Business Issues

Sparked by the jaw-dropping success of Apple's iTunes store, an array of enterprise software vendors are getting into the "app store" act.  read more »

Africa's leading mobile-phone companies -- MTN and Safaricom -- have teamed up with phone manufacturer Nokia and Digital Mobile TV (DMTV) to provide television content through mobile phones.  read more »

Undeterred by the effects of the global financial crisis, SMBs (small and medium businesses) are bullish in implementing strategic IT strategies to bolster operations efficiency, a new study by IT solutions and consulting firm IBM revealed recently.  read more »

Africell's agreement with Millicom International Cellular to acquire Millicom's GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) operations in Sierra Leone, branded as Tigo, will make it the biggest telecommunications company in the country.  read more »

Yahoo's high-profile and widely used search APIs (application programming interfaces) and search programs for external developers are up in the air after the company's decision to outsource its search engine services to Microsoft.  read more »

Renewed efforts to sell Nigeria Telecommunications (Nitel) have sparked interest from international operators almost two months after the government cancelled the sale of the company to Transnational Corporation (Transcorp).  read more »

The road leading to the search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo, finally announced Wednesday, has been long. The possibility that Yahoo might be open to a deal involving its search ad business emerged while Microsoft was in the midst of trying to acquire the company last year.  read more »

Investment in the Zambia Telecommunication Company (Zamtel) by international telecom operators is hanging on the knife edge as the company's asset value continues depreciating and it continues to record significant loses due to operational problems.  read more »

Despite complaints from many users, Oracle is showing no signs it will reverse course on plans to shut down the venerable MetaLink support portal, long used by thousands of IT professionals around the world.  read more »

An investment by the Essar Group into the telecommunications portfolio of the Dhabi Group's African assets is the subject of what the two entities are calling exclusive discussions.  read more »