Articles by Vincent Matinde

Articles by Vincent Matinde, Page 26

Tue, June 12th, 07:15 · Vincent Matinde

Google apps developer challenge 2012 now open

Google’s 2012 apps developer contest, the Google Apps Developer Challenge, is now open globally, Google has announced. → Read more
Tue, June 12th, 07:07 · Vincent Matinde

Nokia affirms its commitment to fight fake gadgets

Nokia has stated its pledge to fight fake phones and gadgets in the East Africa region. The statement comes at a time when the world is marking the anti counterfeit day. → Read more
Mon, June 11th, 12:34 · Vincent Matinde

Google’s Computer Science for High Schools grants flags off

Google has announced the computer science for high schools grants programme for 2012. → Read more
Mon, June 11th, 07:35 · Vincent Matinde

Google Student Africa summit begins in Nairobi

Google is bringing over 150 students from 10 African countries for a 3-day summit in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Fri, June 8th, 14:52 · Vincent Matinde

iNamibia now the biggest site in Namibia

Mimiboards has said iNamibia is now the biggest site in the Namibia, acccording to site statistics. → Read more
Thu, June 7th, 13:00 · Vincent Matinde

Swazi teens among Google Science Fair’s 15 finalists

Google has announced the 15 finalist for this year’s Google Science Fair, the premier online global science competition for students. → Read more
Thu, June 7th, 12:30 · Vincent Matinde

Users in SA now can edit their Google Maps

South Africans can now edit maps around the country. Google has announced it has opened Google Map Marker for use by its South Africa-based users. → Read more
Thu, June 7th, 08:29 · Vincent Matinde

Facebook begins mobile advertising

Barely a month since its listing on the Nasdaq, Facebook has received a bad rep for its falling stocks. In a bid to show investors avenues of making money however, the world’s largest social networking site has begun mobile advertising. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 12:21 · Vincent Matinde

Africa to view Olympics through YouTube channel

Google has announced that during the upcoming London Olympics, residents of Sub Saharan Africa and their Asia counterparts will get to view quality Olympic videos through a YouTube channel. → Read more
Wed, June 6th, 11:21 · Vincent Matinde

Google and Unicef unveil online family safety center in SA

Google in partnership with Unicef have unveiled an online portal to help parents protect their children from inappropriate content. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 17:25 · Vincent Matinde

The Nigerian ‘Amazon’ Kasuwa goes live

Nigeria’s Amazon clone has finally opened its online stores with an offer of 1,500 naira (US$9.20) gift for new subscribers. → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 16:00 · Vincent Matinde

US-based PurpleTeal and Kenya’s yuMobile partner to bring health tips on phones

Subscribers of Kenya’s leading network operator YuMobile will now get health tips through their mobile phone following a partnership between the firm and healthy living website, PurpleTeal → Read more
Tue, June 5th, 10:01 · Vincent Matinde

Crowdpesa to unveil new m-commerce platform for brands

Crowdpesa.com is set to release a new version of its service for brands, today. This service will aid brands in promoting their offerings online. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 08:30 · Vincent Matinde

Nigeria gets yet another M-payment solution after Globacom unveils Verve M-PIN.

Globacom, a Nigerian telecommunication company, has launched a new M-Payment product known as Verve M-PIN. → Read more
Mon, June 4th, 07:30 · Vincent Matinde

Two African teens among Google Science Fair finalists

Google has announced the 90 finalists for its science fair this year. Among the finalist are two teenagers from Swaziland. → Read more
Fri, June 1st, 09:30 · Vincent Matinde

Nigeria launches own “Amazon”

Since Rocket Internet set foot in Nigeria, there has been speculations it would launch an "Amazon clone" for the market, and Kasuwa, an online shop, was launched. → Read more
Fri, June 1st, 06:30 · Vincent Matinde

iRokoTV now to charge for its services

Nigerian icon view on demand site IrokoTV will soon be charging for its service which has been free since its launch in November last year. → Read more
Thu, May 31st, 14:33 · Vincent Matinde

Ghana’s new tablet, K-Pad, to rival iPad

The K-Pad that comes in 7, 8, 9.7 and 10.1-inch sizes has the initial of the company’s executive chairman Kofi Kludgeson. Kludgeson said: “After five years of technical development, we have come up with a product that is a major breakthrough in the world of technology. We have come out with K-Pad and in three […] → Read more
Thu, May 31st, 08:30 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya’s electoral body starts voter confirmation site to forestall poll irregularities

Kenya’s electoral body the Independent Election and Boundary Commission of Kenya (IEBC) has unveiled a new platform for political party members to confirm [their] party registration status. → Read more
Wed, May 30th, 15:53 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya’s communications regulator slashes mobile termination rates

Kenya’s communication regulator the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has cut mobile termination rates by KSh1.60. → Read more