Articles by Vincent Matinde

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Wed, January 16th, 12:25 · Vincent Matinde

Africa’s first LTE conference to highlight industry advancement

South Africa will in July this year host the first LTE conference in Africa, expected to bring together telecom players from across the continent to discuss issues facing the deployment of 4G wireless network services. → Read more
Wed, January 16th, 08:03 · Vincent Matinde

MasterCard partners with Equity Bank to boost cashless transactions in Kenya

Kenya’s Equity Bank has entered into a joint venture with global payments leader MasterCard in a deal that will see five million credit and debit cards released into the local market to encourage cashless and contactless transactions nationwide. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 14:23 · Vincent Matinde

Etisalat’s Eazywallet leads way in Kalahari Mobile Money Award nominations

Etisalat Nigeria’s Eazywallet product has received the highest number of nominations for this year’s Kalahari Mobile Money Awards slated for February 6. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 13:31 · Vincent Matinde

Huge Internet gender gap in Sub-Saharan Africa cause for alarm

Low Internet penetration among women and girls in developing countries is a major decelerator of their development and education, according to a new report by technology firm Intel. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 08:58 · Vincent Matinde

Affordable tablets set to hit the Kenyan market

Indian technology firm HCL Infosystems is set to debut low-cost Android-powered tablets for the Kenyan market in the next few weeks. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 06:20 · Vincent Matinde

FEATURE: Why mobile applications are important to African states

Africa’s telecommunications industry is one of the most spirited as well as the fastest growing in the world, a development that has seen the creation of applications around mobile technology that governments could greatly benefit from. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 09:46 · Vincent Matinde

Renesola launches in the Middle East with eyes on Africa

ReneSola, a major manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and wafers, will showcase its leading innovations at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) taking place this week in United Arab Emirates’ capital Abu Dhabi. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 07:37 · Vincent Matinde

Soteria online backup service launches new product and site

Soteria Cloud, a South African online backup service, has revamped its website and launched a new one - CloudSync - which it expects to be more competitive in the online backup business. → Read more
Sun, January 13th, 08:30 · Vincent Matinde

OPINION: Despite hailing Kenya as innovation hub, big players snub local payment solutions

Hailed for her innovative solutions by international tech players, Kenya has had the same players ignore her local payment solutions. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 10:19 · Vincent Matinde

EarthSearch closes security provision agreement to cover West Africa market

US-based electronics security solutions firm EarthSearch Communications International has reached an agreement with Nigerian security firm Halogen Securities to distribute the former’s software platform in West Africa. → Read more
Fri, January 11th, 08:03 · Vincent Matinde

Ghanaian startup Dropifi shortlisted for prestigious European award

Ghana-based startup Dropifi has been selected for the Europas Awards in the Best Business, Recruitment and Enterprise Startup category for their innovation in customer support. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 13:39 · Vincent Matinde

BlueKite raises US$1.5m to help people in Diaspora to pay bills home

Electronics payment technology firm BlueKite has announced a US$1.5 million seed fund led by PeopleFund, whose contribution amounts to $1.3 million with the remaining provided by BlueKite’s founders. → Read more
Thu, January 10th, 09:20 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya’s mLab announces applications for mobile training

mLab East Africa, a Kenya-based incubation hub for mobile-oriented startups, has announced its intake for the 2013 training to be held in the capital Nairobi. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 13:07 · Vincent Matinde

New gravity-powered light bulbs provide alternative to kerosene lamps

Touted as capable of replacing the kerosene lamp, GravityLight is an invention that uses gravity as an energy source to generate electricity. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 10:05 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan government seeks out-of-court settlement of digital migration case

Kenya’s government is considering an out-of-court settlement to resolve the digital migration broadcasting dispute, with a case filed by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek), a consumer advocacy group, set for hearing on Friday. → Read more
Wed, January 9th, 08:53 · Vincent Matinde

FEATURE: Offline transactions still favoured despite advanced online systems

The slow advancement of online payment in Africa, in spite of the high adoption of electronic payments via mobile money, is a setback to e-commerce in the continent. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 13:33 · Vincent Matinde

Nigerian digital agency HotSauce courts new American partner

HotSauce, a Nigerian digital and marketing agency, has partnered with US-based integrated telecommunications conglomerate East Coast Diversified Corporation (ECDC) to have Vir2o, the latter’s social media engagement platform, launched in Nigeria. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 09:57 · Vincent Matinde

M-Shwari crosses KSh1 billion mark, sets sights on Tanzania

Despite disputes over idea ownership, M-Shwari, a Kenyan m-banking concept, has seen transactions totalling over KSh1 billion in barely three months. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 08:34 · Vincent Matinde

Uganda’s telecom sector to top US$1.1bn by 2017

Uganda’s telecommunication sector will peak at US$1 billion by 2017 as the industry continues to grow, according to a report released by global telecoms research leader Pyramid Research. → Read more
Tue, January 1st, 08:26 · Vincent Matinde

Opinion: Content provision to be the next big thing in Africa’s Web industry

Web content generation will be the next big business in Africa as the continent’s Internet penetration peaks, and in due time, local content will be preferred to foreign production. → Read more