Samsung Electronics South Africa has appointed Craig Fleischer as its head of mobile communications. FULL STORY >

Alpheus Mangale takes the lead of managing director for Cisco in South Africa. FULL STORY >

PricewaterhouseCoopers looks at industry trends for the local as well as the international computer and videogames market. FULL STORY >

Web search giant Google is expanding on the number of Cape wineries available via its Google Street View service and also reveals Botswana as the next location that its Street View cars are headed to. FULL STORY >

New research entitled How Africa Tweets, has revealed that the micro-blogging sites growth is being driven by young users posting tweets from their mobile devices. FULL STORY >

Local mobile operator Vodacom has revealed that the first phase of the National Library of South Africa connectivity project has been successfully implemented. FULL STORY >

kalahari.com says that local mobile shopping is increasing and provides tips to help local shoppers make smarter mobile-based purchases during this festive season. FULL STORY >

Samsung has showcased its 4G LTE offerings at AfricaCom and elaborated on the role next generation communications can play in Africa. FULL STORY >

Opera Software and mobile social network MXit conclude a partnership agreement. FULL STORY >

Google launches the Afrikaans and isiZulu versions of YouTube. FULL STORY >

MTN Business believes that DaaS meets some of the biggest concerns that African businesses face today that of safe, cost effective ICT solutions. FULL STORY >

Pace, a developer of technologies, products and services for global broadband and broadcast markets, has revealed that it has been chosen by MultiChoice Africa to support the launch of GOtv. FULL STORY >

For the second year running, Google will host G-South Africa, a two day web and mobile conference for tech savvy entrepreneurs and developers in South Africa. FULL STORY >

mLab SA, a new regional lab for mobile technology entrepreneurs, application developers and innovators, was recently launched at The Innovation Hub, Pretoria. FULL STORY >

Key topics such as rural telecoms, connectivity and planning ahead for future progress, are expected to dominate the AfricaCom 2011 congress. FULL STORY >