MTN launches reverse call service

MTN customers who have run out of airtime can now stay connected by means of a reversed charged call. This service, called MTN Pay4Me, lets customers who have insufficient airtime to reverse call the receiver who will be liable for the cost of the call.

IBM, Airtel, Echo Mobile partner on Ebola

Airtel, IBM Research Africa and Kenya’s Echo Mobile have joined forces to launch several initiatives to help curb the spread of Ebola in West Africa. The initiatives include a citizen engagement and analytics system in Sierra Leone that enables communities...

Start-up addresses youth unemployment

A South African start-up hopes to address South Africa’s youth unemployment. South Africa has the third highest unemployment rate in the world for people between the ages of 15 to 24, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risk 2014 report. The report...

FoneWorx moves to the main board

The JSE has formally approved the transfer of FoneWorx’s listing from the Alternative Exchange (AltX) to the Technology Hardware and Equipment sector of the Main Board of the JSE, with effect from the commencement of trade on Monday, 3 November 2014. In addition, the...

African voices on poetry Web site

The voices of Africa and the African diaspora can now be easily accessed via smart- and feature phones on a new Web site. The Badilisha Poetry X-Change now features 350 poets from 22 countries. Each week two new poets are added to the collection.

Self-driving cars close to reality

Self-driving cars close to reality

A Gartner research report has found that self-driving and autonomous vehicles are much closer to reality than most people and businesses realise.