AIR Zimbabwe will save at least US$3 billion annually once it fully adopts the e-ticketing system.

Ecobank International Technology And Shared Service Centre was on Thursday opened in Accra, Ghana, by Joe Ghantey, the Ghanaian attorney general and minister of Justice, on behalf of President John Agyekum.

SOCIAL-oriented internet media present "massive" opportunities for brands, advertisers and marketers if embraced properly, says Universal McCann Europe, Middle East and Africa's third comparative study on social media trends.

A TOTAL of 300,000 government employees are to receive laptops, the information and communication technology (ICT) state minister, Alintuma Nsambu, has said.

ALL graduates should acquire computer skills, the information and communications technology minister, Dr. Ham Mulira, has noted.

A model adopted by Safaricom to power its base stations using small wind turbines and solar systems will help ensure telecommunication reaches Africa's remotest regions.

Modern technology may soon come to the aid of farmers living under the constant threat of elephants from Mount Kenya forest.

At the climax of the International Telecommunications and Information Society week last Friday, one major announcement was made.

MTN said yesterday it was selling 50% of its stake in Areeba, which trades as MTN Cyprus, for an undisclosed sum to local investors Amaracos Holding.

South African telecommuni-cations giant, MTN and India's largest mobile-phone company, Bharti Airtel, are discussing a merger that will give each partner an equal share in a new company, poised to capture the market in emerging economies.

Former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa State yesterday said his administration saved about N7billion through the establishment of Due Process and e-Governance Bureau.

The demand for lower mobile phone calling rates has dawned on prepaid subscribers at mobile telephone company Celtel Kenya.