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Wed, August 29th, 13:37 · HumanIPO

Dropbox working with LAGbook to gain African market

LAGbook, Africa-founded social network with a global user base, is working with Dropbox to draw more subscribers in Africa. The firm is using Dropbox for teams which it says is good for firms as allows collaboration by team members working on a similar project. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 08:57 · HumanIPO

Econet’s 10 million subscriber base plans afoot

Zimbabwe-based cellular network operator Econet has confirmed it has acquired equipment for an expansion drive that will raise its subscriber base to around 10 million. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 07:38 · HumanIPO

SA’s Nedbank app for Android goes live

Nedbank unveiled its App for Android on Monday gaining a step further into the bank's digital pursuits to serve clients remotely. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 07:18 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s LAGbook launches “Sponsored Results” search ads

One of Africa’s largest and fastest growing social network LAGbook on Monday launched a new advertising service brand-named Sponsored Results. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 05:41 · HumanIPO

Binary Science launches The Phonebook

Binary Science, the startup behind a phone backup solution dubbed 6ix Degrees, on Monday launched The Phonebook, a cloud application service for contact storage that features events calendar and free automatic SMS reminders. → Read more
Wed, August 29th, 04:04 · HumanIPO

Pastel the computerised payroll in Zimbabwe

Pastel, a developer of Payroll and HR software that offer comprehensive payroll solutions, recently held a forum to train companies on the use of its product, the Pastel Payroll. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 12:21 · HumanIPO

Base stations in Nigeria guzzling US$1.1 billion worth of diesel each year

With over 22,000 Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) across Nigeria, it costs the country’s telcos an estimated N177.7 billion (about $1.1 billion) on fuel each year, reports the Thisday Live. → Read more
Tue, August 28th, 10:51 · HumanIPO

TNW’s Startup World introduced in Africa, $332,000 worth of prizes up for grabs

World’s top online publisher of technology news of international perspective The Next Web (TNW) has extended its initiative, the Startup World Competition, to African technology start-ups staking on promoting tech-entrepreneurship in the continent. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 19:55 · HumanIPO

Nigerian telephony project worth U.S$200million incomplete after 11years

A rural telephony project dubbed National Rural Telephony Project (NRTP) that started eleven years ago in Nigeria is yet to be completed. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 19:42 · HumanIPO

Airtel soccer clinic starts off in Nairobi

Some 50 boys and girls from across nine African nations were yesterday briefed on what they should expect from the Airtel Rising Stars soccer clinic run by Bharti Airtel Africa in partnership with the Manchester United Soccer Schools. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 14:12 · HumanIPO

Google highlights ways to enhance African maps

Google recently hosted an African map developer’s conference in Lagos, Nigeria with the aim of understanding the coders’ challenges as well as impart to them new ideas that would improve their skills and performances as they make use of the mapping app. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 11:52 · HumanIPO

YouTube extends advertising on mobile devices

YouTube is increasing its video advertising on mobile devices. The Google-owned firm is moving away from the normal ad formats it has had on mobile devices and launching a new mobile video streaming service called TrueView. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 11:31 · HumanIPO

Morocco begins a 10-year broadband for all programme

Morocco’s government has started a 10-year national broadband plan focused on ensuring a majority of the country’s population accesses the Internet. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 09:26 · HumanIPO

Telecom and NewTelco join forces to connect Namibia to West African cable system

Four international Points of Presence (PoPs) will be connected to the West Africa Cable System (WACS) following a recent partnership between Telecom Namibia and NewTelco South Africa, which is represented by Jasco Co-location Solutions. → Read more
Mon, August 27th, 07:28 · HumanIPO

Blackberry-maker woos Kenya’s local developers

Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) in its efforts to make a comeback after losing the smartphone market share to Apple and Google’s Android, has now vowed to woo Africa’s local developers into using its platforms. → Read more
Sat, August 25th, 07:39 · HumanIPO

Econet takes back its termination pronouncement

Zimbabwe’s Econet and NetOne mobile subscribers who could not make calls across the two networks this week, were shocked when informed they had been disconnected. → Read more
Sat, August 25th, 07:00 · HumanIPO

KCB partners with Village Energy to offer Ugandan homes solar power

KCB Uganda and Village Energy have entered into a partnership to offer homes in Uganda solar power in what they say is aimed at cutting the dependence on thermoelectricity and fuel. → Read more
Fri, August 24th, 09:14 · HumanIPO

Ghana introduces biometric system for public sector payments

Ghana is introducing a biometric system to pay its public servants across the country after a piloting sting in Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central, Eastern, Western and Volta Regions in April. → Read more
Fri, August 24th, 09:06 · HumanIPO

Airtel’s soccer clinic brings in Man United’s legend Peter Schmeichel

Giant network operator Bharti Airtel has invited Manchester United’s most decorated club legend Peter Schmeichel to grace the inaugural event of its Airtel Rising Stars African Championships and Soccer Clinic. → Read more
Fri, August 24th, 07:52 · HumanIPO

Sierra Leone to complete US$15 million fibre-optic connection

Launched by France Telecom as part of an association with telecom operators in participating countries, the ACE cable, which runs from the African Coast to Europe, had Sierra Leone sign a US$15 million loan agreement with China. → Read more