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The tangled web we weave

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:22:00 +0200

By most accounts, 2007 marked a worldwide decline in information freedoms — and Egypt was no exception. Do two recent court decisions upholding freedom of expression signal change is in the air? Or will they be remembered as little more than ghostly blips a year from now? Read full story... | Send to a friend

IBM builds state-of-the-art data centre for Telecom Egypt

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:52:00 +0200

IBM and Telecom Egypt have announced the construction of an innovative, state-of-the-art data centre for Telecom Egypt that includes the world's most sophisticated energy-efficient "green" technologies. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Reshuffles in the Algerian Public ICT

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:33:00 +0200

Algeria's minister of ICT, Boujemaa Haichour has appointed Mouloud Djaziri as Algerie Telecom's (AT) new director general. This comes one week after he accepted the retirement of the director general of Mobilis Hachemi Belhamidi and the appointment of Belhamidi's replacement, Lounis Belharat. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zim advertising awards go ahead despite lack of new campaigns

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:04:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's Advertising Publicity Club is organising its annual competition for the advertising industry, despite a dearth of new campaigns due to an economic crisis that has stunted growth and limited new advertising campaigns in a once vibrant sector. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Telecom Egypt to receive an overhaul

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:02:00 +0200

Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded the contract for the assessment, reengineering, and modernisation of Telecom Egypt operations and maintenance processes, in order to improve Egypt's sole fixed line operator's customer satisfaction and its commitment on SLAs. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Microsoft to partner with Algeria

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:36:00 +0200

The CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer has affirmed the company's commitment to a partnership with Algeria. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Global banking software company lands multimillion dollar deal

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:38:00 +0200

Temenos AG of Switzerland has signed a US$4.62 million (KSh 323.4 million) agreement with Commercial Bank of Africa Limited (CBA) for the installation of a new core banking system. CBA has been using the iFlex product, Microbanker as its core banking system since 1995. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Internet displaces radio as fourth biggest ad medium

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:04:00 +0200

In the US, Internet ad revenues are set to pass radio's for the first time, according to eMarketer, a firm that tracks and analyzes spending trends across various media. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Nigeria launches DVB-H mobile TV

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:55:00 +0200

Nigeria has beaten South Africa in the roll-out of the DVB-H mobile TV... Details Nigeria, MultiChoice Africa's local business partner in Nigeria, has launched Africa's first commercial mobile broadcast TV service in the city of Abuja. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Zapped! Lightning strike sparks iPod safety debate

Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:51:00 +0200

A Canadian jogger happened to be carrying an iPod at the wrong place at the wrong time. Read full story... | Send to a friend