Mobile Money Can Transform Lives – MTN Zambia
MTN Zambia says its Mobile Money platform can help the local economy grow business connectivity and transform lives. And MTN Zambia has projected to hit at least 5.5 million voice caller subscribers by the end of 2015. In an interview at Lusaka’s City Market on Saturday, MTN Zambia’s newly-appointed chief executive officer Charles Molapisi said […]
Jay Z Seeks Delay of Copyright Trial Due to Egyptian’s Medical Condition
It’s now been eight years since Shawn “Jay Z” Carter was first sued for allegedly lifting an Egyptian tune for his mega-hit “Big Pimpin.” On October 13, he is scheduled to defend himself at trial. But the proceeding is potentially being delayed over what Jay Z’s side frames as the other side’s “gamesmanship.” In court […]
Watch Video Of Air France Bosses Being Attacked By Angry Protesters: Managers Had Their Shirts Ripped off
Air France managers have fled a meeting about mass job cuts after angry staff waving banners and flags stormed the room. Two managers had their shirts ripped off as they escaped from their co-workers, scaled a fence and fled under police protection. Hundreds of angry staff stormed the Air France building at the Charles de […]
Pack more pictures into your iPhone with IceCream
We’ve all been there. You aim your iPhone camera at a must-have photo and get an error message: Your storage is shot and the device will not hold another image. That’s the point when you frantically start deleting photos from the camera roll — hell, you’re even looking for entire apps to trash — in […]
Facebook Starts Letting You Add A 7-Second Looping Video As A Profile Pic
To keep its decade-old social network lively, Facebook is introducing five big changes to user profiles, which are viewed 4 billion times per day: The option to pin Featured Photos to the top of the profile Temporary profile pics Easier visibility controls for About info, including a new 100 character Bio field A mobile-centric design with […]
Better Off Riding A Wheelbarrow To Hospital Than Waiting For Ambulance In South Africa
Either walk 30km to the nearest hospital or be loaded and pushed in a wheelbarrow – because the ambulance is likely not to come until it’s too late. These are some of the shocking findings made by the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) after it investigated access to emergency medical services in the Eastern Cape. […]
More Than 16 People Dead Following Devastating Floods In France
Violent storms and flooding have hit south-eastern France, killing at least 16 people with three more missing, officials say. Three elderly people drowned when their retirement home near the city of Antibes was inundated with floodwater. Others died trapped in their cars in tunnels and underground car parks as the waters rose. French President Francois […]
South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers To Strike In Coal Sector Sunday
South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will strike in the crucial coal industry from Sunday after wage talks collapsed earlier this week. “We served the coal sector with a notice to down tools on Sunday from 1800 (local time),” NUM spokesman Livhuwani Mammburu told Reuters. Africa’s most advanced economy, beset by power shortages, relies […]
South African Actress Caught Trying To Smuggle R4.6m Worth Of Drugs At The Airport Named
The woman thought to be a South African actress bust for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs worth an estimated R4.6m into the country at OR Tambo International Airport has appeared in the Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court. SA Revenue Service spokesperson Luther Lebelo said the woman, Mmatjatji Malatji, appeared in court on Tuesday. The hearing was […]
