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Mon, March 4th, 14:04 · Richard Cutcher

Access to funding holding SA entrepreneurs back

Access to funding and “technical skills” are among the top “perceived constraints” on entrepreneurs in Cape Town, early results from a Silicon Cape survey have demonstrated. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 13:23 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pule must go: DA

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on President Zuma to fire Communications Minister Dina Pule following renewed reports of misallocation of funds for the personal benefit of herself and select individuals. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 13:15 · Tefo Mohapi

Google pays tribute to Mama Africa with a Google doodle

Google is celebrating what would have been the birthday of Miriam Makeba, known as Mama Africa, with a Doodle on its South African homepage. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 11:12 · Nanine Steenkamp

Data to dominate mobile use in SA

Mobile networks in South Africa are focusing on data growth, which is predicted to boost 2013 mobile activity with smartphones enabling increased social media access. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 11:05 · Brandon Gregory

Telkom denies abandoning 8ta brand

The part state-owned South African network operator, Telkom, has performed a confusing backtrack on its plans to rebrand its mobile arm, 8ta. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 10:34 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pule denies Sentech decision benefitted boyfriend

South African Communications Minister Dina Pule has denied claims her decision to grant Sentech control of the set-top box system for digital migration benefitted her alleged boyfriend Phosane Mngqibisa. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 09:25 · Tefo Mohapi

FNB enter partnership with Cash Converters for a “cashless” solution

South African bank FNB’s eWallet Solutions division and Cash Converters have launched the ‘Cashies Card’, which will replace in-store cash payouts to customers. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 08:49 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mxit encourages app building

South African chat network Mxit has encouraged developers to build more apps for the platform as the company concentrates on stability of core development of the chat service as a key feature. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 08:39 · Tom Jackson

SA State Security Ministry Twitter account hacked

The South African State Security Ministry had its Twitter account hacked over the weekend, tweeting to advertise a “miracle diet”. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 07:58 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Van Schaik webstore now with integrated e-textbook delivery

One of the leading e-commerce developers in South Africa, Realmdigital, has integrated Ingram’s VitalSource Bookshelf Webstore to the Van Schaik webstore to enable e-textbook delivery. → Read more
Mon, March 4th, 06:34 · Richard Cutcher

Evernote comes to South Africa

South African businesses are set to welcome a new tool to the workplace after global ‘to-do list’ application Evernote Business announced the country was part of its latest expansion. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 15:53 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: John Holdsworth, AppChat founder

Following revelations this week of a leaked Nashua ECN document that may change the outcome of the infamous Reunert vs. AppChat legal battle, AppChat founder and chief executive officer John Holdsworth speaks to HumanIPO about the weight of the new evidence, the impact of the allegations on AppChat and his hopes for the future of the company and telecommunications in South Africa. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 15:44 · Brandon Gregory

Mobile phone and social media help expose violent crimes by SA police

Disturbing footage recorded on a mobile phone exposed South African Police Services (SAPS) officers tying a man’s hands to the back of a police vehicle and dragged 400 metres down a road. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 15:14 · Tom Jackson

Smartphone users 40% of network – Vodacom

South African mobile operator Vodacom says 40 percent of its 30.6 million customers in South Africa are smartphone users, a figure which is “increasing rapidly”. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 13:43 · Gabriella Mulligan

8ta to be rebranded as Telkom Mobile

South African part state-owned operator Telkom is rebranding mobile arm 8ta as Telkom Mobile, a move the company hopes will improve “commercial prospects”. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 13:15 · Brandon Gregory

Breadbin Interactive extends the freedom of open-source software

A South African sourcing and digital content provider, thought up by a cancer patient in his hospital bed, is hoping to revolutionise education in the country. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 11:55 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mediatech Africa registration to open in March

Online registration will open in mid-March for the seventh Mediatech Africa conference in South Africa, featuring an increased African brand presence. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 11:39 · Gabriella Mulligan

AppChat launch will happen – Holdsworth

The launch of AppChat is still on the horizon and will “change the Telco landscape” forever, despite obstacles placed in its way by Reunert, says founder John Holdsworth. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 10:56 · Richard Cutcher

South African networks in pre-paid price war

Vodacom, MTN and 8ta have slashed the prices of their pre-paid tariffs, escalating South Africa’s mobile price war. → Read more
Fri, March 1st, 08:42 · Vincent Matinde

Ogilvy & Mather acquires Strike Media to dive into mobile marketing

Ogilvy & Mather, Africa’s premier advertising agency, has purchased a majority share in South African mobile marketing company Strike Media, indicating an intention to plunge into the continent’s mobile marketing space. → Read more