News

Inaugural showcase invites leaders in African ICT

02-20-2012 | 05:13:04
ITNewsAfrica will be hosting its inaugural Tech Demo Africa Showcase, aimed at showcasing cutting-edge technology from established companies, as well ...

Orange launches new service to make Facebook® accessible on every phone in Africa

02-19-2012 | 21:00:00
Orange is launching an innovative service making Facebook accessible on any phone across the Orange footprint in Africa. Orange is launching a new service ...

AfDB makes USD 1000m loan for better water and sanitation in Nigeria

02-16-2012 | 11:27:24
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan of USD 1000 million to improve water and sanitation in the city of Zaria in northern Nigeria ...

Integr8 stays on top of global managed service providers

02-16-2012 | 10:51:12
The Integr8 Group, South Africa’s largest privately owned ICT managed services provider, is the number one Managed Service Provider (MSP) in South Africa ...

Project management refinement – the solution to outfox competitors

02-16-2012 | 09:14:21
As businesses clamber for lead generation and turnover amid difficult market conditions, the benefit of well-entrenched project management in operations ...

Screening applicants key to addressing unemployment

02-16-2012 | 09:06:30
Managed Integrity Evaluation (Pty) Ltd. (MIE), ), an established credentials verification services provider in South Africa, says by employing hard-working, ...

Tullow Oil reiterates focus on local content development

02-15-2012 | 21:00:00
Jubilee Partner, Tullow Oil Ghana says local content build-up is at the heart of its oil and gas operations because of the commercial advantages.Communications ...

Egypt: World Bank Approves Additional Loan for Giza North Power Project

02-15-2012 | 11:30:11
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a loan in the amount of USD240 million to Egypt for additional financing of the Giza ...

HR management now in your hands

02-15-2012 | 09:39:16
Employee Self Service (ESS) and Manager Self Service (MSS) are effective tools used to help businesses handle the intricacies of Human Resource management. ...

Keeping the pillars of the modern global corporate in tact

02-15-2012 | 09:26:18
It takes drive, tenacity, commitment and focus to run any services company in today’s market. Most Chief Executive Officers would agree with the notion, ...

R17bn rail link between SA and Swaziland to increase coal capacity

02-14-2012 | 10:18:31
Transnet and Swazi Rail confirmed on Thursday that they planned to move ahead with a R16-billion to R17-billion greenfield railway project between ...

Sustainability – a no brainer in 2012

02-14-2012 | 10:08:31
Sustainability is fast-becoming a buzzword the world over not just in the home or classroom, but in businesses, big and small. It is becoming increasingly ...

AfDB-IFPRI Stakeholder Consultation Meeting on Agriculture Biotechnology in Africa

02-14-2012 | 09:51:34
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) will organize an important meeting to present ...

New World Bank Evaluation Shows Early Childhood Programs Help Children Thrive and Learn More in Rural Africa

02-14-2012 | 09:49:00
Children in rural Mozambique, who attended preschool programs run by the international humanitarian group, Save the Children, were 24 percent more likely ...

African business leaders optimistic

02-14-2012 | 06:13:42
Business leaders in Africa are optimistic of improved economic and business conditions for the first half of 2012, the Young Presidents’ Organisation’s ...

Syncrony’s success in large-scale content consolidation project

02-13-2012 | 09:00:40
In the business of website development, the consolidation of content, particularly from different sites, represents a challenge. For this reason management ...

FOXit’s ‘Out-of-the-box’ thinking to be showcased on global stage

02-13-2012 | 06:54:39
Radical, less traditional thinking around project management is being encouraged by experts in the Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). According ...

Finland eyes business openings in Ghana

02-13-2012 | 06:53:15
Finland is eyeing investment opportunities in strategic areas of Ghana’s economy to hasten the growth of the country’s economy. Telecoms, Exports, Mining ...

Ghana to host gas forum

02-13-2012 | 06:08:43
Government's strategic plan to utilize the gas from the oil-producing Jubilee Field to boost industrialization and also minimize the detrimental environmental ...

African mineral wealth: turning stones into bread…

02-13-2012 | 06:06:39
Which policy maker, in particular at the time when many developed countries are struggling with budgetary constraints and have little left for development ...