African ISV centre to open in Durban

The African ISV Centre is aimed at equipping ISVs locally and throughout Africa to design and build software products using technologies, training and technical expertise from Microsoft. The African ISV Centre is part of Durban\'s ‘Smart City’ initiative, which, Dr Mike Sutcliffe, eThekwini Municipality city manager says, is aimed at fostering an African software development process that will produce applications uniquely suited to the needs of local authorities and other organisations on the continent. Full report in ITWeb