Jun 3, 2014
Willem van Biljon has joined takealot.com, South Africa’s fastest growing online retailer, as co-CEO and chief technology officer. A seasoned technology entrepreneur, Van Biljon co-founded Mosaic Software, the creators of the Postilion payment system, and was one of...
Jun 3, 2014
International Data Corporation (IDC) has announced the details of its inaugural East Africa CIO Summit, scheduled for 17 June at the InterContinental Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Focusing on the theme of Being a CIO in the New Business World of Tech+ Transformation, the...
Jun 2, 2014
MTN South Africa is to acquire a majority shareholding in Afrihost. The company has signed an agreement with Brendan Armstrong, Angus MacRobert, Peter Meintjes, Greg Payne, Frank Payne and Gian Visser, and their family trusts and investment company, subject to the...
Jun 2, 2014
Near-realtime translation of a Skype call has been demonstrated, and the facility will be available as a downloadable app before the end of this year. Gurdeep Pall, corporate vice-president of Skype and Lync at Microsoft, writes in his corporate blog how he...
Jun 2, 2014
Clifftop Colony Capital Partner, a Cape Town-based financial services firm focused on African venture capital and private equity investments, has completed the Series A funding round of R8-million for African social business company Wyzetalk. This brings the total...
Jun 2, 2014
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) tablet market bucked the global trend to record 77,3% year-on-year growth in shipments during the first quarter of 2014, according to the latest results from International Data Corporation (IDC). Shipments reached a total of 4-million...
