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Fri, April 27th, 08:30 · HumanIPO

Google Drive privacy policy contradictory

Google Drive, a new Google cloud computing service, has been heavily criticized for its privacy policy barely a week following its launching on Wednesday. → Read more
Thu, April 26th, 20:00 · HumanIPO

StreamWIDE to make calls via Facebook a reality

StreamWIDE’s new virtual line service called My Social Line is focusing on upgrading the social media platforms to include live calls without the need for phone numbers. → Read more
Thu, April 26th, 17:30 · HumanIPO

7th Africa’s eLearning conference slated for Benin

The seventh edition of the International conference on ICT for development, Education and training has been scheduled for May 23, 2012 in Cotonou, Benin. → Read more
Thu, April 26th, 09:18 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s Ufahamu to represent Africa at space apps challenge

Kenya’s Ufahamu will battle for the overall global title of Space Apps Challenge, an international competition that joins over 2,000 participants across the world in creating spacecraft-related applications. → Read more
Thu, April 26th, 09:17 · HumanIPO

Microsoft forms partnerships to rebuild Arab world

Microsoft partnered with several organisations in Egypt to launch a career portal called MasrWorks set to intensify efforts aimed at rebuilding the country, after the Egyptian Revolutions that saw majority of the youth turn jobless. → Read more
Wed, April 25th, 15:33 · HumanIPO

Kenyan climate app aiming at top World Bank prize

Positioned four out of 51 submissions in World Bank’s “Apps for Climate Competition,” a Kenyan startup called Third Dimension has vowed to take the top prize. → Read more
Wed, April 25th, 14:43 · HumanIPO

Network quality to pick up following MTN, ZTE agreement

ZTE, a global leader in telecommunications equipment and network solutions supply, has signed a contract with MTN Nigeria to build and improve MTN’s mobile networks in Nigeria. → Read more
Wed, April 25th, 11:07 · HumanIPO

Ghana to be a top African mobile innovation hub after mobile lab Launch

The World Wide Web Foundation has announced intentions to set up a mobile entrepreneur laboratory in Ghana to boost the country’s mobile entrepreneurship and innovation. → Read more
Wed, April 25th, 10:46 · HumanIPO

Failure to launch costs Glo Mobile US$200,000

National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana’s communication regulator, has fined Glo Mobile US$200,000 for failing to start operations three years after acquiring license. → Read more
Wed, April 25th, 08:34 · HumanIPO

New Kenyan app to integrate primary school learning processes

Reflecting on the 2010 UNESCO survey that found Kenyan education system accommodated many students with only 10 percent of those enrolled able to solve a class two maths problem, and only 60 percent graduating to secondary school, a Kenyan startup has come up with an app set to guide pupils through learning and revisions. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 15:44 · HumanIPO

NFC could replace mobile money payments

Near Field Technology (NFC) could outpace mobile money as means for money transfers in Africa following its convenience and fast-paced adoption by users. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 15:39 · HumanIPO

Online aggregator vows to resolve SA’s market gap

An online aggregator called Guzzle has vowed to make it easy for South African shoppers to find affordable products, and to promote retailers with little online presence. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 14:54 · HumanIPO

Snapdisk to push for jobs and revenue generation in SA

A South African based startup called Snapdisk is looking to venture into cloud computing to create jobs and promote revenue generation in Africa, following its launch in February this year. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 14:08 · HumanIPO

SMS and voice calls losing ground at Internet expense

With the entry of fibre cables into the African market, the continent’s mobile service providers have started shifting focus from Voice calls and SMS and are now embracing Internet data services to generate revenues. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 12:18 · HumanIPO

AfDB’s eHealth Award set to uphold health information-sharing

African Development Bank last week Thursday launched eHealth Awards aimed at discovering innovations in e- and m-health across Africa. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 08:35 · HumanIPO

SMEs in Africa reluctant to launch fully into cloud

Majority of SMEs in Africa are reluctant to launch into cloud computing system even as others continue to reap 80 percent satisfaction from the system. → Read more
Tue, April 24th, 07:22 · HumanIPO

MTN, Vodafone shine at 2nd Ghana Telecom awards

Ghana MTN took the top overall position for the Telcom Operators Award at this year’s Ghana Telecoms Awards held last week Friday at Holiday Inn, Accra. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 15:13 · HumanIPO

Penda Health to track patients online

A health clinic in Nairobi’s suburb has vowed to change the region’s health delivery system by building a chain of outpatient medical records called Pend Health, focused on making women’s health care affordable in East Africa. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 15:00 · HumanIPO

New US sanction expected to curb rights abuse via technology

US president Barack Obama is expected to issue an executive order Monday authorising his government to impose sanctions against foreign nationals found to have used new technologies to carry out human rights abuses. → Read more
Mon, April 23rd, 12:39 · HumanIPO

Kenya unveils awards to recognize contributions in technology

Set to be the first of its kind in the country, the Kenyan government has unveiled awards to recognize the contributions made by country’s innovators towards economic and social development. → Read more