Technology

African telecommunication companies have hit the headlines hard this week as MTN Nigeria and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) are set to face Etisalat in a Federal High Court battle in Lagos. The battle commenced after Etisalat claimed that the NCC had allegedly given its competitor MTN Nigeria a...

Demo Africa has revealed a list of the thirty technology start-ups from across Africa that will pitch at the 2015 edition of the Demo Africa event. Nigeria is currently top of the list with 8 representatives followed by Kenya with 6. South Africa is third with 3 representatives while Ghana, Egypt, Cameroon and...

News of the AshleyMadison.com hack has reached a global audience. The data stolen in the hack includes the company’s databases of 37 million users, financial records, and other proprietary information. The site is essentially a dating website that helps married individuals cheat. Among the 37 million users using...

Mining is a challenging and forever evolving business, one tied to numerous internal and external forces. This could be said for many business sectors, but mining’s particular financial girth makes it stand out. It’s an industry that generates capital so large it can determine the health of country GDPs – in 2014,...

In the last two years, Africans and, indeed, global information communication technology (ICT) experts have been provided a platform at the annual Digital Africa Conference and Exhibitions(DACE), to highlight the avalanche of challenges inhibiting Africa’s efforts to embrace evolving technologies and proffer...

Bharti Airtel has revealed a new application challenge for startup developers. According to the company, the drive behind the challenge is to attract the ‘next big app developers’ into the Airtel group of companies. The challenge – a partnership between Bharti Airtel, Singaporean Telecommunications Company,...

Safaricom has taken another swing at rival, Airtel. In June 2015, Safaricom revealed that it felt resentment towards Airtel’s move to display the M-Pesa logo on its advertorial to market the Airtel Money Service. In July 2015, it looks as though both companies are now facing off once again. Safaricom has taken a...

            Mobile internet adoption in Africa is taking place at almost double the global rate, a trend that has sparked debate among development and tech enthusiasts as to whether this marks a radical shift in the way the internet of the future will be used and accessed. Has the...

In the wake of record numbers of rhinos slaughtered in 2014 by poachers in South Africa — an estimated 1200 — there is a glimmer of good news: a high-tech anti-poaching technique is stopping the bad guys in their tracks. The Air Shepherd Initiative uses military-style computer analytics to identify poaching hot...