F5.5G Leap-forward Development of Broadband in Africa The Africa Broadband Forum 2024 (BBAF 2024) was successfully held in Cape Town, South Africa recently, under…
Is it a car? Is it a bike? Nope, it’s Toyota’s i-Road
Come October, the city of Grenoble in the south-east of France will have 35 new, electric, brightly coloured, three-wheeled Toyota i-Roads on it streets….
Leaping hurdles: the rise and rise of Bitcoin in Africa
Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that promises nearly seamless, low-cost international transfers of funds, a lack of centralised control and anonymity, has been variously called a…
Few options, bad habits: legitimate video streaming in SA’s uphill battle
All habits are difficult to break, but the bad ones especially so. Once we get used to doing something, it’s hard to change our…
Privacy is worth protecting, even if you have nothing to hide
Two categories of applications have been getting a great deal of attention lately: those that allow users to make purportedly anonymous comments and share…
New ministers, new ministries, old problems: can the SA government sort out its tech issues?
The more things change, the more they stay the same — at least they do if you’re the South African government and, instead of…
Microsoft’s laplet: hubris, hype and hopeless enterprise-based optimism
On Tuesday Microsoft fooled pundits who’d been predicting the announcement of a smaller addition to its Surface range of tablet computers by announcing a…
Indiscreet and obsolete: why voicemail is headed for extinction
Late last year, I called my mobile operator and asked that my voicemail service be deleted. Why? I was tired of getting missed calls…
Here’s why the web’s new domains will change everything… and nothing
From next month you’re going to start seeing a whole range of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) popping up online. Alongside longstanding ones like…
A modern relic: why I won’t be buying Neil Young’s Pono player
At last month’s SXSW Neil Young took to the stage to announce a Kickstarter crowd-funding project for PonoMusic, a digital music player and accompanying…
Net neutrality: why there’s no space for fence-sitting on this one
Africa needs to tackle the issue of net neutrality head on sooner rather than later if its to achieve its developmental goals, provide equitable…
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