Articles by HumanIPO

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Wed, May 9th, 15:20 · HumanIPO

Local content takes centre stage at 2012 Mobile Web West Africa

Developers in West Africa have been urged to produce simple and easy to use local content in a bid to take advantage of Africa’s booming mobile space. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 11:12 · HumanIPO

Coffee farmers to receive warnings on storms via texts

More than 7500 coffee farmers in Kenya could start receiving message prompts with warnings on storms and plagues by the end of the year, says IICD. → Read more
Wed, May 9th, 10:26 · HumanIPO

ISPs in Kenya move to shore up Internet security

Access Kenya, Internet Solutions and Data Services Provider, has announced deployment of a new email authentication system on their network, called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol Authentication (SMTP), aimed at securing client emails as well as enabling the clients use the mail service while abroad. → Read more
Tue, May 8th, 21:26 · HumanIPO

SA’s Zimbile poised to design websites in record time

As Google gets serious on getting businesses online, Zimbile, a Zimbabwean mobile web startup is serious on getting its websites mobile in record five minutes at no cost and without any tech skills. → Read more
Tue, May 8th, 20:21 · HumanIPO

Facebook, Sophos engage to protect users against malware

Giant social networking site Facebook has partnered with Sophos, an IT security and data protection company, to protect its users from suspicious links that lead to malware or malicious sites. → Read more
Tue, May 8th, 16:25 · HumanIPO

Kenya among the world’s top five nations ready for mobile payment uptake

MasterCard Worldwide, an American multinational financial services corporation, has ranked Kenya among the countries most ready to use mobile payments in its latest survey report. → Read more
Tue, May 8th, 14:00 · HumanIPO

Ghanaian company in a deal to distribute Tecno’s mobile applications

SMSGH, Ghana-based mobile content aggregation company, has signed an agreement with a China-based mobile phone manufacturing company, Techno Telcom, to distribute Tehno’s embedded mobile applications to users. → Read more
Tue, May 8th, 09:57 · HumanIPO

NiRA expected to bring 250,000 Nigerian businesses online by 2013

Google and the Nigerian Internet Registration Association, registry for .com.ng Internet Domain Names, have partnered to bring 250, 000 businesses online. → Read more
Mon, May 7th, 19:20 · HumanIPO

Syniverse to fund BBB Mobile Giving Foundation

Syniverse has announced a premier sponsorship of the BBB Mobile Foundation, an organization enabling charities to raise funds via mobile devices. → Read more
Mon, May 7th, 17:25 · HumanIPO

Ghana’s SSTC heralds space science in West Africa

Ghana opened a Space Science and technology Centre (SSTC) last week Wednesday in a move aimed at tapping into potentials of science and technology to increase the country’s socio-economic development → Read more
Mon, May 7th, 15:50 · HumanIPO

Techno Brain’s new Uganda office aimed at expanding firm’s African presence

Techno Brain, a software development company with operations in USA, UK and UAE, has announced plans to open an office in Uganda in May this year, a strategy expected to expand the firm’s African operations. → Read more
Mon, May 7th, 15:30 · HumanIPO

Nigeria to start mobile number portability in June

Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), Nigeria's communication regulator, is set to conduct nationwide Mobile Number Portability (MNP) starting June. → Read more
Mon, May 7th, 08:01 · HumanIPO

MapIT says it’s not afraid of Google Maps in Africa

With plans to set up a regional office in East Africa, 10-year old mapIT, which began as a data provider in South Africa, now covers 104 countries and more than 38.4 million kilometres of road coverage globally. The firm views Google Maps entry into Africa as the birth of strategic partnership and not a competitor. → Read more
Sat, May 5th, 07:11 · HumanIPO

Zuku TV’s wholly East African content to boost viewership

Launched three years ago in Kenya and now with operations in Tanzania and Uganda, Zuku TV has promised to give its audience something new that is exclusively East African. → Read more
Fri, May 4th, 20:00 · HumanIPO

US$6300 kitty up for grabs as Nigeria’s NIG flags off an Internet job initiative

With 23.9 percent of the more than 155 million Nigerians unemployed, almost half of them consisting of the youth, according to 2011 statistics by Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, the Nigeria Internet Group (NIG) has come up with an initiative set to reduce the unemployment trend. → Read more
Fri, May 4th, 19:30 · HumanIPO

Nigerian wins nomination into ICANN

As Africa gets closer to acquiring its own top-level domain name, called dotAfrica, an African of Nigerian descent has been nominated into the ICANN, a move widely anticipated to enable the continent achieve broad representation at the global Internet community. → Read more
Fri, May 4th, 17:11 · HumanIPO

Five African nations form continent’s first ever ICT alliance

Five African Countries have rallied to form an alliance, called Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA), in a move aimed at bringing the continent’s ICT sector stakeholders together, to meet the social and economic growth, as well as find solutions to ICT challenges. → Read more
Fri, May 4th, 16:30 · HumanIPO

ADB’s new card set to link Ghanians to global transactions

The Ghanaian Agriculture Development Bank (ADB) today launched a Visa classic card in an effort that would ensure its services become more accessible and convenient to its customers worldwide. → Read more
Fri, May 4th, 13:30 · HumanIPO

Western union to introduce account-based money transfer in Africa

Western Union, a global leader in payment solutions, is now working with its existing banking agents in Africa to introduce account-based money transfer (ABMT) services set to leverage digital access channels available to the banks’ account-holders. → Read more
Fri, May 4th, 12:36 · HumanIPO

Maghreb startup initiative seeks out Tunisia’s young developers

A regional competition aimed at promoting entrepreneurship and innovation in Maghreb, dubbed the Maghreb Startup Initiative (MSI), was yesterday launched in Tunis, Tunisia, by the Education for Employment (EFE) foundation and its partners. → Read more