ICASA wants to extend its almost decade-long focus on the state of competition in subscription TV broadcasting services. It’s another bumper week on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal, with almost 700 new opportunities advertised. The ICT sector, however, will have to be content with looking to a handful of public sector organisations for this week’s most…
Africa’s Business Heroes 2025 Top 10 Finalists Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a flagship philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, is proud to announce the Top 10 Finalists of 2025 following the highly contested Semi-Finals held in Dakar, Senegal on 10–11 September 2025. Selected from a pool of nearly 32,000…
HBO’s “The Pitt,” a tense hospital drama, and Apple TV+’s “The Studio,” a madcap satire of modern Hollywood, nabbed top honors at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night. The three-hour ceremony was hosted by first-time emcee Nate Bargatze, a low-key stand-up comedian who largely steered away from political headlines. Here’s what you need…
One of the showcase goals of Liberia’s current national development plan is the achievement of “Top 300 in Africa” status for a Liberian university by 2029. The University of Liberia as the nation’s flagship university certainly has that goal in its sights. But has anybody really wondered what it will take to get there?? I…
Sentech has specified four key areas of functionality the STB decoders are required to perform. It’s slim pickings for the ICT industry this week, despite over 650 new advertisements being posted on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal. Amid this drought of notable tenders, Sentech takes the top spot with its request for additional suppliers to apply…
Ignore video claiming top Kenyan doctor has endorsed a cheap formula that ‘cures joint pain in 30 days’ IN SHORT: A manipulated video doing the rounds on Facebook claims prominent Kenyan cardiologist Dr Dan Gikonyo is backing a formula that restores joints in 30 days. But no such cure even exists. A video uploaded to…
Public sector procurement preference this week turned to low-value, quick-win quotation requests. Activity on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal remains high this week; however, public sector procurement preference has now turned towards low-value, quick-win quotation requests. Nevertheless, the ICT sector will be pleased to see that national government departments are once again considering their technology requirements,…
Partner content: Africa’s Business Heroes The Africa’s Business Heroes (ABH) Prize Competition, a philanthropic initiative of Alibaba Philanthropy, today revealed the Top 20 entrepreneurs selected to advance to the 2025 Semi-Finals, taking place in Dakar, Senegal on 10-11 September 2025. The selection of the Top 20 reflects a rigorous and highly competitive process. Starting from nearly…
Boomi Named a Leader and Secures Top Score in Strategy Category in Latest iPaaS Report by Independent Research Firm Boomi™, the leader in AI-driven automation, today announced it has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Integration Platform As A Service, Q3 2025. The report evaluated the 10 most significant iPaaS vendors, and Boomi…
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has issued several networking, security and telephony tenders. It’s another busy week on National Treasury’s eTenders Portal as municipalities get stuck into making the most of their budget allocations. While networking is a repeated theme in this week’s roundup of top tenders, it is the Council for Scientific…
