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Edexcel and IIHT forge strategic alliance

Bangalore, September 8, 2010: Edexcel, a Pearson company – the United Kingdom’s

largest awarding body offering academic and vocational qualifications, and Indian Institute

of Hardware and Technology (IIHT), Asia’s leading technology training organisation in IMS,

today announced a strategic partnership that would pave way to revolutionize hardware

training globally. The partnership… Continue

Added by Sandeep on September 8, 2010 at 11:51am — No Comments

IIHT team in lagos. High end IT Training - Franchise opportunity from IIHT Ltd

Our vice president Mr. Murali Mohan is in Lagos, Nigeria and would like to meet you to discuss on the partnership.

He is available on the following numbers:

Eko Hotel, Victoria Islands

Lagos,

Tele: +234 1 2624600 up to 2624619

Mobile: 08161168013

IIHT is India’s prominent IT education and Infrastructure Management Services Training and Consulting Organization. Its dynamic workforce… Continue

Added by Sandeep on September 2, 2010 at 8:57am — No Comments

MTN Zakhele offer goes live

The MTN Zakhele offer opens to the public today, and prospective Black investors are urged to visit their local Post Office and MTN outlets around the country for details and to collect copies of the prospectus.

The public offer was launched this morning at the MTN Service Centre in Protea Gardens Mall in Soweto, Johannesburg.

MTN Zakhele shares are being offered at R20 a share. To qualify, investors (Black individuals and groups or Black-owned businesses) are required to… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on August 31, 2010 at 6:38pm — No Comments

MTN registers over 1,8 million petitions in support of 1GOAL: Education for All campaign

MTN has registered over 1,8 million SMS petitions for 1GOAL: Education for All campaign after its subscribers across its footprint in Africa and the Middle East heeded a call to support this FIFA-endorsed campaign to accelerate universal access to education.

1GOAL is a 2010 FIFA World Cup™ legacy initiative where MTN and other partners, including world leaders, international football stars and education champions, mobilize the public to petition governments to meet their United… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on August 27, 2010 at 3:36pm — No Comments

Hi there, Please click here for a downloadble PDF document containing a list of our vacancies for IT jobs in the Banking and Finance sectors in South Africa. Please note that these jobs are for…

Hi there,

Please click here for a downloadble PDF document containing a list of our vacancies for IT jobs in the Banking and Finance sectors in South Africa.

Please note that these jobs are for South African residents and those able to work in South Africa without sponsorship only.

Who we are… Continue

Added by Carlo Baptista on August 20, 2010 at 10:47am — No Comments

Nairobi to host first East Africa ICT Summit

East Africa’s rapidly expanding ICT sector will receive a further boost next month when computing and communications professionals from throughout the region convene in Nairobi for the first AITEC East Africa ICT Summit. Held under the auspices of the Ministry of Information & Communications, the Summit will gather ICT suppliers, service providers, innovators, managers and policy-makers to share knowledge and network in a two-day conference and expo over 7-8 September.

Sean… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on August 18, 2010 at 6:57pm — No Comments

MTN scores again for millions of football fans in Africa

Hot on the heels of the successful 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in which it was the first and only African global sponsor, MTN has scored again for African football fans with a three-year broadcast sponsorship of the English Premier League (English Premiership) in Africa.

MTN Group’s Chief Marketing Officer, Ms Santie Botha, today announced a three-season deal, the value of which has not been disclosed, from 2010/11 to 2012/13, in which MTN will be the sponsor of SuperSport’s English… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on August 18, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

The Importance of Internet Security

The Importance of Internet Security

In the computer industry, Internet security refers to techniques for ensuring that data stored in a computer cannot be read or compromised by any individuals without authorization. Most security measures involve data encryption and passwords. Data encryption is the translation of data into a form that is unintelligible without a deciphering mechanism. A password is a secret word or phrase that gives a user access to a particular program or… Continue

Added by Nirav Pandya on August 17, 2010 at 6:31am — No Comments

Launch of Eaton Telecom in Tanzania

Tanzania’s first independent tower company has opened for business in Dar Es Salaam with a new headquarters led by mobile veteran David Hunter. Eaton Tanzania will build and manage towers to support mobile operators in a market set to double subscribers to 33 million in the next four years.

David Hunter, Country Manager Eaton Towers Tanzania: "“This is a very exciting time for the mobile industry in Tanzania, which is set for rapid growth. We are open for business now and ready with… Continue

Added by Bas Vlugt on August 6, 2010 at 2:35pm — No Comments

MTN Group, Intel collaborate to accelerate broadband adoption in Africa and Middle East

Intel Corporation and MTN Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which will see the companies collaborate to accelerate the deployment and penetration of broadband access in Africa and the Middle East.

The collaboration covers a wide spectrum of initiatives, including areas such as broadband access through WiMax deployment, affordable PC bundles for the ordinary African consumer and entrepreneurs as well as cost-effective internet browsing devices.

Other… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on July 30, 2010 at 4:34pm — No Comments

Five Years of Fresh Ideas: eLearning Africa 2010

Celebrating the 5th anniversary of eLearning Africa, this year’s conference saw a record number of 1778 participants - more than twice as many as at the inaugural conference in 2006. Delegates from all over the world came to Lusaka, Zambia, to attend workshops, sessions and best practice demonstrations which provided fresh stimuli and new ideas. Find out more about the facts and figures and who was involved -… Continue

Added by Christian Auchter on July 14, 2010 at 3:32pm — No Comments

Orascom announces the sale of LINKdotNET and Link Egypt to Mobinil

Orascom Telecom Holding announces that it has concluded the sale of its internet services arm LINKdotNET and Link Egypt to the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services.

InTouch Communications S.A.E, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OTH has signed today a share sale and purchase agreement with Mobinil for the sale of LINK. The sale excludes the non-ISP part of Link Egypt’s business and affects

LINKdotNET’s Egyptian operations only. The other non-connectivity business, LINK Development,… Continue

Added by Bas Vlugt on July 6, 2010 at 12:49pm — No Comments

Franchising – An Itinerary To Entrepreneurship

The million dollar question today is not about who an entrepreneur is but about what makes an entrepreneur entrepreneurial. People are looking at new ways to experience entrepreneurship. In their quest, they have found out franchising as one of the key answers. Let me take you through how franchising is an opportunity for budding entrepreneurs.

Franchise model as an entrepreneurial route is very interesting because of certain key factors like flexibility of involvement, unrestricted… Continue

Added by Sandeep on July 2, 2010 at 11:56am — No Comments

World Bank Provides Additional US$44.7 Million for eGhana Project

The World Bank Board today approved financing in the amount of US$44.7 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to the Government of Ghana as additional funding for the ongoing eGhana Project. The original eGhana Project of US$40 million was approved in 2006 to support the Ghana Information Communication Technology (ICT) for Accelerated Development Program.

The overall objective of the eGhana Project is to assist the Government of Ghana to generate growth and… Continue

Added by Linda Larbie on June 25, 2010 at 2:55pm — No Comments

World Bank Provides Additional US$44.7 Million for eGhana Project

Added by Linda Larbie on June 25, 2010 at 2:55pm — No Comments

High end IT Training - Franchise opportunity from IIHT Ltd leader in IT training with over 350 franchisees world wide and centers in Abidjan, Accra, Douala, Kenya, Nigeria

We at IIHT would like to introduce ourselves as India’s largest IT education organization…

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Added by Sandeep on June 23, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

COME STUDY WITH US IN FLORIDA

Global Student Exchange Inc. is a non-profit organization seeking to place students 14-18 yrs old in a private college preparatory high school for academic excellence in beautiful FLORIDA. Contact me soonest and help us build relationships one student at a time.

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Added by Thomas Gussie on June 10, 2010 at 12:23pm — 1 Comment

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Select Software

At Select Software, we understand the unique needs of each telecommunication company we partner with, that is why Select is committed to the ongoing development of highly specialised Customer Care and Billing software for Telecom providers. With the introduction of our Billing Bureau Service, Select has succeeded in removing the “barrier to entry” for start-up…

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Added by Ramiro Valencia on May 27, 2010 at 5:31am — No Comments

eLearning Africa 2010: Will Africa Learn by Mobile Phone or by Desktop Computer?

Teachers and technologists gathering at the eLearning Africa 2010 conference in Zambia will be debating a billion dollar question, attempting to work out whether future African students will learn from the telephones in their pockets or from the laptops in their classrooms.

The African continent stunned the world by leapfrogging several stages of traditional telecommunications development and a third of all African citizens are now mobile phone subscribers. Some debaters at eLearning… Continue

Added by Christian Auchter on May 18, 2010 at 2:27pm — No Comments

Telemedicine Live Demonstration

a Journalist recorded our “Telemedicine” live demonstration during African Union Summit in Addis and posted it on YouTube.

Below are the links for your information.

Telemedicine live demonstration in English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laapmsDNDAg

Telemedicine Live Demonstration in Amharic(Ethiopia)…

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Added by Pravin Karde on May 11, 2010 at 2:38pm — No Comments