Articles by HumanIPO

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Sat, June 2nd, 12:30 · HumanIPO

Ancient cultures inspire a new software tutoring programming students

A recent research group lead by Lindsay Poirier, a computing student from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , brought to light ancient artefacts and patterns now reported to be aiding software teaching across the globe. → Read more
Fri, June 1st, 05:30 · HumanIPO

Facebook finally comes to Africa

Social networking giant Facebook on Thursday announced it has opened its first Middle East and North Africa (MENA) sales office. → Read more
Fri, June 1st, 04:30 · HumanIPO

Four districts in Ghana pilot country’s first phone-based health information service

Ghana’s Upper East Regional Health Directorate has introduced an electronic system dubbed Mobile Technology for Community Health (MoTeCH) in the Kasena-Nankana district to facilitate health care delivery in the region, the Daily Ghana Guide reported. → Read more
Fri, June 1st, 03:00 · HumanIPO

An agency in Ghana to improve governance using mobile technology

A nonprofit has pledged to use mobile technology to provide a voice to Ghanaians in a bid to improve governance as well as link the citizens and policy makers. → Read more
Thu, May 31st, 07:47 · HumanIPO

Central African Republic all set to get 4G networks

Airspan will deploy 4G network in Central African Republic (CAR) in a project that will bring Internet connection to the users in the Bangui, the country’s capital. → Read more
Thu, May 31st, 03:00 · HumanIPO

A new verification system to zero in on Nigeria’s counterfeits

Nigeria-based mobile solutions company SysServe Solutions has developed a verification service called VerifyNigeria expected to tackle counterfeiting, piracy, document forgery and other forms of fraud by using a simple, cost-effective and customer-focused approach. → Read more
Wed, May 30th, 15:32 · HumanIPO

Global mobile payment transaction value to exceed US$170 Billion this year, Gartner says

Worldwide mobile payment transaction values will this year surpass US$171.5 billion, according to a report by Gartner, world's leading information technology research and advisory company. → Read more
Wed, May 30th, 12:41 · HumanIPO

Africa’s ‘traditional medicines’ get own mobile app

A new mobile application called M-Ganga designed to document information on herbal medicine is set to hit the mobile app stores next month, the developers now say. → Read more
Wed, May 30th, 10:30 · HumanIPO

Technology reduces mother-to-child HIV infection in Africa

A new machine to machine technology enabling HIV Positive expectant mothers to get results in record time to begin anti-retroviral drugs much earlier is reported to have reduced the chances of transferring the virus to the newborns from 40 percent to less than 1 percent in Mozambique. → Read more
Wed, May 30th, 08:01 · HumanIPO

Agencies rally to spread Internet access to Africa’s remote regions

Remote regions in the Sub Saharan Africa, known to have no Internet connection, are set to enjoy the facility to boost education, innovation and development, Global Research Alliance (GRA) has announced. → Read more
Wed, May 30th, 07:00 · HumanIPO

Two students in Kenya pledge to curb country’s chronic famine with a mobile app

Two students in Kenya have developed a new mobile phone application called M-SHAMBA set to link farmers in rural Africa with timely information from industry experts, researchers, meteorological departments and other agricultural agencies. → Read more
Tue, May 29th, 16:52 · HumanIPO

Nairobi’s OIAS summit names youth empowerment as key to innovation growth

Patrick Awuah former Microsoft Program Manager, also renowned for having started Ashesi University College in Ghana, believes the future of technology and development belongs to the youth. → Read more
Tue, May 29th, 15:47 · HumanIPO

West African creditor takes to fingerprint biometrics to rein in on frauds

Benin’s largest microcredit bank ASMAB has resorted to fingerprint biometrics technology to identify its customers and cut loan fraud. This is also expected to sustain customer trust in the banking system, it says. → Read more
Tue, May 29th, 13:24 · HumanIPO

Fleecing staff at MTN Uganda fired over US$8.0 million fraud

MTN's Uganda Mobile Money staff have reportedly been fired after investigations into a fraud that cost the firm an overwhelming USh15 billion (US$8 million). → Read more
Tue, May 29th, 08:00 · HumanIPO

Nokia launches education delivery project to boost content delivery in rural Kenya

Nokia has launched education delivery project set to use mobile technology to bring up to date content to schoolchildren in Kenya’s remote regions. → Read more
Tue, May 29th, 07:00 · HumanIPO

Agencies to install solar panels to boost ICT use in Kenya’s remote regions

International Institute for Communication and development (IICD) has installed solar panels at Ilkerin in Turkana, Kenya, set to enhance the quality of education among the Maasai tribe that live in the region. → Read more
Mon, May 28th, 18:00 · HumanIPO

Lack of enough funding hampering innovations in Africa

Lack of enough funding facing Africa’s innovations and startups extensively stagnate the continent’s innovation and technological growth, delegates at the African summit (OAIS) agree. → Read more
Mon, May 28th, 10:25 · HumanIPO

A new Zimbabwean SMS platform aims at tending country’s saving culture

A firm in Zimbabwe called Victory Savings Club has innovatively incorporated the use of mobile technology in a pioneering effort aimed at promoting the culture of saving, wealth creation and empowerment among the country’s citizens. → Read more
Mon, May 28th, 08:00 · HumanIPO

Ghanaian government pledges to give 100,000 laptops to learners this year

Ghana’s government has announced plans to distribute 100,000 laptops to students in a move aimed at boosting teaching of ICT in the country. → Read more
Mon, May 28th, 07:00 · HumanIPO

Zambia seeks to automate land supervision in June

Zambia’s Land administration says it will from June computerize its operations to enable the government to capture data in a move aimed at eradicating corruption in the department. → Read more