Celebrating Nelson Mandela, a film installation is taking over the electronic billboards in New York’s Times Square. The short presentation was commissioned by the Tribeca Film Institute, the arts organization co-founded by Oscar-winning star Robert De Niro. Inspiring quotes will be played across many of Times Square’s screens this month to celebrate the anti-apartheid innovator’s 95th...
Social networking site Facebook has seen its South African user-base drop by nearly one million in the past six months, according to a report on Monday. Statistics from social media monitoring company SocialBakers showed that 967 220 users have not logged on to the site in the past six months, reported The Star. This was a decline of 17.7%. The numbers also indicated...
First crucial stage successfully reached for the Botswana Speaks Parliamentary Initiative with the development of the Alpha version of the online platform and its presentation to the Members of Parliament in Gaborone. Botswana, like many African countries, has a strong history of traditional tribal leadership and administration. Botswana Speaks launched in October...
The 2013 International Conference on Information Technology for Africa to be held in Zimbabwe from February 20 to 23 will look at ways to transfer, diffuse and adopt ICTs within the African context, a Cabinet Minister has said. Minister of Information Communication Technology Nelson Chamisa said in an interview today that preparations for the conference were at an...
In a move to engage customers in a more obtainable means, Telkom today revealed its existence on 3 prominent social media sites: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Recently social media has actually come to be a reliable and effective communication car with thousands of people around the world accepting this brand-new form of communication. Social media will provide Telkom with a platform that enables consumers an easier and less complicated access to the Company by enabling them to get to Telkom on channels which they may favor. The clearness...
What were the most popular topics looked for by Internet users’ fingertips this past year? Google has actually raised the drape on a few of them, in an appearance back at the leading search trends of the year. The search engine’s Google Zeitgeist 2012 internet site is now open, inviting curious minds to check out the 142 trillion occasions, images, trends,...
Today November 6th, South Africa has presented brand-new notes bearing the image of 94 year aged anti-apartheid forerunner and the country’s initial black chief of state, Nelson Mandela. The new 10, 20, 50, ONE HUNDRED as well as 200 rand banknotes include Mandela’s picture on one side and the other side keeps the Large Five animals already on the expenses. Mandela...
This unique event will showcase the evolution of mobile lifeline services and applications in Africa, enabling you to define your opportunities from the intersection of mobile money, mobile health and mobile agriculture. Select strategic partners from our definitive exhibition of innovative apps and services, devices, platforms and mWallets – powering your strategy to create new revenues, efficiencies and loyalty. Run by a team of mobile money, mobile health and mobile agriculture experts, Connected Africa Forum brings together senior...
MTN SA used the UBS SA Telecommunications Infrastructure Day to reaffirm the significance of investing on futureproof telecommunications infrastructure that allows seamless incorporated communications The UBS SA Telecommunications Infrastructure Day event targeted to define the telecommunications landscape in South Africa at the moment, highlighting a few of the key...
THE Federal Government amnesty programme for ex-Niger Delta militants is yielding dividends as five trained code welders have been offered job in South Africa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondent in South Africa reports that Watchman James, Emmanuel Keme, Ezekiel Barile, Oghenekaro Ejukonemi and Stephen Ayebo were offered immediate employment...
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