Can Facebook ever make (real) money?

[Thomas Oosthuizen] Growth is hardly the challenge Facebook faces. The challenge for the monetarisation of Facebook is not how many people it reaches - it is a huge medium by any standards - but how it extracts revenue from its core business: connecting people in an objective, friendly, social, non-threatening and non-commercial environment. 7 Feb 2012 10:40

ITWeb

ITWeb appoints Africa editor

ITWeb has appointed Gareth van Zyl to be editor of ITWebAfrica, its soon-to-be-launched ICT news and information website dedicated to English-speaking African markets. 6 Feb 2012 09:59

Google+ hits 100-million users, watch out Facebook

[Michelle Atagana] Following the anticipation around Facebook's imminent IPO, analysts report that Google's social play, Google+, will hit the 100-million users mark on Wednesday evening. 2 Feb 2012 10:42

A role for media agencies in solving the modern media blur

[Herman Manson: @marklives] London-based media company PHD Worldwide, a part of the Omnicom Media Group, recently stepped up its investment in the South African market with its purchase of a 70% shareholding in strategic media planning company page three. [video] 2 Feb 2012 10:31

WFP to fight hunger through social media

ROME: The theory of "Six Degrees of Separation" says that every person in the world is connected to every other person in the world through, at most, six other people. Through its online hunger-fighting game Freerice.com, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is encouraging Freerice players to use these connections to bring food to the world's most vulnerable populations. 2 Feb 2012 09:58

Was Google Kenya's chief pushed after Mocality debacle?

In the wake of the allegations against Google in Kenya brought on by online business directory Mocality, the country manager of Google Kenya, Olga Arara-Kimani, has been asked to leave the company. 1 Feb 2012 15:24

SEACOM signs 20 year agreement with Mozambique

The Mozambican Ministry of Science and Technology has signed a 20 year agreement to access international broadband fibre connectivity on the SEACOM network to Europe and onwards to the rest of the world. 1 Feb 2012 12:24

Mobile marketing summits set for Com World Series

Informa Telecom & Media and the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) have announced their partnership on a series of mobile marketing summits, to be held in association with the flagship series of digital events in Africa & the Middle East, Com World Series. 31 Jan 2012 15:05

Ghana: MTN renews Ericsson as managed services partner

MTN, the telecommunications company with a presence in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, have announced the extension of its managed services agreement with Ericsson for operation in Ghana. 31 Jan 2012 13:36

Google Kenya head claims she 'decided to leave' in wake of Mocality scandal

[Stuart Thomas] After initial reports that she had been fired, Google's Kenya head Olga Arara-Kimani now claims she left the internet-giant of her own accord. 31 Jan 2012 11:48

Congolese inventor puts African tablet on sale

BRAZZAVILLE, REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Africa has its first handheld tablet, Way-C, to rival the iPad and similar western inventions, which went on sale in the Republic of Congo on Monday, 30 January 2012, its inventor Verone Mankou said. 31 Jan 2012 10:43

Spinlet celebrated at Midem 2012

The launch of Spinlet, Africa's digital distribution service was celebrated this week at Midem 2012, in Cannes, France. The service is expected to debut within Africa this February with over 200 000 tracks, making it the largest platform for music discovery throughout Africa. 31 Jan 2012 10:14

African journo awards extends deadline

CNN International and MultiChoice announced at the end of last week that the deadline for entries for the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards have been extended to Wednesday, 22 February 2012, and the judging to take place in April this year. 30 Jan 2012 10:02