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Thu, August 1st, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
Fiifi Baidoo, co-founder and community manager at the iSpace Foundation, has told HumanIPO the one-month old open innovation co-working space for the tech community in Ghana currently has eight projects ongoing. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 19:30 · Brandon Gregory
Claims made by the South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) it has been ready to implement e-tolling for more than two years have been rejected by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA). → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 19:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
No longer are the challenges of females in the tech sphere a sensational news line. The known fact that more women are wanted in the industry is a continual aspiration with several stakeholders on the scene. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
The South African Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC) new 24-hour news channel was launched on the first day of the country’s today, through MultiChoice’s DStv platform. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 18:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Microsoft Office has been released for Android mobile devices, although the solution is not accessible for tablets. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 17:22 · Nanine Steenkamp
South African unions opposing Telkom’s proposal to solve wage disparities have decided to accept an agreement, although remain in disagreement. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 16:45 · Brandon Gregory
A new video allegedly shows vote rigging on the part of the Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), following yesterday’s elections. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 10:10 · Nanine Steenkamp
Entrepreneurial training establishment Founder Institute will launch on Sunday, making the Silicon Valley programme available to South Africans. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 10:04 · Nick Sato
MasterCard Kenya has signed a deal with regional card processor Paynet Group to partner in a local initiative dubbed “The great migration to EMV chip” which is geared towards encouraging the switch from magnetic strip to EMV cards. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 09:56 · Susan Mwenesi
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has launched the Automated System for Customs Data World (ASYCUDA) that will allow individuals and companies to send documents to the URA more efficiently. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 09:15 · Brandon Gregory
ZAR25 million (US$2.5 million) is the approximate amount which the South African Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has to pay per month to the Electronic Toll Collection (ETC), the company implementing e-tolling in Gauteng, South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 09:02 · Nick Sato
Kenyatta University (KU) has launched its Innovation and Incubation Centre, aiming to give Kenyans an opportunity to transform their dreams into business enterprises. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 08:47 · Richard Cutcher
African broadband policy, cyber security and the ICT sector will be the main focus of an International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Council Regional Development Forum (CRDF) held in Ghana, in October. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 08:15 · Nanine Steenkamp
Online South African news publication News24.com has launched a website to honour people who have passed away. → Read more
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Thu, August 1st, 07:57 · Nick Sato
A new clearing system has been adopted by all Kenya’s commercial banks, allowing cheques to be cleared and the money accessed within one day. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 16:23 · Nanine Steenkamp
Oracle has released a cloud-based extension to promote business efficiency. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 16:18 · Richard Cutcher
The Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) has awarded a three year contract to Tata Cosultancy Services (TCS) to modernise the country’s domestic tax system. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 16:01 · Nanine Steenkamp
Capetonian members of parliament (MPs) have accused the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) of being unfair to poor citizens. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 15:56 · Brandon Gregory
The Zimbabwe general election, taking place today, proceeded with no violence in comparison with the previous election of 2008, though social media platforms revealed some users had witnessed cases of intimidation. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 15:48 · Susan Mwenesi
Ian Isherwood, founder of Kenya’s first online dating site DateMe Kenya, has lauded the ongoing tech revolution in Africa saying that there are many possibilities for people with websites. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 15:36 · Richard Cutcher
United States security agents have been able to access, with no authorisation, enormous databases containing emails, online chats and browsing histories according to the latest revelations to emerge from the Edward Snowden documents. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 15:15 · Kamau Mbote
A suit by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s International Criminal Court (ICC) lawyer Steven Kay has sparked reactions from various lobby groups including the International Center for Policy and Conflict (ICPC) believe the attempt to lock out the media and public of proceedings is a bid to discredit the ICC and victims. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 15:08 · Nick Sato
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has slashed the mobile calling tariff by 20 per cent after a gruesome price war among the Kenyan network operators. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 14:57 · Brandon Gregory
Most companies are anxious to cash in on the benefits social media provides, but Karl Reed, chief marketing and solutions officer for South Africa’s Elingo, warns there is no quick fix to effective social media use. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 14:37 · Richard Cutcher
Yunus Carrim, South Africa’s latest communications minister, will tomorrow meet his opposite number, the Democratic Alliance’s Marian Shinn, for the first time, with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) likely to be high on the agenda. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 14:33 · Susan Mwenesi
Vetting new members and guaranteeing user safety are among the driving forces behind DateMe Kenya, which launched at the weekend. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 14:14 · Nanine Steenkamp
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will be gathering ICT information to compile a statistic report on the country’s tech industry. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 13:59 · Nanine Steenkamp
African mobile specialist Every1Mobile (E1M) has released results of the ONE campaign, following the partnership with ONE.org. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 13:56 · Kamau Mbote
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) may be replaced with a new regulator should the Kenya Information and Communication Amendment Act 2013 go through in its present form following its tabling on Monday. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 13:25 · Mercy Makumi
Orange Uganda has launched its 4G LTE network, making it the third operator to do so in the East African country. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 13:14 · Brandon Gregory
President Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) has taken to Twitter to issue threats to voters in the country's elections, thanking their followers and slamming South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 12:36 · Paul Adepoju
The government of Borno State has said the region is not ready for the restoration of telecommunications services. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 12:27 · Nanine Steenkamp
Facebook has launched its Mobile Games Publishing pilot programme for online community promotion. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 11:35 · Brandon Gregory
A new task team has been set up by Yunus Carrim, minister of communications, and Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, deputy minister, in a bid to bring stability to the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 11:10 · Nanine Steenkamp
The Microsoft Citizens Programme (MCP) has donated computer software to aid the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF). → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 10:32 · Nanine Steenkamp
Kenyan mobile subscriptions decreased significantly following the deactivation of unregistered SIM cards, a Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) report has revealed. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 10:23 · Nick Sato
LG Electronics East Africa unveiled two products for the Kenyan market today, in a bid to take advantage of digital migration and increasing demand for smartphone accessories. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 09:41 · Paul Adepoju
The Tinapa Knowledge City in Calabar, Cross Rivers state, are hosting a hackathon organised by the Information Technology Developer Entrepreneurship Accelerator (iDEA), beginning today. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 09:21 · Brandon Gregory
Zimbabweans are at the polls today to vote either for a new leader or to retain president Robert Mugabe and #ZimElection is a hot topic, trending at number one on Twitter in South Africa with Mugabe trending in second place. → Read more
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Wed, July 31st, 09:18 · Kamau Mbote
Kenya’s leading operator Safaricom has been ranked to have the sixth best Facebook brand in the world by Social Bakers. → Read more
