access...
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Overwatch Review
Developed and published by industry veteran Blizzard Entertainment, Overwatch is the latest online multiplayer shooter to grace the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC. When playing Overwatch, one thing comes...
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Why Preventing Rooting and Jailbreaking is so important
One of the most controversial topics when it comes to mobile devices is the idea of rooting and jailbreaking. Although rooting and jailbreaking are technically different processes on different...
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E3 2016: EA Trailer Showcase
E3 2016: EA Trailer Showcase. Electronics Arts (EA) had a strong showing at the 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). EA kicked off E3 first this year, ahead of Sony and Microsoft, and showcased the...
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Connectivity the key to empowering service delivery potential in South Africa
Connectivity the key to empowering service delivery potential in Africa. If the recent service delivery strikes have taught us anything, it is that smarter waste management is a growing need. Increased...
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African IP Traffic to grow 6-fold by 2020
John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco. (Image Credit: Darryl Linington). According to the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast for 2015 to 2020, Africa’s IP traffic will grow...
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Dimension Data appoints new Group CEO
Dimension Data appoints new Group CEO. Dimension Data has revealed the appointment of Jason Goodall as Group Chief Executive Officer, as Brett Dawson, current CEO, steps down after 12 years. Goodall...
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E3 2016: Bethesda Trailer Showcase
E3 2016: Bethesda Trailer Showcase. At the 2016 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) Bethesda highlighted a number of games during its powerhouse E3 2016 showcase. These titles included upcoming titles...
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Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn: Deal valued at $26.2 billion
LinkedIn Acquired by Microsoft. Microsoft Corp and LinkedIn Corporation have revealed that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Microsoft will acquire LinkedIn for $196 per share...
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