South African developers have the big ideas and funding necessary to catalyse the app economy revolution across Africa, but a cohesive approach is needed if SA is to deliver on its potential as the continent’s app hub, says IBM. FULL STORY >

Free, mobile and locally created, SNAPnSAVE is an app designed to help South African shoppers save money on everyday grocery items. FULL STORY >

Riverbed and Microsoft partnership offers customers immediate insight into the performance of their cloud-based applications FULL STORY >

As a new component integrated into its Messenger app, reports say Facebook is testing out a new digital assistant, Moneypenny, with a view to compete with Chinese rival services. FULL STORY >

TomTom Africa is moving to support the largest road network project in African history, the Trans-African Highway, a vital project for the African Development Bank. FULL STORY >

After receiving positive feedback following debut a few weeks ago, now the FTC is closely examining Apple Music's streaming of rival services from within the App Store. FULL STORY >

Riverbed introduces new portfolio of professional services to help customers improve business through optimised application performance FULL STORY >

How businesses can outsmart data gravity in a multi-cloud infrastructure, by Konstantin Ebert, senior director Middle East, Eastern Europe, Africa, Russia & CIS, NetApp. FULL STORY >

Acer Africa has announced the official appointment of Paul Collins as the new Acer Africa Country Manager. FULL STORY >

OLX Country Manager Stephen Ballot, discusses how online classifieds are experiencing a substantial increase in trading of electronic goods. FULL STORY >

Partnering with Simplon and the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, SAP aims to enhance web development skills and entrepreneurial knowledge with a new youth-focused initiative. FULL STORY >

Ruan Oosthuizen, CEO of Flume, believes the digital industry the new finance industry. FULL STORY >

Apple heeds Taylor Swift's "advice", as Apple Music's Eddie Cue confirms that the company will pay artists during the service's three month long trial period. FULL STORY >

Project Isizwe has announced that their app to help citizens in the Tshwane area find free Wi-Fi hotspots in the city is now available for Android devices. FULL STORY >

SteelCentral AppInternals 10 offers the most complete, real-time analytics to improve application performance, optimise user experience, and measure business impact FULL STORY >