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Mon, September 9th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher

We want to make Namibia the mobile hub of Southern Africa – developers

Young mobile app developers in Namibia believe they can replicate Kenyan success and make Windhoek the app capital of Southern Africa. → Read more
Sun, September 8th, 08:58 · Richard Cutcher

FEATURE: The week in startups 08/09/2013

Accelerator season is well and truly upon us and as ever, HumanIPO is the ideal place to get all the latest news from Africa’s startup and entrepreneur scene. → Read more
Fri, September 6th, 13:20 · Richard Cutcher

Windhoek innovation village primed to incubate

The Polytechnic of Namibia has expressed its commitment to incubating 15 tech startups at a time and believes it can achieve its aims after moving its innovation centre onto a dedicated off-campus facility. → Read more
Fri, September 6th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

NICTA merges with ICT Alliance

The Namibia Information Communication Technology Association (NICTA) and the ICT Alliance have merged following an interim board election. → Read more
Wed, September 4th, 14:00 · Richard Cutcher

Building the app is the easy part, getting it noticed is much harder

Namibian software and web development company Omalaeti Technologies has produced a social media and news application, which aims to connect citizens to statistics, discussion and updates on what is happening in the southern African country. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher

Namibian app being built for SWAPO

A Namibian startup has almost completed building a mobile application for the ruling political party, SWAPO, and is expected to be launched by the end of September. → Read more
Thu, August 22nd, 08:00 · Richard Cutcher

DCC opens Mozambique office

South Africa’s Distributor Drive Control Corporation has opened an office in Maputo, Mozambique, as it looks to expand across the continent. → Read more
Wed, July 10th, 11:23 · Richard Cutcher

MTC Namibia in aggressive LTE push to consumers

A higher proportion of Namibia’s population is already covered by LTE than 3G services, although connection to the faster network remains low. → Read more
Tue, July 9th, 10:10 · Richard Cutcher

Massive 3G usage drove us to LTE in Namibia – MTC

The huge demand and take-up of 3G services in Namibia pushed MTC, one of Namibia’s two mobile networks, into rolling out LTE services, with the operator saying more is on the way. → Read more
Tue, July 9th, 09:57 · Tom Jackson

Internet Solutions connects Namibia, Nigeria to WACS

Internet Solutions (IS) has connected Namibia and Nigeria to the West Africa Cable System (WACS), with plans to boost capacity in Ghana and Angola in the near future. → Read more
Tue, June 4th, 10:46 · Nanine Steenkamp

MTC completes second LTE phase

Namibian telecommunications operator Mobile Telecommunications Ltd (MTC) has completed the second phase of long term evolution (LTE) products with further roll outs in eight major towns. → Read more
Fri, May 31st, 11:13 · Nanine Steenkamp

Laptops favoured for African education

Laptops are the favoured media used for digital education in African classrooms, with mobile yet to eclipse more established technologies. → Read more
Fri, May 24th, 12:16 · Mercy Makumi

Windhoek to host e-learning conference

The 8th annual eLearning Africa conference is to be held in Windhoek, Namibia, from May 29 to 31, with Microsoft as the leading sponsor. → Read more
Tue, April 16th, 13:23 · Igor Hobotov

Namibia’s plan for US$74 million ICT budget

The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology in Namibia has plans to use US$74 million to assist in digital migration, e-waste management and film promotion in the country. → Read more
Thu, March 28th, 12:52 · Elly Okutoyi

Botswana’s US$37.5 million undersea cable to be live in May

Botswana is set to launch its US$37.5 million undersea cable in mid- May, a move expected to slash internet connection rates and provide faster internet service in the country. → Read more
Mon, March 18th, 09:22 · Tom Jackson

Better planning is required for digital migration

Industry players attending the Digital TV Summit in Bryanston, Johannesburg, have called on the Department of Communications to improve its planning for digital migration after representatives from the ministry failed to give their scheduled address. → Read more
Fri, March 8th, 08:52 · Vincent Matinde

Botswana sees increase in internet use

Botswanan internet usage is on an upward trend and is increasing the penetration rate in Africa, according to the latest report by BuddeComm. → Read more
Fri, February 22nd, 12:24 · Robin Okuthe

Namibia turns to GPS technology to save endangered flamingo species

Three flamingos have been fitted with battery-powered GPS tracking devices at Mile 4 Saltworks near Swakopmund in Namibia to help determine their flight paths in efforts to address major conservation issues. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 15:53 · Brandon Gregory

Telecom Namibia and NewTelco South Africa team up

Telecom Namibia and NewTelco South Africa, represented by Jasco Colocation Solutions, have partnered to improve Johannesburg and Cape Town connection with the West Africa Cable System (WACS). → Read more
Wed, February 6th, 15:14 · Vincent Matinde

Namibia’s information ministry making strides to close IT gap

Namibia’s Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) has announced it has made major steps to close the gap in rural-urban connectivity. → Read more