Articles by HumanIPO

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Mon, May 21st, 17:50 · HumanIPO

Rwanda’s first ever automated immigration control launched

Rwanda has launched automated immigration control for its nationals, a move expected to speed up the immigration clearance process. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 16:02 · HumanIPO

Kenya budgets over $500 million to spread 4G to 47 counties

Kenya expects to spend some US$500 million to connect 4G network to the country’s 47 counties by March next year. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 15:20 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s pay TV industry lacking competition

A report by Kenya’s communication regulator Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) and Deloitte and Touche, a consulting company, show that the broadcasting frequencies in the country are not fully utilised. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 10:04 · HumanIPO

Ghana set to manufacture own smartphones

TECNO Ghana intends to manufacture and assemble its brand of affordable smartphones for sale exclusively within the west African country. → Read more
Mon, May 21st, 09:55 · HumanIPO

Econz Wireless hits SA with GPS asset,employee tracking app

Econz wireless has launched a GPS tracking application in South Africa essential for tracking employees and assets. → Read more
Sat, May 19th, 06:18 · HumanIPO

With C-SAM and MasterCard’s mobile wallet, Africa expects a stir in payment services

Mobile technology firm C-SAM Friday announced a partnership with a global payments and technology company MasterCard to offer "mobile wallet" solutions in Africa, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 15:58 · HumanIPO

Ghana widens scope on intellectual property rights with a new policy

The government of Ghana has come up with the country’s first intellectual property (IP) document, called National Intellectual Property Policy and Strategy (NIPPS) document, aimed at strengthening the management of the intellectual property system in Ghana. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 12:41 · HumanIPO

19-year-old girl in Egypt invents a spacecraft propulsion device

A 19-year-old Egyptian university student called Aisha Mustafa has invented a propulsion device intended to offer spacecrafts a new method and cheaper means of energy consumption. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 12:20 · HumanIPO

More than 28 million Kenyans still anxious to make calls even as prices hike

More than 28 million mobile phone subscribers in Kenya rely on phones for voice calls, Internet and text messaging each day, says Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK), Kenya’s communication regulator. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 11:00 · HumanIPO

Years later, SA’s broadband for all still a pipe dream

The South African government's Department of Communications announced in August 2011 a Broadband for all by 2020 in South Africa. The policy was to ensure that 100 percent of South Africans get access to broadband speed of less than 2.98 kbps. → Read more
Fri, May 18th, 09:43 · HumanIPO

Turning old PCs into digital TVs is Africa’s latest green revolution

The plant known as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) becomes east and central Africa’s first ever recycling centre that converts old computers into TV sets. Started by Kenya’s Tom Musili, he says this is intended to end electronic waste in the country aside from making TVs affordable. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 17:55 · HumanIPO

SA’s Logikal counts on Africa’s tech growth to prompt expansion drive

Although a South Africa-based IT consulting company, Logikal Consulting, has operations in more than 15 African countries, Kevin Mani, the managing executive, says the firm is not ready to abandon its African expansion drive just because of that. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 16:50 · HumanIPO

A Taiwanese phone manufacturer focusing on SA market more attentively

A Taiwanese smartphone manufacturing company has swore it would concentrate more on the South African market, four months after launching a local office. High Tech Computer Corporation, HTC, announced the move while focusing on its new One-series range of devices. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 11:37 · HumanIPO

MTN Ghana raises US$276 million for network expansion as competition heats up

MTN Ghana has raised a loan worth $276 million to finance network expansion amid increased competition for subscribers in the West African country. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 11:08 · HumanIPO

A new tech enables polling via text messaging

A new Web-based tool, dubbed mSwali, that uses mobile technology has been developed in Kenya to help businesses and researchers conduct surveys as well as collect customer feedback in real-time. → Read more
Thu, May 17th, 08:40 · HumanIPO

A new SMS system enabling rural folks track and access funds

A new open source credit software called PaymentView is adding new meaning to mobile money and micro-credit system by enhancing communication hence enabling easy tracking of the money transactions. → Read more
Wed, May 16th, 16:03 · HumanIPO

Egyptian traffic app wins top prize in Ebda2 with Google competition

Google has finally announced the winners of its dubbed ‘Ebda2 with Google,’ with Bey2olak.com walking away with US$200,000 in seed capital. → Read more
Wed, May 16th, 15:40 · HumanIPO

Firm integrates Nigeria’s constitution on mobile space

Pledge51, a Nigeria-based mobile telecommunications company, has pledged to make the Nigerian constitution available to more than the West African country’s more than 90 million active phone users. → Read more
Wed, May 16th, 13:40 · HumanIPO

Nigeria to ban use of foreign IT products to promote homegrown industry

The Nigeria government yesterday announced a comprehensive ban on foreign computers and technology products use in public institutions in a move aimed at promoting the local industry. → Read more
Wed, May 16th, 09:00 · HumanIPO

An African visit that inspired a technology innovation

A pleasure trip to Africa by two Australian travellers inspired the development and launch of a social network site called mmMule, already enhancing delivery of donations to charities in Africa. → Read more