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…
Imogen Heap pioneers a crowd-sourced musical future
Groundbreaking singer-songwriter Imogen Heap has just released the first single off her forthcoming album. But it’s like nothing she’s ever done before. In fact,…
Nollywood comes to YouTube
In a major boost for the African film industry, YouTube has created a Nollywood-specific channel on YouTube. The channel boasts over 400 Nollywood movies…
South Africa’s Presidency calls for a social media dialogue on nation building
The South African government is reaching out via social media to the nation in an attempt to “stimulate a constructive Nation Building debate on…
The Bees: Global social media awards were postponed, now back on again
It’s been a topsy-turvy week for The Bees, the international social media awards which debuted in 2010. On the 24th of March, an email…
Color, a new social networking app that does away with privacy
It was only a matter of time before a network was created for people who have no privacy issues and believe that all information…
Rebecca Black is laughing all the way to the bank
Rebecca Black, the 13-year old singer who has been widely panned for singing “the worst song ever”, is laughing all the way to the…
Anonymous sends a message to ‘the South African people’
Anonymous, the shadowy online ‘hacktivist’ group that is rapidly gaining worldwide fame uploaded a video to YouTube on the 18th of March entitled “Message…
SXSW breakthrough of 2011? Group messaging services
Every year sees one or two companies come away from the annual South By Southwest tech-fest in Austin, Texas knowing that they are on…
Hacker group Anonymous declares war on ‘global banking cartel’
The faceless, decentralised on-line community known as “Anonymous” posted a video on YouTube on Monday declaring war against the international banking system in a…
Nanotechnology expert lays out a vision of the future
A small but rapt audience in Cape Town had the opportunity to listen to one of the world’s foremost experts in nanotechnology last week….
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