Huawei has announced its newest flagship smartphone in Paris, France. Like its predecessor, the Ascend P6, which has sold more than 4m units, the new Ascend P7 is just 6,5mm thick, making it 1,1mm thinner than Apple’s iPhone 5s. And it boasts a 5-inch full-HD display with a pixel density of 445ppi – a figure the fast-growing Chinese company
Any person can lay a charge against someone caught taking a “selfie” of their ballot at a voting station, Electoral Commission of South Africa chief electoral officer Mosotho Moepya said on Wednesday. “Anyone that is aware of prohibited conduct can lay a charge,” Moepya said at the IEC results centre in Pretoria. “They must be
A new start-up, Johannesburg-based Rocmypeer, wants to help consumers advance cash online to each other through a smart “peer to peer” platform that allows people to advance and recoup money from their peers directly. CEO and founder Grant Mashale, a former television producer, says the system also allows small businesses
International advertising holding company WPP has acquired a controlling interest in fast-growing marketing agency Quirk, the two companies announced on Tuesday. The deal, which is still subject to regulatory approvals, comes just months after WPP acquired a majority stake in Cerebra, which specialises in communications
Nigeria plans to double investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector from US$25bn to $50bn in the next few years, according to the West African nation’s communication technology minister, Omobola Johnson. Johnson said that her ministry and the Nigerian Communications Commission
South Africans must not take “selfies” in the ballot booth or of their ballot papers during Wednesday’s elections, the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has said. “It is an offence to take and/or publish photographs which reveal a person’s vote on a ballot paper. Upon conviction, offenders will be liable to a fine or a term
A court battle could be on the cards after a deal between CZ Electronics and Seemahale Telecoms to design and develop South African-manufactured smartphones and tablets collapsed last week. CZ Electronics, which owns a hi-tech manufacturing facility on Johannesburg’s East Rand, announced on Friday that a company
Is the traditional desktop living on borrowed time? It is, if South African company Cloudware gets its way. The Johannesburg-based company has developed the CloudGate Desktop hardware device, a low-cost box that runs Android, consumes only 10W of power and fits in the palm of the hand Cloudware’s head of product, Jonathan
Cameroon has offered mobile operator Viettel a year’s monopoly on the operation of the country’s first 3G network. But Viettel is no ordinary operator. It’s owned by the Vietnamese government and operated by its ministry of defence. Readers will recall I wrote about the wholesale network and landing station monopoly enjoyed
Those interested in researching South African-listed equities can now access the share trading information and other data of Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE)-listed companies through Google’s popular Finance portal. “The JSE and Google Finance have teamed up,” the bourse said in a statement. “Now you can access JSE equity price
