BlackBerry App World, the application distribution service and application by Research In Motion (RIM), is now to be available to users in nine additional African nations. Customers in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and Lesotho can now access and use the range of mobile applications that BlackBerry Smartphones [...]
As principal investigator at the Harvard School of Public Health, Max Essex, was recently awarded $20 million to study HIV prevention in Botswana – a meagre reward for the man who played a pivotal role in creating the current conceptual model of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, compared to the billions distributed annually. Essex’s erroneous research spawned the theory [...]
A new report from leading Swedish technology and services provider Ericsson suggests that mobile data traffic will grow 10-fold between 2011 and 2016, mainly driven by video use. Whilst this is expected to profoundly affect technology use worldwide, Ericsson believe it has particular implications in Africa where the telecommunications industry is widely viewed as the [...]
Hopes are running high for Liberia’s second presidential elections since the end of its brutal civil war. The first round of polling appears to be credible. And with former warlord and current senator Prince Johnson’s endorsement, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa’s first female head of state, is likely to win the run-off in November in [...]
Rapid Growth Markets (RGMs) are expected to surpass advanced economies for growth by almost four fold this year, according to professional service firm Ernst & Young’s new quarterly Rapid Growth Markets Forecast (RGMF), released today. RGM’s are expected to grow jointly by 6.2% this year compared with 1.6% for the Eurozone. This new quarterly economic [...]
After several days of disruption for global Blackberry users, manufacturer research in motion (RIM) reported it was seeing ‘a significant improvement’ to their service provision. Blackberry Messenger, internet browsing and email capacity were either unavailable or running at a delayed speed. Users in Africa, Europe, the Middle East (EMEA zone) had been experiencing the worst [...]
The World Trade Center Africa initiative has agreed an historic trade deal with Italy, which will help unlock new market opportunities in the euro zone for African businesses. Julius Steyn, President of the WTC Africa Initiative, said that Africa was the least affected by the economic slowdown and as such offers a unique investment opportunity [...]
Convergence Africa, a conference uniting African entrepreneurs, investors and business leaders is to take place in Kenya’s capital Nairobi this December. The event will be patroned by a number of experts in their fields including Tony O. Elumelu MFR, former Group CEO of United Bank for Africa and Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin [...]
Viridis Africa is to gather investors and entrepreneurs from Africa and the rest of the world so that they together can explore commercial initiatives in green technologies. The conference, which will take place in Johannesburg On the 17th and 18th of October, it held to introduce specific projects and business initiatives in areas such as [...]
African Minerals Limited (AML) has announced its long awaited $1.5 billion equity sale to Chinese state-owned, Shandong Iron and Steel Group Company Ltd. (SISG). According to a company announcement today, SISG would invest the said amount in return for a 25% shareholding in AML’s flagship Tonkolili project and would also purchase iron ore under an [...]
