Africa still lags in welfare of the aged

Sep 9, 2015

HelpAge International has launched the Global AgeWatch Index 2015, ranking 96 countries according to the social and economic wellbeing of older people. The Index represents 91%  of people aged 60 and over, some 901-million people, measuring the wellbeing of older...

Roll out the fibre …

Sep 8, 2015

This year (2015) is the year of light – and light is a critical element for modern communications, with fibre networks set to take off.

Don’t forget the facilities management

Sep 8, 2015

Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2015 – There is a massive need for new networking and data centre capacities – and facilities management is crucial to enabling this. Cornelius van der Merwe, chief operating officer: telecommunications at Bidvest...

Mobile penetration drives payment solutions

Sep 8, 2015

Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2015 – Global mobile penetration far exceeds the world’s population, which is an indication that it is enjoying rapid adoption. Mobile Internet access is also growing rapidly, as is the use of social media services, says...

SA retailers open tills on ICT spend

Sep 8, 2015

Total ICT spend in the South African retail sector was $484,1-million last year and is estimated to reach $572,6-million in 2019 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3,4%. This is according to new analysis of the sector from Frost & Sullivan which says that,...

Smile raises $365m for African expansion

Sep 8, 2015

Smile Telecoms Holdings, which owns and operates mobile wireless 4G LTE broadband networks in the 800MHz band in Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda, has raised $365-million of debt and equity financing. The company will use the funding to expand its existing 4G LTE mobile...