Articles by Nanine Steenkamp

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Tue, April 2nd, 10:38 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mills&Boon now available on feature phones as startup aims for Africa

App startup biNu has partnered with United Kingdom-based publisher Harlequin to make 8,700 books - including the popular romance series Mills&Boon - available for consumption on feature phones. → Read more
Tue, April 2nd, 09:42 · Nanine Steenkamp

Apple to offer replacements after one-year warranty criticised

Apple has apologised to Chinese clients after negative reports in the national media about the period of warranty offered on iPhones. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:59 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google defeats Sweden in language battle

Google has won an unlikely battle against Sweden to stop it from making the word “ungoogleable” an official part of the Swedish language. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp

Female students tech inspired by GGDCPT, twitter report released

The March event of Girl Geek Dinners in Cape Town (GGDCPT) this week was attended by a number of school and university students for the first time, inspiring them to pursue a career in the tech industry. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 13:16 · Nanine Steenkamp

guru-g open to SA investment

Indian educational startup guru-g believes their product will work well in South Africa, Amruth B R, chief product architect, told HumanIPO at the Unreasonable at Sea Pitching session in Waterfront, Cape Town on Tuesday, March 26. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 12:25 · Nanine Steenkamp

Solar Ear plans expansion to East, West Africa

Batswana solar-powered hearing device startup Solar Ear is looking at expanding into East and West Africa to supply Africans with solar powered hearing aids, as it travels worldwide on the Unreasonable at Sea entrepreneurial cruise. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 10:05 · Nanine Steenkamp

Africa is the future, says global entrepreneur

American entrepreneur Daniel Epstein, founder of the Unreasonable Institute, told HumanIPO he believes Africa has great opportunities. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 05:44 · Nanine Steenkamp

Female ‘difference’ not an obstacle, says SA male developer

South African Clint Lynch, senior developer at Realm Digital, believes being a woman should not keep females from entering the tech space as gender is not exceptional to other differences. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 14:45 · Nanine Steenkamp

Big interest in SA investment follows Unreasonable visit

The entrepreneurial Unreasonable at Sea ship’s visit to South Africa has been greeted with great enthusiasm by various parties as the startups pitched at the Waterfront yesterday (Tuesday) in Cape Town. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 13:42 · Nanine Steenkamp

Africa is Disneyland for entrepreneurs, says SAP

Global business software leader SAP opened the international entrepreneurship initiative Unreasonable at Sea meet up yesterday (Tuesday) in Cape Town, South Africa, emphasising the need of entrepreneurs and the solutions it can offer to Africa. → Read more
Wed, March 27th, 10:23 · Nanine Steenkamp

Female label needs to be removed in tech field, says SA programmer

South African programmer Lyndsay Lawrence, junior developer at BrandsEye and co-founder of Umonyo, feels the divide between males and females is humiliating. → Read more
Tue, March 26th, 15:56 · Nanine Steenkamp

Protei announced as SAP winner on SA shore

Protei, an open source oil spill cleaning robot startup from the United States was appointed as the winner at the SAP conference for Cape Town’s Unreasonable at Sea shore stop today (Tuesday). → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 16:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

East Africa Com agenda revealed

The agenda for the ninth annual East Africa Com in May has been released, featuring mobile money and digital transformation as the themes for 2013. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 15:23 · Nanine Steenkamp

Telkom forced to face fine, second complaint

South African telecommunications operator Telkom is expected to pay its full ZAR449 million (US$48 million) fine after the company withdrew its appeal from Competition Appeal Court and faces a second hearing. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 13:11 · Nanine Steenkamp

US to outlaw Google Glass drivers

Wearing Google Glasses on the road is expected to be made illegal as West Virginia, United States, is in the process of establishing a law to prohibit the use of head computing devices while driving. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 12:53 · Nanine Steenkamp

Apple acquires indoor GPS startup

Apple has bought indoor GPS startup WifiSLAM for US$20 million, but is remaining secretive about its strategy. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 11:33 · Nanine Steenkamp

South African scientist to build digital brain

A South African scientist is working on the development of a digital brain as part of a project to detect the procession of mental disorders. → Read more
Mon, March 25th, 10:59 · Nanine Steenkamp

Techy traffic jam notice service to launch in Ghana

Ghanaian mobile app Jamless will be launching in Accra in April, aiming to provide a solution by supplying direct traffic information to drivers on mobile devices. → Read more
Fri, March 22nd, 16:10 · Nanine Steenkamp

Zamtel chair to lead SATA

The chairman of Zambian telecommunications operator Zamtel will step in as chairman of the South African Telecommunication Association (SATA) from April to address challenges in the telecommunications industry. → Read more
Fri, March 22nd, 15:12 · Nanine Steenkamp

ZAR2,000 up for grabs at PitchIN Stellenbosch tonight

Entrepreneurs stand the chance to pocket ZAR2,000 at the PitchIN pitching event in Stellenbosch, South Africa, tonight in a bid to encourage students to kickstart their startups. → Read more