A comprehensive analysis of the most popular website for mobile users in Africa, with insights into the factors driving its dominance and the challenges and opportunities in the mobile web arena.
Google Bulking Up In Africa
Google’s not one of those corporations in which every person in a given room is likely to be the vice president of something or other. So since the company is hiring a handful of execs in African offices, this appears to be a sign of an impending expansion throughout the continent.
Africa, Iraq, Cuba Safer than US for Sites?
Google launched its Online Security Blog this week. Their first post took a look at compromised websites and malware around the world.
Google Eyes Portugal, Africa
In America, Google is pretty much omnipresent. Elsewhere in the world . . . well, it’s getting there. The search engine company has announced plans to enter Portugal in order to access the African market indirectly.
Africa Trails In Internet Usage
Internet access remains a rare thing in Africa, where high costs and limited availability drive the technology far out of reach for most of the population. In terms of world Internet usage, Africans represent only 2.3 percent of the total, although they make up 14.1 percent of the world’s population.
Clinton Takes Aim At Pediatric AIDS In Africa
Former US President Bill Clinton offered a light of hope to the impoverished and AIDS-stricken African kingdom of Lesotho by opening up a pediatric AIDS clinic at the Queen Elizabeth II hospital. Around 22,000 children are HIV positive in the tiny country with an HIV rate of around 30 percent.
COSATU Strike Underway in South Africa
South African workers are going on a one-day strike today as called by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) to demand the protection of textile and mining jobs.
IT Conference For South Africa
ITWeb in conjunction with Brainier Capital are hosting the IT Confidence 2005 Conference in Johannesburg late next month.
Africa Can be Built by Entrepreneurs
Eleven years ago when I told my friends that I was going to build a business, they doubled up with laughter. Once they had finished wiping their eyes, they gave me their reasons for the scepticism: Since I had no business skills and no money at all, I could as well count my plan as a fat chance.
Africa’s Equity Markets – The Final Frontier Of Global Capital
As diverse and contrasting is the continent of Africa, so too are Africa’s capital markets. With 53 countries, the African continent has over 20 active stock exchanges, including one of the only regional stock exchanges in the world, linking eight French-speaking countries in West Africa. With a market capitalisation of over US$ 180 billion in South Africa, Africa hosts one of the largest stock markets in he world. This is in stark contrast to the other African stock markets that have comparatively small market capitalisations.