SOUTH AFRICA

Microsoft announced on Monday its bid to help local languages to be integrated online more effectively. As part of their Unlimited Potential program, Microsoft is offering its software in 67 local languages.

Waste produced by old computers, cell phones, and other electronics threaten to choke developing nations with mountains of hazardous e-waste, according to a new report on Monday.

Private equity firms are putting floatation candidates back in the box after receiving knock backs from angry fund managers, and will try again in a couple of years when they hope the market will be more receptive.

China's No. 2 telecoms carrier China Unicom on Thursday denied any involvement in a $2.5 billion bid for Nigeria's former state telecoms monopoly.

Researchers sequenced the complete genomes of five southern Africans over the age of 80 -- Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa and four Bushmen from Namibia.

Kuwaiti telecoms firm Zain said it would pocket around half of the proceeds from its planned $10.7 billion sale of African assets to Bharti Airtel and use the rest to pay off debt, sending its shares soaring.

Bharti Airtel is in exclusive talks to buy most of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain's African business, the firm's third attempt at gaining a foothold in a continent that offers a last opportunity for major subscriber growth.

Bharti Airtel is in exclusive talks to buy for $10.7 billion in cash most of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain's African cellular assets, the Indian firm's third attempt at gaining a foothold in a continent that offers a last opportunity for major subscriber growth.

Bharti Airtel has offered up to $10.7 billion for the African assets of Kuwaiti telecom group Zain , Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Saturday, as India's largest mobile operator makes a renewed foreign push.

India and China are resisting requests to sign up for the Copenhagen Accord for fighting global warming that risks unravelling without clear support from major emitters.

There are many things you'll want to take as souvenirs from your time exploring the world - tie-dye clothing that looked cool in India, paintings created by talented elephants, novelty booze that tasted good in the right setting, or exquisite carvings that seemed like a bargain until you worked out the exchange rate.

Sweden took the number one spot from the United States to top the annual rankings on the usage of telecommunications technologies such as networks, cellphones and computers, a report released on Thursday shows.

Nelson Mandela celebrates the 20th anniversary of his release from prison on Thursday. Here are key dates in his life.

There was one prerequisite for journalists reporting on Nelson Mandela in the heady and chaotic days after his release from 27 years in South African jails.

Chanting Viva, Nelson Mandela, Viva, thousands of South Africans marked 20 years on Thursday since the anti-apartheid icon walked to freedom after 27 years as a political prisoner.

Top diamond producer De Beers bolstered its balance sheet on Thursday with a $1 billion rights issue and bank refinancing as it swung to a annual $220 million underlying loss after demand plummeted for luxury goods.

Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 438,000 cars globally to replace an airbag deflator that could rupture and send shards toward the driver in an accident.

South African President Jacob Zuma apologized on Saturday for fathering an illegitimate child, in the face of national outcry.

Honda said it would recall a total 646,000 units of the Fit/Jazz and City models globally on Friday.

Honda Motor Co said on Friday it would recall a total 646,000 units of the Fit/Jazz and City models globally, including 140,000 in the United States.

Singapore's telecommunications giants SingTel and Starhub could be cut out of broadcasting the soccer World Cup, forcing fans to view matches live on the internet unless a deadlock over rights fees can be resolved.