It’s time for Tech4Africa. Now in its 5th year, Tech4Africa 2014 will serve up 85 speakers, including Cliff Central founder Gareth Cliff, at an event divided across 10 rooms. More than 250 talks were submitted for this year’s event. These attracted 14 000
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With the roll-out of 4G mobile Internet not even yet complete, it might seem early to consider starting work on the design of the next, fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks. The truth is that telecommunications systems are so
A new website operated by the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), launched a fortnight ago by trade and industry minister Rob Davies, is broken, the Democratic Alliance has said. DA MP and spokesman for trade and industry Geordin Hill-Lewis
Brett Haggard is joined by Michelle Atagana for a chat about African tech, start-ups, video streaming and more. They talk about Social Media Week in Johannesburg, Node vs Vidi vs other streaming media services, vending machines
Greed is still good. Wall Street has just witnessed its largest ever stock market launch as Chinese Internet giant Alibaba raised some US$25bn and watched its share price rise by 35% on its first day’s trading. It says
Vodacom has placed what it claims is South Africa’s first voice call over a 4G/LTE network. The call took place on Thursday. Chief technology officer Andries Delport says in a statement that this is the first step towards the commercial implementation of voice-over-LTE, or VoLTE, infrastructure
After various celebrities’ accounts on Apple’s iCloud servers were hacked, the company has made a point of addressing these issues. It has made new claims for the security of iOS 8, the firm’s latest phone operating system, and for its cloud services. Similarly, Google announced the
South African consumers will soon be able to quench their thirst and check their e-mail at the same time. Coca-Cola and BT Global Services have announced plans to offer free Wi-Fi Internet access in impoverished communities using Coke’s vending machines. BT – formerly British Telecom
Has Google finally decided to take total control of its Android destiny with the release of its Android One operating system? Aimed at “emerging markets”, such as India, Google will operate the smartphone device rather than handing over
A decision by MultiChoice no longer to allow DStv customers to suspend their DStv packages any time during the month is generating unhappiness among some of its clients. TechCentral has received a number of complaints from unhappy customers, who say the