EXPLAINED: The easy way to connect everything to everything else Its 2014 and the world that we all know, the one is connected by miles and miles of cabling, is all changing. The world of Wi-Fi has taken over to spread internet love without wires and is proving immensely popular – but that doesn’t make it […]
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Catching up with Apple, Google is setting the stage for device makers to release 64-bit smartphones and tablets with the Android L operating system. Google’s 64-bit compatible Android L is available for download as a developer preview, and mobile devices should be available by year-end after the final version of the OS is released. Based
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Rapidly expanding bandwidth capacities, following the landing of undersea cables, have led to the proliferation of data centres and established a solid platform for the development of cloud computing services in South Africa and Kenya. Enterprises are steadily embracing outsourcing and managed services for various business and technological benefits, further driving migration to cloud computing.
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The 2014 Gartner Symposium, which is being held at CTICC in Cape Town, recently revealed the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2015. Adding to this, Vodacom’s managing executive of m-Commerce, Hemmanth Singh, has marked Africa as the fastest growing technology market. In his presentation, Singh touched on a great deal of statistics as to why the
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The figures for economic growth are putting some swagger in Côte d’Ivoire’s stride, but business leaders and oppositionists say the hard work has not even begun. Big infrastructure projects are underway all over the country, although local companies are struggling to access credit. It appears like an mirage: on the way out of Yamoussoukro, a
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ANALYSIS: Subsistent farmers in rural Tanzania can now use mobile phones to access vital information that helps them increase their harvest. The service has helped bridge the information gap. Farmers in the remote village of Magole, located 288 km (179 miles) from Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam, have been trying in vain to increase food
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Mr Liu Kan, the Consul-General of the Consulate General of People’s Republic of China in Lagos, on Thursday expressed his country’s growing interest in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Liu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that China would also depend on Nigeria to satisfy the demand of her increasing population for
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Nairobi — Barclays Bank of Kenya (BBK) has invested Sh26 million in “Light up Kenya” an initiative aimed at moving more than 100,000 rural establishments to solar energy. The first phase of this initiative will be implemented in partnership with the Kenya Girl Guides Association. The project is benchmarked on statistics that indicate that only
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As of the second quarter of 2014, Facebook now has 100 million people coming to the platform every month across the African continent, representing half of the 200 million people connected to the Internet in Africa. More than 80% come to Facebook every month on mobile. In addition to this being a significant milestone for Facebook, it
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Sam Ohuabunwa, National President of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) says the US will show increasing presence in the Gulf of Guinea because it is a strategic area to protect, both in terms of trade and geopolitical stability.
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