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Fri, February 15th, 10:44 · Richard Cutcher

SEACOM cable restored after fire

Egyptian engineers moved quickly to repair fire damage to the Seacom undersea broadband cable yesterday, which led to South African Internet provider MWeb complaining of link failure. → Read more
Fri, February 15th, 09:34 · Brandon Gregory

Egyptian ban on YouTube appealed by regulator

The ban on YouTube in Egypt for an amateur video insulting Islamic Prophet Muhammad has been appealed by authorities in the country. → Read more
Wed, February 13th, 13:39 · Gabriella Mulligan

Egypt bans YouTube for offensive film

Egyptian courts have banned YouTube for 30 days for hosting the infamous “Innocence of Muslims” film, sparking claims of media censorship and the curtailing of freedom of expression. → Read more
Thu, February 7th, 10:04 · Nanine Steenkamp

Egyptian Mobinil to invest two billion, seeks local shareholders

Egyptian network provider Mobinil will go big on investments estimated at two billion EGP (US$ 297 million) with 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) plans underway, while seeking to increase local ownership of the company as part of its 2013 strategic development. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:33 · Tefo Mohapi

Huawei Authorized Network Academy inaugurated in Cairo

Egypt has been chosen as the base for the new Huawei Authorized Network Academy (HANA) laboratory in a bid to train engineering students and graduates on the latest networking and communications technologies. → Read more
Tue, January 29th, 09:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter introduces advertising in North Africa

Twitter has launched advertising services in North Africa while launching similar services in the Middle East. → Read more
Tue, January 8th, 14:30 · HumanIPO

Egyptian mobile tax an estimated US$115 million

Three percent of profits made by mobile companies in Egypt will be paid to the government in tax as it looks to raise LE750 million (US $115.71 million), which could see prices rise for consumers. → Read more
Mon, January 7th, 07:49 · Tefo Mohapi

Etisalat Egypt partners with Ericsson to prepare network for LTE coverage

Etisalat Egypt and Ericsson will “transform the telecom operator’s radio network to enable a full range of converged information and telecom services” in a new agreement. → Read more
Fri, January 4th, 12:39 · Kamau Mbote

Variety and use of cyber weapons on the increase, says Kaspersky Lab

2012 saw an increased number of countries targeted by cyber weapons, with African countries such as Egypt and Sudan hit for the first time. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 07:20 · Tefo Mohapi

Telecom Egypt to get mobile services license by mid-2013

Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority is to grant Telecom Egypt a mobile services license by the middle of this year as it pushes ahead with opening up the country’s telecommunications wholesale services market. → Read more
Thu, December 20th, 08:59 · Vincent Matinde

Lost opportunities in the North Africa broadband fibre market highlighted

North Africa is being left behind as the rest of Africa embraces aggressive expansion of fibre to the home (FTTH) programs, a report by Pyramid Research indicates. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 10:51 · Tefo Mohapi

Hacker from Egypt exploits vulnerability in Yahoo!, leaks data

Prolific Egyptian hacker Virus_Hima has exploited a vulnerability in Yahoo!’s servers and databases, leaking some of the data which was stolen on the Internet. → Read more
Thu, December 6th, 13:51 · Elly Okutoyi

Uganda and Egypt startups get US$50,000 each from Microsoft

Microsoft has awarded US$50,000 each to a Ugandan and Egyptian student startup for the medical mobile applications they developed in its Imagine Cup challenge. → Read more
Tue, November 27th, 09:49 · Vincent Matinde

Egyptian businessman to invest US$3.9 billion in Telecom Italia

Egyptian entrepreneur Naguib Sawiris is looking to pump US$3.9 billion into the debt ridden Telecom Italia and plans to expand into Brazil. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 06:52 · Nanine Steenkamp

Porn sites totally criminalised in Egypt

Egypt’s administrative court has announced the blocking of Internet pornography websites, evoking suspicion that the country is making advances likened to that of the Sharia Law. → Read more
Wed, November 7th, 09:52 · Gythan Munga

Smartphones gaining traction with Egypt’s Consumers

Egypt witnessed 26 percent smartphone adoption in the first quarter of 2012, a survey by search engine giant Google reveals. → Read more
Mon, October 29th, 09:49 · Vincent Matinde

Egyptian Qabila among Africa’s first to monetise online media

Few businesses in Africa have found a way to monetize online video content, but Egyptian-led startup Qabila has cracked the puzzle and is reaping the benefits. → Read more