Bharti Airtel, a leading emerging market telecom services provider, today announced the appointment of Michael Okwiri to head the Corporate Communications docket for Africa. In a statement  Bharti Airtel CEO, Manoj Kohli said Mr. Okwiri will be responsible for building and sustaining positive corporate reputation for Airtel Africa. He said

Google is once again launching a new initiative that will engage technology entrepreneurs and developers to transform the web for Africa and the rest of the world. This is in-line Google’s key mandate of making the Internet relevant and useful for Africans, as well as developing offerings that are relevant

In another first this week, I had a chance to get up close and personal with Samsung’s Android Galaxy S (Model: GT-I9000) smartphone during the Samsung Africa Forum 2010 in Johannesburg (South Africa). The handset is simply stunning and marks Samsung’s first commericial foray using the wildly popular Android mobile