Nov 13, 2013
After more than 25 years at the company, Nashua MD David Coutinho has resigned to “pursue other interests”. Coutinho joined Nashua in the late 1980s as national sales manager under then-MD Jac Moolman. He later succeeded Chris Scoble as MD of the company. In a brief...
Nov 13, 2013
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – Bitcoin has generated a lot of international press over the last few months, but so far the system has not really gained traction in Africa. Pelle Braendgaard, co-founder of Kipochi, believes that Bitcoin is a truly...
Nov 13, 2013
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – Mobile money is a complex area, and players must engage the full eco-system of players in order to be successful. That’s the word from Wizzit’s Brian Richardson, who quips that “if mobile money was easy, everyone would be...
Nov 13, 2013
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – Ericsson is showcasing its new Radio Dot technology at AfricaCom this week, demonstrating a new way of extending the mobile network indoors. The device is a disk-shaped cellular radio that is small enough to fit into a...
Nov 13, 2013
Kathy Gibson at AfricaCom, Cape Town – South Africa is leading the region in terms of smartphone penetration, and a broader segment of the population is starting to access mobile data services. Shiletsi Makhofane, head of marketing and strategy at Ericsson South...
Nov 13, 2013
HP attained a major industry milestone yesterday when it shipped its 200-millionth HP LaserJet printer – an event made possible, it says, by nearly 30 years of continuous innovation in the printer category. “With the introduction of the first LaserJet in 1984, HP...
