Tata Steel, one of the companies whose bid for the Western Cluster was recently nullified by the Government of Liberia has expressed serious concern that its reputation is being tarnished without verification by mere allegation in the media.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers, Eastern Zone has appealed to the Petroleum Pipelines and Product Marketing Company to intensify efforts at reducing the excruciating scarcity experienced by motorists in Enugu and Markurdi because of the non-pumping of petroleum products to the

The Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa (ISPA) yesterday, Wednesday, 17 September 2008, released its first 'Hall of Shame' report at iWeek 2008. Naming some of the country's top spammers, the 'Hall of Shame' forms part of ISPA's broader

BUIKWE county's battle to acquire district status is like a lottery; the more its proponents have tried, the more it has eluded them.

THE slabs on the Aswa river bridge on the Gulu-Kitgum look like a xylophone. As a vehicle passes over them, the music they make sends travellers into despair and fear. Below the 'xylophone' is the gushing River Aswa. The bridge

THE Uganda National Road Authority has awarded the contract for the maintenance of the 57km Busega-Mityana road to Spencon Services Ltd for sh4.13b.

Celtel Company Ltd is demanding Sh141 million from its former employee who allegedly swindled the money from the company through fraudulent airtime dealings.

The managers at York seem to be getting it right, as the transformation of the former Tucker family-controlled forest-products business into Africa's largest forestry and timber milling company is taking hold.

Although most of Africa still lacks access to high-speed Internet, Kenya's once-neglected technology sector is booming, thanks in part to a growing group of some of the region's most talented software developers.

Globacom's record-breaking achievements since it launched its network in June in Benin Republic may be truncated by the failure of the Beninoise government to release the frequency it allocated to the Nigerian telecoms company over one and a half years

Enhanced high-speed Internet is coming to East and Southern Africa as early as June 2009 by way of a new undersea fiber optic cable linking the continent to India and Europe.

GLOBAL software giant Microsoft is planning to increase volumes for its wide range of products, among them the Microsoft Office and Student 2007, in Zimbabwe.

The mobile phone industry has made a bigger social impact on people's lives than anything else, ever, in Africa, argues Michael Joseph, chief executive officer of Kenya's Safaricom, in an interview with AllAfrica's Katy Gabel.

If the content of video games is relevant and African, there will be a market for them throughout the continent, game designer Wesley Kiriinya tells AllAfrica's Katy Gabel. Kiriinya used to have his own company, Sinc Studios, which developed games.

Moses Kemibaro is the business development director at DotSavvy. The company's main focus is building web sites. He spoke to AllAfrica's Katy Gabel.

Timothy Mbugua is the CEO of Symbiotic Media Consortium. He started the company to provide a "one-stop shop" for promotions and campaigns, using a full suite of media products to engage clients. This includes print campaigns, web presence and mobile

Steve Mutinda, a graduate of the University of Nairobi who specializes in developing mobile software, tells Katy Gabel how he does it.

Safaricom's M-Pesa was launched in Kenya just over a year ago as a mobile money transfer service. Now the service has more than three million customers and has virtually eliminated competitors like Zain's Sokotele money transfer service.

The rapid spread of cell phones in Africa and the rollout of broadband Internet services are narrowing the digital divide between Africa and developed countries, bringing enormous benefits to African development, says Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at

Part of the Kumi road under construction will be fixed within the next two weeks, Mbale station engineer of the Uganda National Roads Authority [UNRA] Steven Kisubi has said. Mr Kisubi was addressing the press on Wednesday at the closed