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…
Online gambling on the rise: one in 10 adults to take part by 2019
Online gambling is set to explode in the next five years, thanks largely to increasingly liberal legislation in the US and Europe. In fact,…
These South African kids rock Adobe, Microsoft Office like no one’s business
Did you know that there were global championships for the Adobe software suite and for Microsoft Office? And did you know that South African…
Code for Africa gets $4.7m boost from Bill and Melinda Gates foundation
Data journalism and civic technology organisation Code for Africa has received a US$4.7-million investment from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. According to a…
Wits launches challenge for better student apps
The University of the Witwatersrand has launched an app development challenge aimed at adding to its existing suite of student-focused apps. The Student App…
Opera acquires Latin American app discovery service Bemobi
Scandinavian software giant Opera has acquired Bemobi, a Latin-American app discovery service. According to a press release sent to Memeburn, Bemobi operates on a…
Nutrition, barcode-scanning app rates packaged food for South Africans
In partnership with George Institute for Global Health and Discovery Vitality, nutrition app called HealthyFood Switch has just launched in South Africa. The mobile…
Mango warns against fraudulent Facebook recruiters
South African low-cost airline Mango has issued a notice warning the general public against fraudulent recruitment posts on Facebook. “According to the company, the…
New app aims to help SA kids decide on a career
Choosing a career path is far from easy, especially when you’re still a teenager who barely knows what they want to do over the…
Mobile malware grows nearly three-fold in Q2 2015
So you’ve got your PC locked down so tight you even battle to get in sometimes, but how much care are you taking when…
Project Isizwe brings its free Wi-Fi offering to Gugulethu, Khayelitsha taxi ranks
Project Isizwe has announced that it is rolling out its free Wi-Fi offering at taxi ranks in Gugulethu and Khayalitsha. The initiative, run in…
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