Articles by Elly Okutoyi

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Tue, November 20th, 05:59 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN to launch mobile TV service in Nigeria

Telecommunications giant MTN is finalising plans to launch its new Mobile TV service, which will give its Nigerian subscribers the ability to watch live TV from all Internet-capable devices. → Read more
Mon, November 19th, 12:40 · Elly Okutoyi

M-Pesa to be launched in India

Mobile money transfer service M-Pesa is to be launched in India by the end of this year after Vodafone India and ICICI Bank formed a partnership that will see customers in the country make cash deposits and withdrawals from designated outlets. → Read more
Mon, November 19th, 10:02 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan company bringing solar power to classrooms

Kenyan IT firm Stonehouse has launched its ‘Solar Classroom in a Box’ system to enable schools in off-grid regions to access low voltage solar-powered computers for learning. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 12:07 · Elly Okutoyi

Sharetori wants to pay you for each story shared online

A Nigerian startup called Sharetori could be out to revolutionize online marketing with its new strategy of paying social media users on a pay-per-share model, it expects will see digital content publishers increase online presence and revenue. → Read more
Fri, November 16th, 08:48 · Elly Okutoyi

SME help site launched in Kenya

A new online business news service for small and medium enterprises (SME’s) dubbed Bizable has been launched in Kenya to enable businesses to be sustainable, profitable as well as to overcome the various challenges. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 13:39 · Elly Okutoyi

Zambia to allow entry of fourth mobile operator

Zambia could soon get a fourth mobile operator after the government announced plans to repeal the statutory Instrument (SI) of 2010 that barred the entry of additional mobile operators. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 12:32 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria to get a new mobile payment service provider

Nigeria readies to introduce a mobile money services provider Virtual Terminal Network (VTNetwork Ltd), after the company announced that it would be rolling out its mobile payment services dubbed VCash across the country. → Read more
Thu, November 15th, 09:11 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan curriculum to be digitized

Kenya’s education minister has announced that his ministry is planning to digitize the entire curriculum by 2015, a move that will see the government reduce expenditure on education resources. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 11:52 · Elly Okutoyi

For the first time, BlackBerry Jam Session Super Hackathon comes to Kenya

Kenya will on November 17 host its first ever BlackBerry Jam Session Super Hackathon event, ahead of the launch of smartphone-maker Research In Motion’s next-generation BlackBerry 10 platform. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 10:10 · Elly Okutoyi

Somalia to get fibre-optic connection through the air

Somalia is set to get a high-speed broadband access after Somcable struck a deal worth over US$3 million to offer the services via the fibre-through-the-air (FTTA) technology. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 09:47 · Elly Okutoyi

Maliyo games now venturing into advergaming

Maliyo Games has ventured into the advergaming sector by creating a social game for Wema Bank, which will see the bank increase its market penetration and brand visibility. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 12:54 · Elly Okutoyi

Dropifi named Global Startup Open 2012 winner

West Africa’s Dropifi has been named world’s best technology startup company, after garnering the grand prize in the 2012 Startup Open beating over 50 best and brightest new startups from 56 countries. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 09:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigerian telcos banned from promotions, lotteries

Nigeria’s communications regulator Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has banned MTN Nigeria and six other telcos from engaging in any promotions or lotteries citing complains received from subscribers. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 06:32 · Elly Okutoyi

Google to boost it venture capital arm with more funds

Google is looking to boost up its venture-capital division with an additional US$ 100 million, to US$300 million, expected to enable it to invest into later-stage startups globally. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 13:00 · Elly Okutoyi

App to help bust cheating spouses

A startup in West Africa has created an app dubbed Qoqoriqo, that enables people in relationships to confirm whether their partners are cheating on them, by simply using their spouse’s email addresses or phone numbers. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 08:55 · Elly Okutoyi

0.18 percent growth in Nigeria ICT, ITU report

Nigeria experienced a 0.18 percent growth between 2010 and 2011, earning the country position 122 out of the 155 countries included in the ICT Development Index (IDI), a report released by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) states. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 11:40 · Elly Okutoyi

Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) deadline extended

Entrepreneurs, innovators and inventors from Africa now have more time to submit their applications for the Innovation Prize Award for Africa (IPA) following the organisers’ decision to extend the application deadline to November 2013. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 13:28 · Elly Okutoyi

Nokia partners with Kenya’s government to encourage creation of social apps

Finnish mobile phone-maker Nokia has partnered with the Government of Kenya through the Kenya ICT Board to work towards ensuring tech startups specialising in agricultural, health and educational apps benefit from technical and monetary support. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 12:18 · Elly Okutoyi

Sasa Africa, selling African heritage to the world online

Sasa Africa, one of DEMO Africa’s 2012 top five startups, has launched an e-commerce platform to connect offline artisans to buyers online using feature phones. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 08:47 · Elly Okutoyi

No more fake documents, Kenyan startup guarantees

mVerified, a new mobile- and Web-based verification app, is set to ensure counterfeit documents such as car log books, title deeds and graduation certificates do not find a place in the Kenyan market, the founders of the application say. → Read more