Free SA domains, websites from Microsoft

7 Nov 2013

Microsoft has joined rival Google in offering free domains and websites to small and medium enterprises in South Africa.

Microsoft chief operating officer Kevin Turner in Johannesburg on Tuesday

Microsoft is following US rival Google by launching a South African Web portal that offers small and medium enterprises (SMEs) access to free Web domains, hosting and other services.

The Microsoft offering, called Biz4Afrika, offers a range of free products and paid-for services from the software company and its partners. The free products are available for 12 months, although Microsoft is only expected to announce pricing for year two onwards in the next six weeks. Biz4Afrika forms part of Microsoft's continent-wide 4Afrika Initiative announced earlier this year, which aims to get more Africans online.

Read the full article on www.techcentral.co.za.

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