[Herman Manson: @marklives] A billion Africans and 50 million bank accounts. In South Africa, credit cards are used by only 16.5% of the population (2008). No African country comes close to 1% of total retail spend spent online - the magic figure which constitutes the tipping point for digital retail growth. No wonder, then, that the ecommerce market in Africa hasn't bloomed.
12 May 2011 18:55
[Gregory Gondwe] Even in the face of take-off failure of what would have been Malawi's third mobile phone service provider, the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) has awarded a fourth mobile phone service licence to little known Celcom Limited.
6 May 2011 11:11
[Issa Sikiti da Silva] A global study conducted by TNS Research Surveys shows that South Africans' unconditional love for handsets - more than content as it is in developed markets - is beginning to change and will even shift faster as bandwidth improves, and as cheaper smartphones appear on the market - probably from China.
21 Apr 2011 09:37
WATERLOO, US: As well as in Europe and the middle East, Research In Motion (RIM) has launched BlackBerry Protect in Open Beta in 30 African countries.
25 Mar 2011 10:50
The Loerie Awards launched its 2011 campaign, Tuesday 15 March 2011, entitled "Don't hate. Create", created by Draftfcb and supported by a mobisite and specially developed augmented reality apps, linking digital technology to the printed media, along with a revamp of its award categories.
15 Mar 2011 13:19
[Ivo Vegter: @sxswsa] Here is a roundup of the posts published on sxswsa.co.za this weekend. We're over halfway through SxSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, but there's still plenty material in the works, so keep an eye on the blog for another few days. Also, follow @sxswsa, or the entire #sxswsa Twitter list. [
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14 Mar 2011 13:15WASHINGTON: On Tuesday, 8 March 2011, International Women's Day, Cherie Blair, founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, participated as special guest speaker at a ceremony at the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) headquarters, where the Village Phone program received the annual IFC CEO Gender Award for outstanding achievement in promoting women in business.
10 Mar 2011 08:55
[Gregory Gondwe] Airtel Malawi has given the Malawi National Assembly's 193 legislators internet dongles worth a sum of MK965,000. National Assembly speaker Henry Chimunthu Banda announced in the national assembly on Thursday, 24 February 2011, that the mobile company has donated the gadgets which will help them be efficient.
28 Feb 2011 07:40
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's two major players in mobile phone services, Airtel Malawi and Telecom Networks Malawi (TNM), could venture into fixed telephone operations with the development of a convergence licence regime policy by the Malawi government.
21 Feb 2011 08:05
[Gregory Gondwe] Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS), which also operates an online service, has entered into a partnership with Cellulant Malawi - a mobile commerce company that manages, delivers and bills for digital content and commerce services actualised over telecom networks - to start mobile news.
4 Feb 2011 07:09
[Gregory Gondwe] Airtel Communications has taken Airtel Malawi, previously Zain Malawi, to court over a dispute regarding the trademark name 'Airtel'. Airtel Communications was incorporated in 2006 and has 'Airtel' on its trademark; the same appears on the trademark of Airtel Malawi.
31 Jan 2011 08:11
[Gregory Gondwe] Information and Civic Education Minister Vuwa Kaunda has claimed that Globally Advanced Integrated Networks Limited (G-Mobile), the company that was set to become the third mobile service provider in Malawi, tried to bribe him with K5m (over US$33,000) to extend the company's roll-out period.
19 Jan 2011 11:19
[Gregory Gondwe] Late last year the Malawi Communication Regulatory Authority (MACRA) instructed all telecommunications operators, both mobile and fixed, to abide by its new interconnection law called Sender Keeps All (SKA) following a court ruling.
10 Jan 2011 08:45
[Gregory Gondwe] Former chief officer: international business of the Vodacom Group, Willem Hendrik Swart has taken over the mantle as CEO of Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM). Swart has been given a three-year contract succeeding Werner Schrijver who has been at the helm since 2008.
29 Nov 2010 10:51
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