Articles by Elly Okutoyi

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Fri, June 15th, 04:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria government approves e-health system

Nigeria’s government has approved a new e-health system designed to improve the efficiency of the Health Department. → Read more
Thu, June 14th, 10:01 · Elly Okutoyi

Ghana intensifies SIM Box fraud crackdown

Ghana has intensified its crackdown on SIM box, crowned by the arresting of five members of a SIM box fraud syndicate operating in Accra and the US. → Read more
Thu, June 14th, 09:18 · Elly Okutoyi

DStv tops African applications for new domains

DStv channels have dominated the list of applicants from Africa for the new top-level- domain names.This was evident in the list of proposed generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) revealed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Wednesday. → Read more
Wed, June 13th, 13:27 · Elly Okutoyi

Vodacom SA introduces handsets for the visually impaired

Vodacom South Africa has introduced a range of Nokia handsets for the visually impaired. The phones convert texts to speech and enlarge texts to make them more visible. → Read more
Wed, June 13th, 11:31 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN in a sponsorship deal to create rocket-propelled supercar

South Africa-based telephone network operator MTN in partnership with Bloodhound SSC (supersonic car), a UK-based project that bills itself as an “engineering adventure,” are in a project that seeks to create a supersonic car to break the land-speed record. → Read more
Wed, June 13th, 09:27 · Elly Okutoyi

GOtv set to go live in Lagos

Digital terrestrial television service provider Details Nigeria has said that GOtv, a TV service on the Digital Video Broadcast technology, will go live in Lagos Nigeria by the end of this week. → Read more
Tue, June 12th, 14:01 · Elly Okutoyi

Facebook loans now enabled by startups in South Africa

A payment system called Zunguz, which allows Facebook users to pay directly from within the social networking site, has partnered with an online micro-loans company GetBucks to offer Facebook users loans of up to R500. → Read more
Tue, June 12th, 12:58 · Elly Okutoyi

At last, Malawian government abolishes Internet Services Tax

Malawi’s government has abolished the 16.5 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) on Internet services introduced by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika last year. → Read more
Tue, June 12th, 05:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya to automate business registration via online platform

Kenya’s Finance Minister last week told the Kenyan Parliament that a new electronic registration of businesses would be rolled out in less than three months. → Read more
Mon, June 11th, 13:05 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyans to watch Olympics on mobile phones

Failure to travel to London for the 2012 Olympic Games will not stop Kenyans from watching the live competitions thanks to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) bid to have the games watched on mobile phones and computers in real time, and at no cost. → Read more
Mon, June 11th, 09:48 · Elly Okutoyi

ForgetMeNot Africa Apps Challenge Test Drive Shortlist announced

ForgetMeNot Africa has finally announced the shortlisted developers set to proceed to the final stage of the ZeTXT Apps Challenge. → Read more
Mon, June 11th, 08:40 · Elly Okutoyi

Young African innovators showcase projects in Spain

Five young African innovators from Ethiopia and Senegal now have the chance to display their innovations after nine months of hard work at the CREATIC4AFRICA innovation lab in Spain. → Read more
Fri, June 8th, 06:38 · Elly Okutoyi

SA’s government to subsidize 5m Internet-capable Set-top boxes

South Africans from the poorer households will now receive set-top boxes "that will have a return path” to provide basic Internet access, says South Africa’s communications minister Dina Pule. → Read more
Thu, June 7th, 10:39 · Elly Okutoyi

Virtual City gets US$1.5 million loan from Acumen Fund

Kenya-based software development firm Virtual City has received a KSh135 million ($1.5 million) convertible loan to develop a mobile-based agricultural application to help farmers market their produce. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 12:24 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyans to access credit rating on mobile phones

Mobile subscribers in Kenya can now access [their] credit ratings on mobile phones, thanks to a new SMS-based system dubbed Crystobol SMS system. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 04:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Mi-Pay launches Facebook top-up app

Mi-Pay, a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) certified leader in mobile payments solutions, has launched a Facebook app that will allow customers to top-up their mobile phone accounts directly from Facebook. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 12:25 · Elly Okutoyi

After Kenya, Uganda also lowers interconnection rates

Uganda’s communications regulator the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has followed its Kenyan counterparts and slashed the interconnection rates for telecommunications companies operating in the country. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 10:15 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile wallet service unveiled by Mobilis

Mobilis Networks, an international software applications company offering mobile wallet and billing solutions for mobile operators, recently announced its software services to enable a service it believes to be the first world firsts for mobile wallets. → Read more
Sat, June 2nd, 12:45 · Elly Okutoyi

Avaya to improve Airtel customer service in Africa in new partnership

Bharti Airtel and Avaya have announced the signing of a 5-year partnership that will see Avaya Communications Outsourcing Solutions provide contacts centre technology and managed solutions designed -- to better the performance and reduce costs -- to Airtel in all its 16 operations in the continent. → Read more
Thu, May 31st, 11:30 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya’s judicial commission sets up SMS service to hurry prosecutions

Kenyans will soon be able to track the status of the pending court cases as well as report inept judiciary officers to Kenya’s judicial commission the Judiciary Service Commision (JSC), thanks to a new SMS-based service. → Read more