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Source: © 123rf In 2024, 258,000 apps for iOS and Android operating systems were downloaded per minute for all types of publishers, with in-app purchase revenue up 12.5% to $150bn

2024 in-app purchase revenue up to $150bn, but app downloads decrease

Source: © LinkedIn In 2025 AI will transform advertising, signalling a fundamental shift in how advertisers approach digital marketing

AI to transform advertising in fundamental shift in digital marketing in 2025

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Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

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Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

18 Nov 2015

BSDU – previous GIC winners

Application for #GIC2016 now open

14 Sep 2015

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

28 Jul 2015

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

24 Jul 2015

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

27 May 2015

MR LIGHTMAN via

Alcatel-Lucent and NITA successfully completes Eastern Corridor rural fibre optic backbone project

20 May 2015

The mobile revolution in Africa

The mobile revolution in Africa

17 Apr 2015

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

29 Mar 2015

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

26 Mar 2015

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

Social media is an important tool for terrorist organisation says Gabriel Weimann of Haifa University. Image:

Social media is a key for terror groups

15 May 2014

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

14 Apr 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

MTN's Pieter Verkade. Image: LinkjedIn

Data centres‚ cloud services key to MTN Business's growth plan

Thabiso Mochiko 17 Mar 2014

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Naseem Javed 6 Feb 2014

The numberof attacks on ships by pirates fell sharply last year. Image:

Piracy at lowest level for six years says bureau

17 Jan 2014

Ghanaian government urged to integrate ICTs into curriculum

Ghanaian government urged to integrate ICTs into curriculum

8 Jan 2014

Mobile internet key in Africa

Mobile internet key in Africa

Danette Breitenbach 29 Nov 2013

SA launches radio to broadcast foreign policy

SA launches radio to broadcast foreign policy

18 Oct 2013

EU to boost anti-piracy efforts in West Africa

EU to boost anti-piracy efforts in West Africa

30 Aug 2013

Thales keeps an eye on safety

Thales keeps an eye on safety

19 Aug 2013

MTN's earnings up 22% to 654c

MTN's earnings up 22% to 654c

14 Aug 2013

Leadership shifts at MTN

Leadership shifts at MTN

25 Jul 2013

Vodacom's quarterly revenue of R17,5bn

Vodacom's quarterly revenue of R17,5bn

18 Jul 2013

Datatec forecast remains unchanged

Datatec forecast remains unchanged

17 Jul 2013

Piracy remains "buoyant" off West Africa

Piracy remains "buoyant" off West Africa

16 Jul 2013

Vodacom Business wants to grow fast

Vodacom Business wants to grow fast

5 Jul 2013

E-commerce poised to support Africa's massive consumer boom

E-commerce poised to support Africa's massive consumer boom

Thabiso Mochiko 4 Jul 2013

African youths and ICT: opportunities abound

Jonathan Kalan 28 Jun 2013

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Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

Praekelt Foundation partners with Facebook to support social change

18 Nov 2015

BSDU – previous GIC winners

Application for #GIC2016 now open

14 Sep 2015

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

Facebook's Internet.org free basic services are bringing African people online

28 Jul 2015

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

Mobile survey informs Global Entrepreneurship Summit

24 Jul 2015

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

Egyptian tech firms expand footprint in Africa

27 May 2015

MR LIGHTMAN via

Alcatel-Lucent and NITA successfully completes Eastern Corridor rural fibre optic backbone project

20 May 2015

The mobile revolution in Africa

The mobile revolution in Africa

17 Apr 2015

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

Zipnet to boost the ICT Sector in Ghana

29 Mar 2015

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

SKA African partner countries meet in Pretoria

26 Mar 2015

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

[Mobile360] Enhance African mobile skills or miss the global digital citizenship wave

Leigh Andrews 12 Nov 2014

Ethiopia's Communications Minister Redwan Hussein maintains the detention of Zone9 members is legal and is not an attempt to silence the government's critics. Image:

Ethiopian lawyer trying to get bloggers freed

18 Jul 2014

Social media is an important tool for terrorist organisation says Gabriel Weimann of Haifa University. Image:

Social media is a key for terror groups

15 May 2014

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

Dimension Data opens office in Ghana

14 Apr 2014

Free broadcast text message could save lives in Africa each year. Floods in South Africa killed at least 32 people in March. Image: Vanessa O'Neale Crous

Text messages may save lives in flood-prone Africa

26 Mar 2014

MTN's Pieter Verkade. Image: LinkjedIn

Data centres‚ cloud services key to MTN Business's growth plan

Thabiso Mochiko 17 Mar 2014

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Rebellion in the Dotcom Kingdom

Naseem Javed 6 Feb 2014

The numberof attacks on ships by pirates fell sharply last year. Image:

Piracy at lowest level for six years says bureau

17 Jan 2014

Ghanaian government urged to integrate ICTs into curriculum

Ghanaian government urged to integrate ICTs into curriculum

8 Jan 2014

Mobile internet key in Africa

Mobile internet key in Africa

Danette Breitenbach 29 Nov 2013

SA launches radio to broadcast foreign policy

SA launches radio to broadcast foreign policy

18 Oct 2013

EU to boost anti-piracy efforts in West Africa

EU to boost anti-piracy efforts in West Africa

30 Aug 2013

Thales keeps an eye on safety

Thales keeps an eye on safety

19 Aug 2013

MTN's earnings up 22% to 654c

MTN's earnings up 22% to 654c

14 Aug 2013

Leadership shifts at MTN

Leadership shifts at MTN

25 Jul 2013

Vodacom's quarterly revenue of R17,5bn

Vodacom's quarterly revenue of R17,5bn

18 Jul 2013

Datatec forecast remains unchanged

Datatec forecast remains unchanged

17 Jul 2013

Piracy remains "buoyant" off West Africa

Piracy remains "buoyant" off West Africa

16 Jul 2013

Vodacom Business wants to grow fast

Vodacom Business wants to grow fast

5 Jul 2013

E-commerce poised to support Africa's massive consumer boom

E-commerce poised to support Africa's massive consumer boom

Thabiso Mochiko 4 Jul 2013

African youths and ICT: opportunities abound

Jonathan Kalan 28 Jun 2013

President Jacob Zuma (Image: GCIS)

Africa to fund rapid response forces

20 Jun 2013

197m people paying MTN for services

197m people paying MTN for services

29 May 2013

Africa must make better use of resources

Africa must make better use of resources

Mariam Isa 28 May 2013

Initiative to create digital jobs in Africa

Initiative to create digital jobs in Africa

14 May 2013

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Germany praises SA's role in Africa

30 Apr 2013

Cocoa plundered by Ivorian warlords

Cocoa plundered by Ivorian warlords

29 Apr 2013

MTN now has 195m subscribers

MTN now has 195m subscribers

26 Apr 2013

IMF forecasts "solid growth" for Africa

IMF forecasts "solid growth" for Africa

17 Apr 2013

MTN's head is now in 'the clouds'

MTN's head is now in 'the clouds'

Zeenat Moorad 11 Apr 2013

Africa's growth driven by SA

Africa's growth driven by SA

Schalk Mouton 20 Mar 2013