News & Reviews

By the year 2012, 485-million people in Africa, or 38% of the continent’s population, will be mobile phone users. This was revealed at the 11th AfricaCom conference recently held in Cape Town. The two-day event brought together over 3 500 people from various sectors of the telecommunications industry.

The official 2010 FIFA World Cup Match Schedule has been released. Find out where and when the games will be played in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg and Pretoria between 11 June and 11 July 2010.

Ask around which major football event South Africa will be hosting soon and the likeliest answer will be the Fifa 2010 World Cup tournament. While that’s not entirely wrong, it’s not entirely true either.

Developing innovative solutions for an established industry such as television is always a challenge, but it is one that Southern Africa Direct CEO and co-founder Pierre van der Hoven relishes. A year ago Van der Hoven helped launch Southern Africa Direct as the first destination marketing television channel in the UK on Sky channel 270.

UK-based company i-to-i have announced new gap year options in Africa for travelers looking to give back while they travel. Volunteers can choose to work with animal rescue centres in South Africa, work with Aids orphans in Kenya, teach children in Tanzania or get involved with wildlife conservation in Uganda.

Soccerex 2008, the biggest inter-business exhibition in the world focussing on the business side of the game, kicked off on Monday in Johannesburg, South Africa with over 4 000 delegates from 95 countries attending the expo.