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Wed, May 16th, 08:00 · HumanIPO

Uganda’s MUK students invent a pregnancy scanner

Students at Uganda’s Makerere University (MUK) have invented a scan machine, called Winsenga, that can detect pregnancy complications. → Read more
Tue, May 15th, 16:45 · HumanIPO

Abu Dhabi Company launches $1.6bn satellite investment in Nigeria

Al-Yah Satellite Communications Company, Abu Dhabi based satellite company, has launched a US$1.6 billion broadband satellite service in Nigeria expected to hedge Internet cost by up to 10 percent. → Read more
Tue, May 15th, 11:34 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s Asonicslive in a 5-year partnership with Security Group Africa

Kenyan company Asonicslive Interlink, a Kenya-based IT network company, has secured 5-year distributor agreement with security Group Africa (SGA), a private security company. → Read more
Tue, May 15th, 09:19 · HumanIPO

African tech startups stirring global backing

US President Barack Obama touted the federal government's support to the United States' tech industry last week Thursday. Obama cited the government's infrastructural support that helped grow Facebook, Google and Microsoft. → Read more
Mon, May 14th, 16:52 · HumanIPO

IBM moves in on Nairobi’s notorious traffic jams

Nairobi highways, infamous for heavy traffic jams, are set for a major overhaul thanks to IBM’s Smart Cities programme survey that seeks to address cities’ competitiveness through key sector improvements. → Read more
Mon, May 14th, 16:21 · HumanIPO

Conversion of Ghana’s 360 post offices into ICT centres shows fall of Africa’s postal services

Ghana investment Fund for Electronic communications(GIFEC) has come to an agreement with Ghana Post to convert over 360 dormant post offices into ICT centres in a twist that could indicate an end to the traditional postal services. → Read more
Mon, May 14th, 14:55 · HumanIPO

Kenya to host Inaugural DEMO Africa

DEMO, famous for launching highly innovative companies in cloud computing, enterprise, mobile and social media, has announced the launch of DEMO Africa slated for Nairobi’s Intercontinental Hotel later this year. → Read more
Mon, May 14th, 11:25 · HumanIPO

A SMS app that vows to ease Africa’s infant mortality rates

With the current statistics showing Kenya’s maternal mortality ratio at 48.8 per 1000 live births, a new expectant mother monitoring system called an antenatal calls and SMS is set to ease the number of deaths during childbirth. → Read more
Mon, May 14th, 09:22 · HumanIPO

Internet users in SA to grow by 20 pc in 2012

South Africa Internet users will grow by 20 percent in 2012, which will take the user base past 10 million mark. Internet penetration would grow by the same margin, predicts a study by World Wide Worx set for release in June. → Read more
Mon, May 14th, 09:05 · HumanIPO

A giant research network set for expansion in Africa

The Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD), a global research network connecting students and researchers, has announced plans to expand its net across African continent after a stint in Egypt. → Read more
Sat, May 12th, 08:51 · HumanIPO

Safaricom results confirm Kenya’s budding and money-spinning data market

Safaricom’s financial result for the year-ended march 2012 released Thursday show that despite a drop in the revenue from voice calls, a big chunk of the telephone network operator’s revenue, attributed to the growth in demand for data, cushioned the company from suffering losses. → Read more
Fri, May 11th, 20:10 · HumanIPO

A mobile app set to link billions to quality health care

In a move expected to promote access to quality medical services in Africa, two Kenyan developers have came up with a new health revolutionary mobile App called MedAfrica that aggregates health information from the Web. → Read more
Fri, May 11th, 11:55 · HumanIPO

Women in rural Africa heavily relying on phones to foster micro-businesses

Women in two African countries, Nigeria and Egypt, are set to benefit from a pilot project on how to increase use of mobile phones for their businesses as a follow up to research findings released Thursday by ExxonMobil Foundation and Cherie Blair Foundation for Women. → Read more
Fri, May 11th, 07:38 · HumanIPO

American Tower’s major expansion drive in Africa increasing operational efficiencies

The American Tower Corporation (ATC), a leading owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communications sites in North America, has invested some $175 million in Uganda in what is likely to show that African telecommunications sector has become increasingly lucrative. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 21:52 · HumanIPO

HumanIPO and The Next Web partner to increase coverage of African tech scene

To increase the exposure of Africa’s fast-growing technology sector, and to bring the most important news from the continent to a global tech news audience, HumanIPO and The Next Web have agreed on a partnership. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 20:45 · HumanIPO

Safaricom’s net profit plunges despite gain in total revenue

Safaricom, Kenya’s top mobile telephone operator, has posted a 13 percent increase in total revenue for its full year ended March, to 107 billion (US$1.28 billion), thanks increased call tariffs and improved revenue per user, it said Thursday. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 16:07 · HumanIPO

South Africa to host inaugural ICT Indaba in June

South Africa will in June host inaugural ICT Indaba scheduled to discuss and analyze international models essential for boosting the development of Africa’s ICT sector. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 14:30 · HumanIPO

OzinboPay bids for an upgrade of Africa’s mobile money

Following the surge in mobile money use in Africa, OzinboPay, a new mobile payment gateway founded late last year, has vowed to enable merchants within West Africa receive and make online and offline payments via the mobile phone, a feature many of the continent's payment platforms lack. → Read more
Thu, May 10th, 09:45 · HumanIPO

SA’s Falcorp in a bargain to represent OneBill across Africa

OneBill, an integrated subscription platform, has signed a partnership agreement with Falcorp, a technology services company in South Africa, in a move that will see the South Africa-based company become OneBill’s representative in the southern African region, Nigeria and Kenya. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 17:06 · HumanIPO

Ghana to build its first technology park

The Government of Ghana’s is set to develop the country’s first technology park in a bid to stimulate innovation, encourage growth of high-tech entrepreneurial start-ups and boost revenue collection. → Read more