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The latest enterprise IT news from the tech hotspots of the African continent.

Hilary Heuler

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.

Adam Oxford

Adam Oxford is the editor-in-chief of Hypertext Media, a South Africa publishing house that specialises in technology issues from across the continent and produces daily news at htxt.co.za daily. Based in Johannesburg but originally from the UK, he's written for most of the major technology publishers over the last 17 years, covering everything from PC gaming to photography to Linux to open data and emerging tech markets. He anyone who can wield a soldering iron without burning themselves and thinks the reinvention of dangerous downtown Joburg as an up-and-coming tech cluster is the coolest thing ever.

Latest Posts

Azure, Office 365, Dynamics 365: Microsoft's cloud just grew its reach with new regions

Taking its cloud region count to 40, Microsoft will be offering its services from datacenters in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.

May 19, 2017 by Adam Oxford in Cloud

IBM's Watson and Bluemix step up: Free cloud-based push to boost tech skills

Using its Watson AI platform and Bluemix cloud, IBM is aiming to develop the tech skills of millions of young Africans for free.

February 9, 2017 by Adam Oxford in AI & Robotics

Mastercard's latest mobile effort: Helping farmers sell direct, no shady middlemen

Instead of having to go through sometimes unscrupulous middlemen, East African farmers can now sell direct using Mastercard's 2KUZE mobile marketplace.

January 18, 2017 by Adam Oxford in Mobility

How could Amazon deliver without an address? This startup may have the answer

South African courier WumDrop is tackling poor address data by delivering parcels to your phone location.

January 17, 2017 by Adam Oxford in E-Commerce

IBM to use AI to tame big data in its second African research lab

The South African facility will focus primarily on how data analytics and cognitive computing can be applied to healthcare, urban development and smart cities.

September 2, 2016 by Adam Oxford in Big Data

Dell's new supercomputer is the fastest in Africa

With more speed and capacity for academic and private-sector research, the new Dell-built Lengau system offers one petaflop of power.

June 7, 2016 by Toby Wolpe in Data Centers

Orange ties up Google deal, launches $40 Android smartphone with free data

With its eyes firmly on Africa and the Middle East, Orange has sealed a services deal with Google and unveiled its new Rise 31 Special Edition $40 Android Marshmallow handset.

February 23, 2016 by Adam Oxford in Mobility

Why Facebook, Google, WhatsApp are squaring off against MTN, Vodacom in South Africa

Because of the threat to voice and SMS revenues, South Africa's two largest operators have convinced the country's parliament to consider taxing services such as WhatsApp and Facebook more heavily.

January 28, 2016 by Adam Oxford in Mobility

Africa mobile comms giant MTN's $5.2bn Nigerian fine: Now the CEO resigns

A massive fine imposed on MTN Group by Nigerian regulators for alleged compliance failings has cost the firm's CEO Sifiso Dabengwa his job.

November 9, 2015 by Adam Oxford in Mobility

South Africa's LTE mobile services may just have hit yet another delay

The prospect of more spectrum for LTE mobile services in South Africa has receded again, after new wrangles about the country's switch to digital television.

October 20, 2015 by Adam Oxford in Mobility

Zuckerberg says Facebook will deliver 'internet from space' to Africa

When Spacecom's AMOS-6 satellite arrives in geostationary orbit in 2016, its entire broadband capacity will have been booked by Facebook.

October 6, 2015 by Adam Oxford in Networking

What BRCK did next: Super-tough Android tablets for African schools

A Kenyan project is hoping to bring internet connectivity and online learning materials to schools in even the most challenging environments.

September 23, 2015 by Adam Oxford in Hardware

South Africa gets first look at cybercrime bill that comes with 25-year jail terms

A draft bill has explicitly made phishing and ID theft crimes for the first time, but some fear the legislation could harm free speech.

September 14, 2015 by Adam Oxford in Security

Google expands Android One to six countries in Africa with $90 Hot 2

Ahead of Google's major reset of Android One, the company has launched its first device in the category in Africa.

August 19, 2015 by Liam Tung in Mobility

Growing pains: Why Africa's mobile money revolution isn't all it's cracked up to be

When Kenya's mobile money infrastructure took off, many assumed that other countries across Africa would replicate the same model. The reality, however, has been very different.

July 24, 2015 by Hilary Heuler in Mobility