Blue Label connects rural community

Dec 11, 2014

Blue Label Telecoms subsidiary South African Distribution has installed satellite dishes for two disadvantaged farming communities in the Northern Cape, so that families living in these remote areas can purchase prepaid electricity without having to travel long...

Keeping up with connected customers

Nov 19, 2014

At this late stage in our technological evolution we are facing yet another digital divide – this time between consumers and the companies that supposedly serve their interests. And it’s time the latter caught up, says Suren Govender, MD: Analytics at Accenture...

Visions, realities for African connectivity

Nov 12, 2014

Kathy Gibson reports from AfricaCom in Cape Town – In the networked society, 50-billion devices will be connected by 2020.Frederik Jejdling, president: Ericsson sub-Saharan Africa, points to a massive opportunity for Africa. In fact, the rate of change in ICT...
Connectivity drives competitiveness

Connectivity drives competitiveness

Sep 16, 2014

Kenya leads the pack in terms of growth momentum, according to the new Global Connectivity Index launched by Huawei Enterprise. Kathy Gibson reports from the Huawei Cloud Congress in Shanghai.

The importance of people in connectivity

Sep 2, 2014

Kathy Gibson reports from SATNAC 2014 – While technology is important in enabling transformation, it is useless unless we bring people along with it – and South Africa has an obligation to nurture its talent. This is the word from Saki Missaikos, MD of Internet...