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Thu, July 26th, 09:23 · HumanIPO

Orange offers fresh supply of ‘world’s greatest games’ to subscribers

Telecom giant Orange’s mobile subscribers in Africa and Middle East will soon enjoy a variety of some of "the world's great" video games on their personal devices following a partnership with a top games publisher Gameloft. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 06:57 · HumanIPO

Cameroon-based developers make TV viewing interactive, in real-time

A new platform named Djoss.tv, which lets TV viewers discuss aired programs in real time, is poised to change misconceptions that watching TV can be “boring or result to health-related complications.” → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Uganda fights against HIV using mobile phones

A collaborative project between a local clinic and a Dutch-run non-governmental organaisation, started up a text service dubbed “text to change” that acts as a medication reminder. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

88mph lands US$300,000 in follow on funding for Futaa.com

88mph, an accelerator program providing early-stage Kenyan tech companies with mentorship and funding, has landed a 300,000 USD investment from Nigerian investors as follow-on backing for one of its leading startups, Futaa.com. → Read more
Wed, July 25th, 14:58 · HumanIPO

Africa’s Talking releases own API for mobile developers in Africa

Africa’s Talking, a Kenya-based mobile solutions firm, is developing mobile applications it says could change lives of the half a billion people in Africa who own mobile phones. Barely two weeks back, it released a new Application Program Interface (API) for SMS-based developers, the API has 460 users already. → Read more
Wed, July 25th, 14:15 · HumanIPO

Angels Ventures, business accelerator and venture fund, launches in Uganda

Uganda Tech entrepreneurs have another reason to smile after Angels Ventures Fund (AVF) began operations in the country earlier this year joining the Mara Launch Fund, to be the second in the country. → Read more
Wed, July 25th, 09:07 · HumanIPO

Consumers in Kenya uneasy with mobile commerce solutions

Recent statistics by Communication Commission of Kenya, CCK, point out to a growing mobile money market with transfer subscriptions at nearly 18 million and deposits totalling about KSh190 billion (approx. US$2.4 billion). → Read more
Tue, July 24th, 11:50 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s government asks GSM service providers to improve or quit trade

Providers of Global System for Mobile Telecommunications, GSM, in Nigeria have been issued a stern warning by the Nigerian Government demanding that they should either address the poor quality of service or leave the Nigerian business market. → Read more
Tue, July 24th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Nokia changes strategy ahead of Windows 8 launch

Nokia is shifting its marketing strategy before the launch of its new Windows 8 smartphone this autumn. → Read more
Mon, July 23rd, 13:33 · HumanIPO

Forum to discuss Africa’s ehealth adversities set for August 5

American chipmaker Intel and Futures Group, a global health-consulting firm, are on a joint mission to improve healthcare in Africa by summoning into use information and technology solutions. → Read more
Mon, July 23rd, 09:32 · HumanIPO

Zimbabwe’s new football site, Footballzone, launched

Zimbabwe's new football site named Footballzone has moved in to take charge of the country’s local football content. According to its founders, the country's live football news is not "easily accessible as local newspapers and TV stations cover only established leagues." → Read more
Mon, July 23rd, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Rwanda gets a new subscription-based TV services

Canal+Afrique, A French-owned pay TV, launched Tuesday last week in Rwanda’s business capital Kigali. Canal+Afrique network is a French language broadcaster with operations in West and Central Africa. → Read more
Sat, July 21st, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Africa showing greater uptake of smartphones, study shows

Mobile phone users in Africa are increasingly taking up to smartphones, a study says. → Read more
Fri, July 20th, 15:28 · HumanIPO

World Bank calls for mobile money integration

A new World Bank report suggests mobile money operators to allow interoperability. Interoperability will reduce domination by some mobile operators and will make the service even more accessible to thousands who need them, says the report. → Read more
Fri, July 20th, 12:48 · HumanIPO

Nokia losses deepen, firm loses market share to Samsung, Apple

Nokia Corporation has, in the last one decade, been the the world’s leading phone-maker and seller. In the last three months however, the firm has made great losses, estimated at about $1.7 billion, losing market share to Samsung and Apple. → Read more
Fri, July 20th, 08:05 · HumanIPO

Top network operators see South Sudan as next big mobile-money zone

South Sudan, the world's youngest nation, will not have to wait any longer to use own mobile money services. According to a report, Africa's telecom giants MTN and Zain are planning to launch their mobile money services in the one-year old country. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 13:51 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s Top Telco takes firm course on poverty alleviation task

Nigeria’s leading telecommunications service provider TOP Telco has launched a partnership plan, alongside Ekiti state government and Globacom Limited, focused on creating jobs for about 1000 youths in the state of Ekiti. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 13:36 · HumanIPO

Video Connect Network service to livestream Nigerian content worldwide

Tata Communications has partnered with Main One Cable Company in a move that will see Nigeria's content viewed live globally. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 13:17 · HumanIPO

South Africa-based StartMe expends richly on startups using crowdfunding

Crowdfunding in SA is helping developers seek faster funding thanks to StartMe.co.za, a startup launched last year by two South African Internet entrepreneurs, Lourie Nel and Ben Botes. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 12:06 · HumanIPO

How mobile number portability miscarried haplessly

Early last year, Kenya’s communications regulator, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), introduced mobile number portability (MNP) to offer mobile users a means of switching from one service operator to another -- without the need to change the subscribed cellphone numbers. → Read more