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Wed, August 7th, 10:30 · Kamau Mbote
Caretakers of two flats in Nairobi’s Donholm and Umoja estates are among the suspects appearing in court today following a raid targeting pirates distributing pay-TV signal without a licence. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
Visa and MasterCard have been viewed with reasonable suspicion by Africa’s network operators and even banks when it comes to their motives on the mobile money scene, but their latest partnership with Orange Money should ruffle a few feathers. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Networking event series Startup Grind will be launching in South Africa next week, giving the local community an opportunity to connect. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 09:00 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s CIC Insurance Group has attributed its ability to harness innovative technology and alternative distribution channels to its success in micro-insurance. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
Application-to-person (A2P) messaging is the “only hope” for mobile operators to make a profit from their SMS messaging infrastructure, said Pieter Streicher, managing director of BulkSMS. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 08:00 · Kamau Mbote
Kenya’s capital Nairobi will host the seventh annual AITEC Banking and Mobile Banking COMESA Conference, discussing ways of making the rapidly growing financial services sector locally and regionally more competitive globally. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Victor Odukwe, business manager at Samsung West Africa, has announced the company is set to site its engineering academy in Ogun state. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
Stakeholders in Africa’s ICT sector will congregate in Casablanca, Morocco, from September 3 to 5, to address key challenges in interconnection, peering and traffic exchange. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 05:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Samsung will be releasing the next Galaxy Note in September, while the development of a smart accessories is also underway. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 20:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Tech startup training academy Founder Institute are planning to launch in Cape Town and Nairobi, following their recent launch in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 19:00 · Brandon Gregory
263Chat, described as “a crowdsourcing platform discussing Zimbabwean national issues by Zimbabweans,” played an important communications role during the country’s controversial elections last week. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
Global accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has opened an office in Cape Town’s tech space, the Bandwidth Barn, in a bid to reach out to startups and small businesses. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 18:00 · Susan Mwenesi
The Kenyan government has set Friday, December 13, 2013, as the new date for analogue broadcasting switch-off in Nairobi, while other major towns have been pushed back until March, 2014. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
More than ZAR30 million (US$3 million) has been spent on corruption investigations and staff dismissal disputes at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) since 2009. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
Orange will roll out its new service with Visa allowing increased access and use of mobile payments in Botswana, with further countries in Africa and the Middle East to follow. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 16:30 · Brandon Gregory
First National Bank (FNB) has noted as the smartphone and tablet market matures, customers are focussing equally on the latest in technology and lowest cost of use with access to affordable data being a market driver. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
StarTimes Media, one of Kenya’s primary pay-TV companies, has launched a 24-hour channel that will exclusively air local content. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Professional network LinkedIn has disabled online advertisements with images of female engineers, claiming they were too attractive to be ‘real’ members of the industry. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
The upcoming BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) app for Android will soon be available for Samsung Galaxy smartphone users across Africa and in the Google Play as well as the Samsung App store. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 14:29 · Richard Cutcher
Middle East and African network operator Zain has chosen eServGlobal to roll out mobile money services in its markets, which includes South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 14:02 · Richard Cutcher
Vodacom has lost its high court battle to get the ‘Please Call Me’ case against it dropped by former employee Nkosana Makate. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 13:40 · Nick Sato
The Kenya Trade Network Agency (KenTrade) has announced the new electronic cargo clearance system will be launched in three months and is expected to boost the country’s economy. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 13:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Electronics giant Samsung has started its bulk manufacture of the world’s first 3D Vertical NAND (V-NAND) chips, offering enhanced flash technology. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
A new ICT incubation centre has been inaugurated in Tinapa, Cross Rivers state, Nigeria, continuing the government support of entrepreneurs in the country. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 12:40 · Brandon Gregory
In an attempt to escape his electromagnetic hypersensitivity ordeal, Zakhele Gininda has moved to a farm in rural KwaZulu Natal with his brother. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 12:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda’s information, communication and technology minister, John Nasasira, has called on native ICT institutions to deliver practical solutions geared towards the development and growth of the country. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 12:00 · Nick Sato
White space technology has the potential to increase Africa’s broadband penetration by more than a factor of 11, according to a new report from information and analytics provider IHS. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Western Union has partnered with eTranzact International, allowing its Nigerian customers to receive Western Union Money Transfer on their mobile phones. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 11:20 · Richard Cutcher
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos has agreed to pay US$250 million for United States newspaper the Washington Post, as the print industry continues to be stifled and dominated by digital. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
South African union Solidarity has confirmed it will join other unions in agreement with partly state-owned fixed provider Telkom, but are still reluctant to sign the proposed deal. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 10:30 · Kamau Mbote
The Kenya Copyright Board, in collaboration MultiChoice Kenya, Zuku and Kenya Power are expected to ambush pirates who are illegally distributing pay channels without a licence. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Sam Okenye, United Bank for Africa’s (UBA) group head for IT risk management, has revealed 61 per cent of cyber attacks the bank has recorded originated from China. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
South African decoder company MultiChoice will be releasing its new high definition (HD) PVR decoder later this month, following a collaboration with local manufacturer Vektronix. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Yahoo! has bought Rockmelt, a company founded to enhance user experience while browsing the internet, continuing its aggressive web and mobile buying strategy. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
The advent of smart devices has given rise to “smart connected interactions”, which has been described as a new sort of customer engagement by Deon Scheepers, a strategic consultant for Interactive Intelligence for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Global medical messaging organisation healthAlliance have said South Africa is leading with the use of health apps on mobile. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 07:00 · Kamau Mbote
The Internet Society has announced its global rotational schedule for its Hall of Fame events, with Africa set to host in 2016. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 06:00 · Brandon Gregory
Thunda.com, a popular picture portal website, has played a part in the identification of a man allegedly responsible for the attack on a Cape Town man at a nightclub. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 05:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Fake likes has been unveiled as a growing marketing trend on Facebook, making online reputations unreliable. → Read more
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Mon, August 5th, 20:00 · Richard Cutcher
African entrepreneurs and startups are being encouraged to apply to become an affiliate of United States-based Do Something, which is looking for partners to roll out “Cause Campaigns” on the continent. → Read more
