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Wed, October 17th, 06:39 · HumanIPO

Voting open in Intel and Ashoka female innovation competition

Voting has begun for a competition by Intel Corporation and Ashoka Changemakers dubbed She Will Innovate, which looks to find innovative solutions to equip females with digital tools. → Read more
Tue, October 16th, 12:57 · HumanIPO

Vodacom pledges to connect every South African home to Internet

South African telecom Vodacom Group has said it is ready to lay fibre optic cables to every home with the right partnerships and a clear co-investment model. → Read more
Tue, October 16th, 08:35 · HumanIPO

Online journalist in Malawi charged for seditious articles

Police in Malawi have arrested an online journalist accusing him of publishing seditious, false and treasonable articles. → Read more
Mon, October 15th, 12:44 · HumanIPO

Kenyan techies develop technology that matches patients’ blood groups for quick donations

Kenyan tech startup Scan Response is testing its latest application, Blood Match, an emergency medical personnel QR code for matching patients’ blood groups for quick donations and organ transplants. → Read more
Sat, October 13th, 13:43 · HumanIPO

The Google Trilogy, Part 3 : Overreach

In the last of a three part series on Google and the issues which surround its domination of the tech space, HumanIPO looks at the company’s continuing expansion and asks whether it has been misusing the vast power in its hands. → Read more
Sat, October 13th, 07:59 · HumanIPO

INTERVIEW: Michael Pedersen on ezPayslip, the next revolutionary app after Uhasibu

PlusPeople Kenya Limited is one of East Africa’s leading providers of business solutions to enterprises. The firm has forged a reputation for developing systems useful for micro-businesses in the region. → Read more
Fri, October 12th, 09:38 · HumanIPO

INTERVIEW: HumanIPO meets Churchill Nanje Mambe, CEO of Njorku

Launched in March last year, Njorku is a career and recruitment platform for job seekers and employers in Africa, looking to become a tool that will serve millions of Africans as they go about their careers and business lives, says founder Churchill Nanje Mambe. → Read more
Fri, October 12th, 08:54 · HumanIPO

SA’s new business accelerator Seed Engine to link startups to US, UK markets

Seed Engine, a venture capital fund and startup business accelerator, has launched in Johannesburg, South Africa to “bring a new class of venture capital to South Africa” and enable entrepreneurs to develop their ideas, skills and ambitions towards “successful and sustainable commercial realities.” → Read more
Fri, October 12th, 06:56 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Building platforms, not apps, is Kenya’s future

The mobile revolution has taken hold in Kenya and everyone is waiting for the next big thing. To the majority of mobile developers, however, the problem is deciding what mobile platform to develop on from a choice of platforms such as Android, iOS, Blackberry, Symbian (now defunct) or JavaME (formerly j2me), writes Ngugi Gikonyo, founder and CEO of 6ix Degrees, a backup system for mobile phones. → Read more
Thu, October 11th, 13:27 · HumanIPO

LAGbook to launch Naija Arts, an online game maker, in 2013

Africa's top social networking website LAGbook will early next year launch its online game development arm Naija Arts, as the site hopes to hit the one million subscriber mark. → Read more
Thu, October 11th, 13:17 · HumanIPO

4 killed, 13 arrested after computer theft lynching in Nigeria

Nigeria’s University of Port Harcourt (Uniport) was closed yesterday after a student rampage protesting against the lynching of four of students alleged to have stolen phones and laptops in Aluu Community last Friday. → Read more
Thu, October 11th, 08:18 · HumanIPO

The HumanIPO Debate: Is there a case for digital censorship?

In the first of a new series, HumanIPO reporters and guest writers debate important issues within the African tech sector, inviting readers to join in the discussion on Twitter and Facebook. We begin with digital censorship, which remains a hot topic, particularly in Africa, where social media was credited with fuelling the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia and where Ethiopia’s government stands accused of cracking down on the likes of Skype and Google Talk. → Read more
Wed, October 10th, 14:32 · HumanIPO

Closet49 seeks to be Africa’s eBay for fashion

Closet49, a new online fashion marketplace launched last month, is seeking to enable the swapping and selling of clothes online. → Read more
Wed, October 10th, 09:46 · HumanIPO

The Google Trilogy, Part 2 : Privacy

In part two of a three part series on Google and the issues which surround its domination of the tech space, HumanIPO looks at the privacy issues that have dogged the tech giant and asks whether a business or individual’s data is really safe with the company. → Read more
Wed, October 10th, 08:38 · HumanIPO

Website directory for firms in Kenya launched

Kenyan web design company Sokoletu Creative Limited has launched an online listing of Kenyan websites which it says will cut down on the time users search a business website using the universal resource locator (URL). → Read more
Wed, October 10th, 08:20 · HumanIPO

Mimiboards now on Nigeria’s LAGbook

Nigeria's fastest growing social networking site LAGbook has partnered with Umuntu Media, a South Africa-based developer of virtual noticeboards, to enable its more than 460,000 registered users to enjoy the noticeboards to share local content. → Read more
Tue, October 9th, 12:10 · HumanIPO

The Google Trilogy, Part 1 : Reliance

In the first of a three part series, HumanIPO looks at the implications for society of the immense power wielded by technology giant Google, and asks whether it is healthy or safe for one firm to have so much dominance. → Read more
Fri, October 5th, 13:53 · HumanIPO

South Africa’s 8ta to offer free 50 GB data LTE trails

South Africa’s integrated mobile network operator 8ta is set to introduce a free trial of LTE, also 4G, a move seen as fulfilling the company’s promise of bringing next generation mobile technology to the country. → Read more
Fri, October 5th, 13:04 · HumanIPO

Samsung expects a $7.3b profit for third quarter

South Korea's Samsung Electronics and world’s largest technology firm by revenue said today in its earnings guidance it expected a record operating profit of $7.3 billion for the third quarter, pegging its success to its Galaxy smartphones range. → Read more
Fri, October 5th, 08:06 · HumanIPO

iROKING introduces new mobile site, redesigns Web portal

iROKING Africa’s number one online digital music platform yesterday launched a brand new mobile website, M.iroking.com, that enables users to download music tracks on the go – anytime, anywhere and legally. → Read more