Wed, March 12th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Businesses should adopt more powerful and cost efficient storage solutions if they are to remain competitive in an increasingly data-heavy world, according to Carlo Vaiti, chief technologist and senior director at Oracle Solutions Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). → Read more
Tue, March 11th, 14:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile innovations must be central to development efforts by governments and partners in the global South, while collaboration between innovators and policymakers must be encouraged, according to the participants at a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) event on mobile technologies in innovation. → Read more
Tue, March 11th, 10:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Microsoft has signed an agreement with the Ministry of Education in Rwanda seeking to transform the education sector and encourage innovation and development of skills for both students and educators in the country. → Read more
Tue, March 11th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Huawei has been awarded a five-year contract by Vodafone to expand its Radio Access Network (SingleRAN) across 15 countries, including six African countries, in a project intended to strengthen Vodafone network coverage and improve operations across the participating regions. → Read more
Mon, March 10th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Rwandan citizens have been urged to embrace the use of information and communications technology (ICT), with the country’s permanent secretary in the Ministry of Youth and ICT Rose Mbabazi noting it was just as vital as water and electricity → Read more
Mon, March 10th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Tanzania’s CRDB Bank has launched a Visa and MasterCard-enabled prepaid card for the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi, intended to alleviate difficulties stemming from cash payments at the busy hospital → Read more
Mon, March 10th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
This year’s DEMO Africa event will be held in Lagos, Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigeria Federal Ministry of ICT, the LIONS@FRICA Partnership, VC4Africa and Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), breaking the tradition of the event being held in Kenya. → Read more
Sat, March 8th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
South African media giant Ole! Media recently bought boutique digital sports consultancy FullCircle Sport Online, causing ripples in the sports world. HumanIPO caught up with Desere Orill, group chief marketing officer (CMO) and managing director (MD) of MobiMedia. → Read more
Fri, March 7th, 10:40 · Susan Mwenesi
The Kenyan government has lifted the ban on the 10-kilometre radius around Konza Techno City, also known as the buffer zone, meaning development can now take place on the land → Read more
Thu, March 6th, 17:40 · Susan Mwenesi
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has signed an agreement with Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) that will see the authority collect revenue online from its residents. → Read more
Thu, March 6th, 16:20 · Susan Mwenesi
The Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited in partnership with the Universal Communication Service Access Fund is seeking to upgrade basic telecoms services in rural Tanzania. → Read more
Thu, March 6th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s leading mobile operator Safaricom has warned its shareholders to be cautious of reports over its planned buyout of rival yuMobile as they could have an effect on the company’s price → Read more
Thu, March 6th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile operator MTN has launched a service point on the South Sudan-Uganda border, enhancing business and communication capabilities in the area and providing thousands of people heading to the East African region with mobile services. → Read more
Tue, March 4th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s leading mobile network operator Safaricom owes its clients KSh3.2 billion (US$37 million) in unclaimed Bonga points, after only 80 per cent of its reward scheme points were redeemed in the form of airtime, data bundles, merchandise and SMSs → Read more
Tue, March 4th, 11:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Bank of Africa subsidiaries in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will from now on use a new credit management system in a bid to curb losses that arise from defaulted loans. → Read more
Tue, March 4th, 09:40 · Susan Mwenesi
South Africa’s Ole! Media Group has received a warm welcome in Kenya in the six months since it launched in the East African country, according to the group chief marketing officer (CMO) and managing director (MD) of MobiMedia Desere Orill. → Read more
Mon, March 3rd, 16:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya's largest telecommunications operator Safaricom and India's Bharti Airtel, which operates in a number of African countries, have joined Etisalat’s SmartHub network, a move aimed at expanding their global multi-services network. → Read more
Mon, March 3rd, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
The recent acquisition of FullCircle Sport Online, a boutique digital sports consultancy, by TEAMtalk, a division of South Africa’s Ole! Media Group will see the company expand its expertise not only in local football but provide FullCircle clients with more services and deeper coverage → Read more
Fri, February 28th, 17:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel Kenya has launched Airtel Kilimo, a project that will provide information to farmers in real time through its mobile network → Read more
Fri, February 28th, 15:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile startups competition PIVOT East has partnered with tech hubs across East Africa to ensure this year’s event is attended by the best entrepreneurs and developers in the region → Read more
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