Mobility 2006: Peter Searll, Are mobile South Africans techno-literate?
Southern Africa is populated with people often with total illiteracy-can we expect this population of techno – don’t know how to effectively use the mobile technologies at their disposal? What form of digital divide in mobile is crippling South Africa-is it complete lack of mobile knowledge or inability to effectively use such technologies? The answer […]
Mobility 2006: Paris Mashile, Complexities of regulating costs for telecommunications in South Africa
The chairperson of ICASA, Mr. Paris Mashile, addressed the opening session of the Mobility 2006 conference. Despite being accused a “loser” for delaying the introduction of mobile number portability by the current edition of Financial Mail today. His address was largely to justify state-heavy regulation within the mobile industry in favour of protecting the consumers. […]
Digital Citizens Indaba on Blogging
I’ve been in Port Elizabeth for the last few days and supposedly on holiday. Yesterday I did a quick interview about Mxit on BayFM, and tomorrow I’m going back to do a short sales workshop with their sales staff. The big news is that on Thursday and Friday this week, I will be participating in […]
Have a Heart with John Vlismas & Riaad Moosa
Damn! I booked for this event on Monday, 2 October…and now I realised I have a trip, I’m going to be in Cape Town on this date. From the makers of the original Laugh Out Loud stage show comes a new reason to live…HAVE A HEART. Join comedians John Vlismas, Riaad Moosa and their friends […]
iWeek 2006 Summary: Lets Start The Internet Revolution
This whole week, I have been blogging the conference, indeed gaining enormous experience as a researcher and Internet Marketer. Speakers from Germany, Namibia, Belgium, Singapore, China, South Africa and other parts of the world delivered groundbreaking research presentations. The Internet in South Africa is growing at a slow pace, but progress has been made over […]