A Season Full of Action Spring in South Africa means a packed sports calendar. From the Rugby Championships to PSL soccer and cricket on…
Mocali-gate: Where is the broken link in Google?
The recent Mocality debacle has brought to light a few concerning issues surrounding Google’s business practices in Africa and the supposed ethical transparency by…
Necessity is the mother of invention: Why utility beats ‘cool’ in Africa
It is said that necessity is the mother of invention and indeed that could perfectly describe Africa where it comes to innovation, particularly on…
Undersea cables set to launch African bandwidth explosion
Many years ago, I worked for UUNET Internet Africa in South Africa. I remember sitting in the Operations room and looking at an international…
Africa’s mobile operators need to be more disruptive
Generally speaking, in the 90s, Africa’s mobile network operators (MNOs) were highly disruptive. In this last decade however, they have continued to decrease in…