GENEVA, Switzerland, September 5, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ – Frequency coordination negotiations have succeeded in setting up the mechanism to deploy digital television in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries. The consolidation of national plans to implement the digital switchover in the African region is in conformity with the deadlines of June 2015 (for UHF) and June […]
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Dubai, 4 September 2013 – Key players in the OTT ecosystem are set to congregate at TV Connect MENA Forum as activity in the online-video sector proliferates and new services continue to come to market in the Middle East and North Africa. With regional content providers and broadcasters already offering consumers intelligent solutions, Dubai provides […]
Survey of Mobile Operators Ranks Aviat First in 10 of 11 Categories among Specialist Microwave Vendors Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW) is a leading global provider of microwave networking solutions transforming communications networks to handle the exploding growth of IP-centric, multi-Gigabit data services. With more than 750,000 systems installed around the world, Aviat Networks provides […]
According to the Overseas Indian Facilitation Centre (OIFC), the Indian information and communication technology (ICT) industry has witnessed excellent growth in the past two decades. Capitalising on its advantages of talent pool, lower cost of operation and the innovative remote delivery model, India has established itself as a global leader in the ICT sector. ICT […]
The Cloud and Virtualisation Summit Africa will take place from 30 September to 1 October 2013 at the Maslow Hotel Sandton in Johannesburg, South Africa. The summit is produced by international business-to-business conferencing company Kinetic and offers innovative resources, ideas and best practice case studies enabling your enterprise to apply them immediately in order to […]
Nigeria is certainly an economic power house in Africa. The country is following in second place to Africa’s biggest economy which is South Africa. Known for its oil prowess, Nigeria is often touted as a possible economic leader in the future, due to its faster economic growth trajectory. Also important to note is that in […]
Pascal Raditsebe GABORONE, Aug 29, (AfricaBusiness.com) – – Botswana Post has joined the fray alongside counterparts in the SADC bloc to embrace digital platform as part of efforts to enhance communication. The services now swallowed off by heavy over dependence on internet, email and social media, as well as the use of mobile phones which […]
The Honeybee application is a clever little sales app. So clever, in fact that it’s changed the way Namaqua Wines does its business. Not only has South Africa’s biggest wine distributor increased its sales calls by over 25% per month but also – and because of its increased sales – it’s now added more people […]
Bharti Airtel a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, today announced senior level organisation changes for its Africa operations. Manoj Kohli, MD & CEO (International), in-charge of Airtel’s operations in Africa, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, will relocate to India effective Jan 1, 2014. Manoj, who is currently […]
In the Frost & Sullivan backed report on the ‘Role of Entrepreneurship and SME Enterprises in Development of the ICT Industry’, it comes out strongly that startups are the way to go. According to the report, start-ups in the MENA “Middle East and North Africa”, region have grown eight-fold since 2005 with the United Arab […]
GITEX, an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) business, is the gateway to the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia Region. Established in 1981, the group is focused on providing exhibitors with high Return On Investment (ROI) through direct business opportunities with decision makers. Furthermore, GITEX has maintained its position as the industry’s trend setting […]
Communications authority in Botswana vows to clean the market of clone and sub standard gadgets, especially mobile phones which they say they are flooding the market in Botswana and are a health hazard. Botswana Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) says it is going to register all mobile phones and other communication gadget dealers to ensure that […]
Phone companies optimizes access to mobile internet Following the growing demand for access to internet and internet related services, mobile telecommunication companies in Botswana are making it convenient for mobile phone users, to come up with products that will enable customers to invest on subscription based methods to have long term convenient benefits of using […]
Mobile phone operators maximize services Regular use of mobile phone services not only for short message services, calls, multimedia services, is gradually growing fast in Botswana. Mobile phone customers now have various options with their respective mobile phones service provider to embark on services they used to do, thus cutting long and congested queues at […]
Steven Evans is the CEO of Etisalat Nigeria. The Com World Series team caught up with Steven ahead of the NigeriaCom conference and exhibition, taking place at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria, 17-18 September to find out a bit more about his experiences and focus at the event. Com World Series: How is your […]
Samson Isa, Is the Director of West Africa at Clickatell. The Com World Series team caught up with Samson ahead of the NigeriaCom conference and exhibition, taking place at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria, 17-18 September to find out a bit more about his experiences and focus at the event. Com World Series: How […]
Osondu Nwokoro is the Director of Regulatory Affairs and Special Projects at Airtel Nigeria. The Com World Series team caught up with Osondu ahead of the NigeriaCom conference and exhibition, taking place at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lagos, Nigeria, 17-18 September to find out a bit more about his experiences and focus at the event. […]
$25,000 prizes for five Africans whose lives are ‘powered by the web’ Nairobi, 27th August 2013. Has your life been changed by the Internet? Google is calling entrepreneurs, creatives, innovators and web-lovers across Africa to share their stories of how the web has transformed their lives and work. Whether you’re a photographer, an entrepreneur, a […]
The Fight Against Corruption (TFAC) welcomes the introduction of a paperless Cloud Computing application aimed at eliminating tender fraud and procurement corruption in South Africa. TFAC promotes Sentigol (PTY) Ltd.’s successfully launched web-based procurement tool, TenderSure, which has already been embraced by corporate South Africa with a number of large companies within the health sector, […]
Do you have a tech innovation but don’t know how to get it to market? This is your chance!! You get the opportunity to show-off your tech innovation to eager buyers and corporates who are looking to improve their business offering. There also might be investors in the audience, looking to snap-up a new investment […]
In keeping with its Mission to ‘To lead the delivery of a bold, new Digital World to its customers’, MTN Uganda today announced the extension of its bouquet of Cloud Services to Uganda. The introduction of MTN Cloud Services in Uganda comes on the back of a highly successful launch of the services in […]
GABORONE, Aug 20, (AfricaBusiness.com) — Botswana’s mobile cellular and internet subscription has extensively grown between 2011 and 2012, a report from the country’s data authority Statistics Botswana (SB) has said. SB report, released this week says ICT 2012 Statistics indicated that internet subscriptions rose by 132.2 percent between 2011 and 2012, from 254,649 subscriptions in […]