Dimension Data division Internet Solutions (IS) is at an advanced stage of planning for a project that could see it investing heavily in building metropolitan Wi-Fi networks to serve business campuses and city streets in dense urban areas. Craig Stewart, product manager for

More details, including pictures and pricing, of the first tablet computer to be developed in Congo-Brazzaville have emerged. When TechCentral first reported about the tablet in June, the company behind it, VMK, had only released images of the rear of the tablet, fearing

Independent cellphone tower operator Eaton Towers has secured US$150m in equity funding from Capital International Private Equity Funds (Cipef), a private equity investor that focuses on emerging markets. The funding will be used to acquire, build and

Computer services giant IBM has opened its first office in Luanda, Angola as part of a plan to expand into new markets in Africa. It recently opened offices in Senegal and Tanzania. IBM says it now has a direct presence is more than 20 African countries, including

Vodacom may be in talks about buying a controlling stake in Malawi’s incumbent telecommunications operator, Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM), according to a report by Bloomberg on Monday, citing a report in Malawi’s Daily Times

TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod sits down with technology entrepreneur and angel investor Stafford Masie to talk about “ambient aware ecosystems” — building “sensory awareness” into everything, creating application programming interfaces that developers can tap

Africa’s road to high-speed broadband is being achieved in leaps and bounds. Every week brings news of another piece of the jigsaw fitting into place. This week it’s the completion of the national fibre backbone in one of Africa’s larger markets. However, there’s still

Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson are back with a news- and analysis-packed edition of TalkCentral, TechCentral’s business technology podcast. In this week’s show, we give our first impressions of Windows 8 (yes, we’ve installed the developer preview) and talk

Japan’s Olympus has been releasing all manner of innovative compact cameras in recent months and the most recent, the SZ-30MR, is full of unusual features in an equally unusual body. It has two features particularly deserving of mention: its phenomenal zoom range

There is no shortage of entrepreneurial energy in SA, with many talented people with great business ideas jostling for attention. Yet very few of the country’s technology start-ups manage to grow into sustainable businesses. Against that backdrop, it is worth taking a closer