Articles by Gabriella Mulligan, Page 4
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Sun, July 20th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
FEATURE: The week in startups 20/07/2014
This week in startups saw plenty of activity, particularly on the part of incubators and accelerator programmes, with new competitions announced, applications opening, contest finalists selected and accelerator programme mentors revealed across the continent. → Read more
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Fri, July 18th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom enters retrenchment consultations
South Africa’s part state-owned operator Telkom is to begin a period of consultation with its staff regarding planned retrenchments as of Monday, turning to an external facilitator to help with the discussions. → Read more
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Thu, July 17th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cwele asks parliament for $15m for telecoms ministry
South Africa’s newly appointed minister of telecommunications and postal services, Dr Siyabonga Cwele, has asked the government for ZAR159 billion (US$14.9 billion) for his department this year, to focus on infrastructure rollout, improving the regulatory environment and forging ahead with digital migration. → Read more
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Fri, July 11th, 12:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Khusela wins Seedstars Cape Town
The last African leg of the Seedstars World 2014 competition took place in Cape Town yesterday, with local startup Khusela taking first place and progressing to compete against other regional champions at the global event in Geneva, Switzerland in February. → Read more
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Thu, July 10th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
E-toll review panel announced, DA labels it “public relations stunt”
The premier of South Africa’s Gauteng province David Makhura has announced a panel of 15 people will review the e-toll policy and report back to the provincial government with recommendations by November 30, 2014, with opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) branding the review a “public relations stunt”. → Read more
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Thu, July 10th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigerians dominate DEMO Africa finalists
DEMO Africa has announced the 40 finalists set to launch their startups at this year’s event in Lagos, with Nigerian entrepreneurs dominating the list of finalists. → Read more
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Fri, July 4th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom rolls out new phones
South Africa’s leading operator Vodacom has announced four new mobile devices will be available on its network as of July, three of which will be available exclusively to Vodacom customers for a limited period. → Read more
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Thu, July 3rd, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kenya’s Mafundi aggregates workmen for consumers
Kenyan startup Mafundi has launched an online platform aggregating information and reviews of local workmen, assisting small scale craftsmen with marketing their services and providing consumers with a reliable database of workers. → Read more
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Fri, June 27th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom CEO purchases $328k in shares
Shameel Joosub, chief executive officer (CEO) of South Africa’s leading operator Vodacom, has purchased ZAR3,474,933 (US$328,000) worth of Vodacom shares, the company announced. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SABC accuses blogger of causing racial division over programming allegations
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has accused blogger Thinus Ferreira of attempting to cause “racial and linguistic divisions” following posts claiming the SABC’s programming decisions are marginalising the Afrikaans language. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Room for African social networks – panelists
There is a place for local African social networks which will help change politics, governance and ethics across the continent, but they will only thrive if data costs decrease allowing a critical mass of users to produce sufficient content online, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Operator participation vital to African digital music industry
Mobile operators must participate if Africa’s digital music industry is to become a viable market by introducing attractive value propositions to customers, as the current model of the music industry is not working, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Thu, June 26th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile operators, banks must collaborate for effective mobile money
Mobile operators and banks must work together if they are to launch successful mobile money offerings, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
M-Pesa success down to Kenyan market dynamics
The success of M-Pesa in Kenya was down to a specific set of market dynamics which make it very difficult to replicate in any other country, according to panelists at the VAS Africa summit. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile has created a marketing dialogue – Ole! Media
Mobile has changed the way brands communicate with the public, creating an interactive dialogue form of marketing, according to Desere Orrill, chief marketing officer (CMO) of Ole! Media Group. → Read more
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Wed, June 25th, 10:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
GlobalSIM looks to reduce roaming costs
South African SIM card producer GlobalSIM is aiming to reduce the cost of mobile roaming globally and eliminate the need for switching SIMs based on location, chief executive officer (CEO) Chris Edeh has said. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Equity Bank hopes MVNO launch will simplify mobile banking
Kenya’s Equity Bank hopes the launch of its mobile virtual network will remove confusion from the country’s mobile financial services sector, and aims to have all consumers using two SIM cards on their mobile. → Read more
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Tue, June 24th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Jumia expands operations to northern Nigeria
Leading Nigerian e-commerce store Jumia is to expand its services to Kano in the north of the country, as part of its rapid expansion efforts two years after launching. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Woman denies being gifted to Motsoeneng as wife
The acting chief operations officer (COO) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Hlaudi Motsoeneng did not receive a wife as a “gift”, the young woman in question has claimed. → Read more
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Mon, June 23rd, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN introduces promo on voice calls, internet access
South Africa’s second operator MTN has announced a promotion giving customers who use ZAR6 per day on voice calls or internet access an additional ZAR60 credit this week. → Read more
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