Archive for November, 2008
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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, Africa Forums
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2008, have launched forums to continue the conversation after the week. There is a dedicated section for African Entrepreneurs.
We wrote about the event several months ago, in June to be Exact. However the South African page for the event has not changed since i registered back then. A total of 7 Activities [...]
Mobile Industry News, Reading list
Some Mobile Industry news from Africa.
Telkom sells stake in Vodacom and will launch it’s own Mobile network?
“Telkom plans to become SA’s fifth cellular provider by the middle of next year, and is preparing to enter into talks with an existing mobile operator to roam on its network.
Speaking after presenting the company’s interim results for [...]
South African E-commerce award winners for 2008 announced
The 2008 South African Ecommerce awards, held yearly by Jump Shopping have just been announced. Having been part of the panel of judges that reviewed the sites, i can say that some of the areas that are lacking amongst South African e-commerce websites are User Experience and Design. Recommendation engines also seem to be seriously [...]
Afrigator Launches Adgator, A blog AD network for Africa
Afrigator, the African blog aggregator that was recently acquired by MIH has launched an Ad network for African blogs. I received an invite this morning, the mail say’s i could earn +- R 267 on one of my blogs.
How does it work?
Right now, you have to register and complete an application which needs to be [...]
Lower Income Customers Turning to the iPhone As an Internet Device
Cellular news reports
while 43 percent of iPhone owners earn in excess of $100,000 annually, the strongest growth in users is coming from those earning less than the median household income,
iPhone adoption since June 2008 rose 48 percent among those earning between $25,000 and $50,000 per year and by 46 percent among [...]
Maxum launches pre-incubation programme
I attended the ideaCamp session yesterday at the Innovation hub where Maxum have relaunched their Pre-incubation offer, the new dates are:
2 February 2009: Deadline for receipt of applications and powerpoint slides to be submitted to Maxum
9 February 2009: Successful applicants invited to prepare presentation for Business Beat Function
16 February 2009: Business Beat function at The [...]
