Google, in its latest “Africa Developer Ecosystem Report 2021“, has revealed that Africa’s tech developer ecosystem is on the rise. This is according to the findings...
High speed Internet broadband services based on 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology will be in place by August, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, the Minister for Youth and...
Roll-out of content delivery networks (CDNs) by telecom operators has accelerated access to the internet for African users even though the vast majority of services are...
While Africa’s growth in mobile and internet access has been rising faster over the last decade than any other region of the world, the continent is...
Social media is rapidly ushering in a new era of opportunities globally; from cyberpreneurs, to a vast array of dollar spining bloggers, the opportunities it presents...
The African Union Commission (AUC) has helped launch an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Swaziland. In a press statement, the AUC says it has partnered with...
Carlo Lekea, a nattily dressed 22-year-old resident of Kinshasa, has just created the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) first mobile phone application. The app is a...
Nigeria’s federal government is planning to reduce the cost of internet enabled mobile phone so as to get more Nigerians connected to the internet. Omobola Johnson,...
The Internet’s contribution to Africa’s economy is 3.4 times lower than that of the developed world but its uptake of mobile is 3.4 times greater, according to...
Sim Shagaya, CEO of Konga, Nigeria’s leading e-commerce platform, has identified electronic commerce (e-commerce) as a very important driver of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Speaking...
The Zambian government plans to engage mobile phone operators and internet service providers on the development of safety features and tools appropriate for younger internet users....
The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) says it will “definitely” embark upon industrial action after efforts to get the telecommunications company – the Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment...
Student using Internet resources in Nairobi. PHOTO/Africa Business Source Enthusiatss and leaders of the Internet community in Africa have unveiled a comprehensive plan designed to dramatically...
The growth of data traffic and Internet and social media users has been the big story over the last two years. But more quietly behind the...
Barbados has joined the growing list of Caribbean countries actively pursuing implementation of a vital component in developing the local technology sector: a domestic Internet exchange...
East Africa undersea cables. MAP/The Guardian Most of East Africa lost access to the internet last week after a ship docked at an illegal spot, damaging...
Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment (LIME) which delivers Internet and mobile services in 14 Caribbean countries, will enter the video market initially in Jamaica and Barbados by...
“Landline, Internet, Mobile, Entertainment” (LIME), the Caribbean business of Cable and Wireless Communications, has begun a project to improve education across the Caribbean, creating a new...
Starfish Mobile was formed in 2002 in South Africa to provide mobile content aimed at mobile subscribers. Since then, the company has expended operational activities in...
