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Fri, August 2nd, 13:30 · Nick Sato
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has issued 10 new temporary station licenses, leading to increased competition for pay-TV services. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 13:00 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia and Microsoft have launched apps for Windows 8 mobile devices targeting the religious community. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 12:30 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei has awarded 28 internship certificates to Ugandan students, with two being retained following a memorandum of understanding signed at Makerere University last year. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel Tanzania is allowing customers to send and withdraw money for free in a bid to make its mobile money services more accessible. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 11:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Professional social network LinkedIn’s profit has exceeded expectations due to rapid membership growth and mobile app popularity. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 11:00 · Kamau Mbote
Large sums of money, such as salaries and dividends, can now be paid using mobile money after Barclays Bank of Kenya and Safaricom formed a new partnership. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 10:30 · Richard Cutcher
MTN Group is forecasting its first half profits will rise by 25 per cent, thanks to currency fluctuations in its non-South Africa operations. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 10:00 · Brandon Gregory
The Zimbabwe election polls closed on Thursday evening, with confusing reports emerging through various online and social media platforms, some claiming victory for the governing party and some for the opposition, while the governing party’s spokesperson called reports on election results “hogwash”. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Larry Annetts, chief marketing officer at MTN Nigeria, has said the increasing reliance on mobile is making local content formatted for mobile devices more relevant than ever. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 08:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Graphic design, advertising and web development company Yeboao previously KKYB productions will soon launch new payment channels for its clients spread all over the world. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher
Rwanda’s Bank of Kigali has launched the mVisa mobile solution, allowing clients to perform a wide range of financial transactions. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 07:00 · Nick Sato
Multinational companies in Kenya will be able to take advantage of business enterprise solutions across the continent following collaboration between Vodafone and Safaricom, creating an East African hub. → Read more
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Fri, August 2nd, 06:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
South African chat app Mxit has partnered with global sports match analysis company Amisco Group to give subscribers access to mobile-based match viewing. → Read more
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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 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, 09:30 · 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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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, 15:36 · 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
