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Fri, June 29th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Ethiopia’s relief at first ever toner and cartridge assembly plant

Ethiopia will for the first time begin assembling spent toner cartridges, inkjet cartridges and ribbon cartridges. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 12:23 · HumanIPO

Startup pushes for social lending in South Africa

With just a week away from a scheduled launch on July 3, RainFin says it is ready to revolutionize South Africa’s financial services sector with an immediate overhaul of conventional lending and borrowing. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 06:21 · HumanIPO

Samsung to sell around 200 million Galaxy S III smartphones by end of year

Samsung Electronics released its Galaxy S III last week in the US. According to the South Korean electronics manufacturer, the phone’s demand by mobile operators and consumers is “tremendous.” → Read more
Wed, June 27th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Nigeria set to go cashless with a new wireless service

A new wireless service is set to make banking in Nigeria cost effective and contactless courtesy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and telephone network operators in the country. → Read more
Tue, June 26th, 15:19 · HumanIPO

The iPhone would soon go NFC, experts say

Speculators at Apple hint the iPhone 5 will be NFC enabled. → Read more
Tue, June 26th, 07:30 · HumanIPO

Ethiopia’s government now says Skype is not illegal

The government of Ethiopia, in a draft law, slapped a ban on Skype and other Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) services straight off earlier this month, according to Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). → Read more
Tue, June 26th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Benin’s new academic social networking site Kgounna to raise US$1 million in 5 years

Kgounna, an academic social networking site, could change how students do their research and relate with their tutors and peers in the whole of Africa -- and not only in Benin -- if it maintains its momentum. → Read more
Mon, June 25th, 12:14 · HumanIPO

Mauritian homes and offices ready for island-wide fibre network connection

Internet users in Mauritius are set to enjoy 10 billions of bits per second (gbps) fibre optic network for just US$10 a month at 2 megabits per second (mbps) connection offering up to 40 free to air and paid TV channels, or a US$200 per month with high-end bandwidth and a variety of content. → Read more
Mon, June 25th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Airtel Money branches out to Sierra Leone

Airtel has launched its mobile money, the Airtel money, in Sierra Leone in a bid to make it possible for the people in the country to send and receive money using their phones and without the need for a bank account. → Read more
Fri, June 22nd, 13:14 · HumanIPO

Facebook’s new feature allows users to edit comments

Facebook has introduced an “edit option” on their site to allow its users to edit or delete a comment they post. → Read more
Fri, June 22nd, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Huawei says it needs a base in Nigeria to broaden global clout

China's leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider Huawei Technologies has announced it would set up a base in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, June 21st, 14:22 · HumanIPO

Nigeria reverses ban on Foreign PCs

Major PC brands including MAC, Dell , Compaq, HP, Samsung, and IBM and all the other foreign manufactured ones were early last month reported as banned in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, June 21st, 11:45 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s first ever solar powered broadband network expected this year

Nigeria would soon benefit from a solar powered telecommunications network dubbed WorldGSM through a company under the Shyam Group, VNL. → Read more
Wed, June 20th, 15:01 · HumanIPO

Google introduces live traffic data feeds in SA

Google Maps has introduced live traffic data feeds in South Africa and six other countries across the world including Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Mexico, Peru and Romania. It will also update already existing live traffic data feeds in 19 other countries. → Read more
Wed, June 20th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Sponsors allege misappropriation of Cape Town’s ICT Indaba funds

The South African Department of Communications is investigating into misappropriation of the funds contributed by telecoms to sponsor the inaugural ICT Indaba in Cape Town earlier this month. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 10:34 · HumanIPO

Phone calls to cost more in Tanzania

Tanzania’s international and local phone calls will from July 1 cost more after the government hiked up excise duty on the calls from 10 to 12 per cent last week Wednesday. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Airtel partners with Ecobank to unveil first ever mobile money service in Chad

Chad’s Airtel customers can now facilitate financial transactions as well as make utility payments on their mobile phones. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Air Nigeria includes iPad 3 among its in-flight entertainment

An in-flight entertainment firm the IFE Services will be offering entertainments on iPad 3 to passengers aboard Air Nigeria making the air carrier the first to offer the solution in Africa. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 14:25 · HumanIPO

With regulations, mobile money in East Africa could grow, says report

Mobile money in East Africa could become more popular if the regional rules are coordinated and harmonized, reveals a report. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 12:38 · HumanIPO

Africa Union’s 753-hectare expansion plan for Tanzania’s Nelson Mandela Institute

The African Union (AU) ha set aside close to TSh529 million (USD 334701.97) to compensate the Tanzania Plantation Limited former 753-hectare piece in Karangai area to pave way for the second phase of the construction of Nelson Mandela Institute of Science and Technology. → Read more