Govt to repeal oppressive media law

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] President Joyce Banda announced on Friday, May 18 2012, that her government will repeal a piece of legislation that was meant to oppress the media which was being championed by the late president Bingu wa Mutharika. 21 May 2012 12:06

Botswana benefits from sub-sea connectivity

Gateway Communications, the supplier of pan-African telecommunications services, continues with its plans to bring sub-sea connectivity inland across the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The most recent country to benefit from this initiative is Botswana, with capacity from SAT-3 being brought into Gaborone securely via South Africa. 14 May 2012 12:09

MTL rebrands service after WiMAX launch

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi Telecommunications Limited (MTL), a telecommunications services provider has repackaged and rebranded its consumer internet access services soon after unveiling a new wireless access technology that provides customers with broadband services an IP based Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX). 8 May 2012 14:37

Broadband wireless access review in June

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Stakeholders and policymakers in the ICT industry will, at a workshop next month, review the status of broadband wireless access (BWA) and determine the roadmap and roll-out strategies for the new broadband and mobile systems in their respective countries. 7 May 2012 09:23

Worldwide, society says media not always responsible - WEF's Cherilyn Ireton

[Gill Moodie: @grubstreetSA] Cherilyn Ireton, a highly respected journalist and manager from titles such the Sunday Times and Business Day, took over as the executive director of the World Editors Forum that falls under WAN-IFRA, in January 2012. She tells Bizcommunity.com of the challenges of the Parisian-based job, the biggest problems and opportunities facing editors across the globe and how she wants to connect editors to try find solutions. 20 Mar 2012 11:12

MultiChoice calls for smartcard swap

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] MultiChoice Malawi have called on its subscribers to replace the old smartcards after changing its software to avoid hackers. 20 Mar 2012 10:11

Government condemns Sunday Times assessment

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] The Malawian government has yet again launched an attack on The Sunday Times newspaper for coming up with a cabinet assessment that has labeled the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government a total failure. 29 Feb 2012 07:45

BNL launches e-edition titles

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Blantyre Newspapers Limited (BNL), also known as Times Group, has lived up to its media pioneer billing with the establishment of its e-edition of its four titles, the Daily Times, Weekend Times, Malawi News and Sunday Times. 20 Feb 2012 09:15

Malawi set to increase broadband internet user penetration

[Gregory Gondwe: @Kalipochi] Malawi is resolute to reduce the cost of international connectivity thereby increasing both telephony and broadband internet user penetration through the ongoing Regional Communication Infrastructure Programme - Malawi Project (RCIPMW). 2 Nov 2011 11:13

Japan's Fujitsu to expand Malawi's ICT

[Gregory Gondwe] Japanese ICT giant, Fujitsu, has launched a new range of modern products in Malawi as a drive to expand Malawi's ICT sector. 15 Aug 2011 13:21

Are you the world's most networked person?

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] Western Union, the multinational company specialised in money transfer, is celebrating its 160th anniversary by launching a global online network - a Facebook-linked platform meant to hunt for the most networked person in the world. The South African launch took place yesterday, Thursday 4 August 2011, in Rosebank simultaneously with Ghana, Kenya and Morocco. 5 Aug 2011 12:05

Google+ launch puts pressure on Facebook

As two technology giants in Google and Facebook position themselves to dominate the social networking space, an information and communications technology expert has warned against complacency, in particular from market leader Facebook. 8 Jul 2011 10:01

Neo@Ogilvy global CEO talks up role of emerging markets, mobile

[Herman Manson: @marklives] Neo@Ogilvy's global CEO, New-York based Nasreen Madhany, has been visiting South Africa for a corporate summit, where she talked up the role emerging markets will play in the future profitability of her company. 5 Jul 2011 13:30

Social media, popular revolt: cure against African dictators?

[Issa Sikiti da Silva: @sikitimedia] The events and developments of the past six months in Africa have demonstrated that the rise of social media has not only revolutionised the business environment, but also redefined the political scene by shaking the foundation of dictatorship, lack of service delivery and corruption for the first time since the dawn of independences. 5 Jul 2011 10:14