The latest enterprise IT news from the tech hotspots of the African continent.
Lance Harris is a writer with more than 18 years of experience. Over the years, Lance has written about technology in business, the business of technology, and the African telecommunications industry for many of South Africa’s top business and IT publications.
Hilary is an itinerant print and radio journalist who originally hails from Southern California. In recent years her travels have taken her to Europe, Asia and Africa, where she has reported on everything from techie innovations to antique riverboats. She is currently based in Kampala, Uganda, where she's busy swatting mosquitoes and keeping an eye on the ways technology can impact society.
Companies from India and the UK are snapping up South African business process outsourcing (BPO) firms, as the country asserts itself as an offshore outsourcing destination.
Telkom in South Africa is piloting a 40mbps fixed-line broadband service in a country that lags global broadband speeds. It may be a case of too little, too late.
IBM's investment into a research lab in Kenya forms part of a wider strategy to capture a larger share of the US$20bn African IT market.