Airtel's CEO calls on a National Policy on Communications

Rajan Swaroop, CEO and managing director of Airtel Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to issue a National Policy on Communications (NPC) that incorporates government's commitment and resolve towards the development of broadband in the country. 20 Oct 2011 10:12

Toshiba strengthens in Africa

Toshiba is reported to have gained market penetration in East and West Africa, proving that its investment in its channel partners is paying off. 4 Oct 2011 12:11

Tower sharing to be preferred model in Africa: F&S

Tower and infrastructure sharing among telecoms providers will become the preferred business model in Africa as companies come around to cost saving benefits and potential penetration increase, business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan says. 22 Sep 2011 14:41

AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive

[Walter Wafula] Bizcommunity.com has suspended the article 'AMI, Google starts project to keep African media alive' by Walter Wafula, published on Wednesday, 21 September 2011, pending an investigation in the correctness of the facts. We regret any confusion caused. 21 Sep 2011 12:00

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Bizcommunity launches new dedicated sectors, newsletters

Bizcommunity.com - South Africa's largest online B2B publisher - is set to grow even more with the introduction of 16 new content channels, with weekly newsletters, as from last week Tuesday, 20 September 2011. 20 Sep 2011 15:45

2011 DStv Eutelsat Star Awards announce winners

MultiChoice Africa and Eutelsat in collaboration with Mindset Learn saw the first edition of the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards draw to an end last week with Ugandan student, Mary Musimire coming out top in the Best Entry Award category. 19 Sep 2011 14:46

Web Liquid partners with Phillips Consulting

Web Liquid Nigeria, an international digital marketing and advertising consultancy with presence in New York and Lagos had partnered with Phillips Consulting Limited to offer the Nigerian market viable opportunity for professionals to catch up on digital marketing in Nigeria. 5 Sep 2011 11:33

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

Hughes, Bharti Airtel awarded for innovation

GERMANTOWN: Global broadband satellite solutions and services provider Hughes Network Systems and its customer, Bharti Airtel, were named winners of the Global Telecoms Business (GTB) Innovation Award for Satellite Voice and Data Innovation for their African Sotelma project. 28 Jun 2011 09:26

Carat Media hosts internal conference, launches blog

CAPE TOWN: Aegis Media's agency, Carat Media will be hosting an internal conference for its African representatives from 27-30 June 2011 in Durban. The Carat Media Training Conference, which will also be attended by digital agency Trigger/ Isobar, aims to provide a platform for representatives to share learnings, insights, trends and experiences that have taken place within their media and digital agencies. 27 Jun 2011 11:12

[Netprophet 2011] African ecommerce market has a long way to go

[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