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Tue, November 13th, 16:16 · Richard Cutcher

‘Techies and social activists’ need to work together

To make real social change in Africa, technology developers and entrepreneurs need to start thinking about the “bottom billion”, according to a British investment executive. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 16:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

Developed understanding makes Mobile Money grow in Africa

Overcoming obstacles in the promotion of mobile money in Africa will be done by bridging misunderstandings, claims Khaled Mikkawi, Chief Executive Officer of MTN Rwanda. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 14:27 · Richard Cutcher

Mobile broadband set to remain revenue priority for next five years

More than 80 percent of African telecoms companies have backed mobile broadband to be their biggest money-maker for the next five years. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 12:43 · Tefo Mohapi

HP’s PowerCARD software, a cost-effective alternative card payment system

HP, one of the world’s largest IT companies, recently announced that banks, retailers and telecom operators can now boost the cost-effectiveness of their card operations with the HP PowerCARD payment management software. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 11:51 · Nanine Steenkamp

Africa can lead America, says Alan Knott-Craig Jnr.

Africa has the potential to become a mobile leader, according Alan Knott-Craig Jnr. who spoke at Mobile Monday (MoMo) in Cape Town. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 07:42 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: TaxTim co-founder Evan Robinson

As South African virtual tax advisor TaxTim goes from strength to strength, the creator of the chat platform behind the trending new product and co-founder of TaxTim, Evan Robinson, tells HumanIPO about the technicalities behind creating an easy-to-use and expandable new chat program. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 15:32 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: Asaf Weisbrot, EMEA Sales Director, F5 Traffix

With Long Term Evolution (LTE) services commercially launched in South Africa in October and mass rollout planned before the end of the year, attention has turned to the potential signalling implications of the switch to LTE. In an exclusive interview with HumanIPO, Asaf Weisbrot of F5 Traffix Systems speaks of the challenges of an LTE switch-on, the precautions that should be taken, and the possible costs of failure for operators. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 14:04 · Nanine Steenkamp

Telkom ADSL speeds up slowly

Telkom’s data speed upgrades to ADSL lines since August have been progressing rather slowly due to lack of customer support. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 14:01 · Tefo Mohapi

INTERVIEW: biNu’s Mark Shoebridge on the next 4 billion users

Feature phones are widely used in the developing world, especially in Africa, to access the Internet leaving the user on the periphery as far as new Web services targeted and developed for smartphones are concerned. An Australian technology startup company believes it has the solution to this. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 12:31 · Nanine Steenkamp

South African government pledges involvement in broadband networking

The South African government has announced intended participation in broadband networking to promote more Internet penetration in the country. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 11:48 · Nanine Steenkamp

AfricaCom 2012 conference starts this week in Cape Town

AfricaCom is this week hosting the “Reaching the Net Frontier for Growth” conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 10:07 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Vodacom reports positive results for half-year, active customers up to 50.1 million

South African telco Vodacom has reported that its international operations have delivered “very strong operational performance”, with revenue from international operations increasing by 36.5 percent for the half-year financial period ending September 30 2012. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 09:46 · Tefo Mohapi

Card details leaked as security breach reported at firm behind online transactions in South Africa

Private credit card and banking details have been leaked as a result of a security breach at a company which processes online transactions, the Payments Association of SA (Pasa) said on Friday. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 09:09 · Nanine Steenkamp

Notorious spammers in South Africa named and shamed

South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association’s (ISPA) has released a list of 54 email spammers and 32 address resellers expected to discourage people from sending unsolicited bulk e-mails for marketing purposes, and to encourage those on the list to improve their Internet behaviour. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 07:13 · Nanine Steenkamp

MTN Group’s market value soars above homegrown record

Leading mobile services provider MTN last week hit a new record in rising market value. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 10:21 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s GustPay launches Event Intelligence product for cashless payments at events

South Africa-based mobile payments startup GustPay recently held its second cashless event dubbed the “Grim Furdango 2.0”, in partnership with RAMfest and Boom.fm to refine its Event Intelligence product. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 09:11 · Tefo Mohapi

Mission critical IT environments to gain from HP’s integrated portfolio

HP recently strengthened its mission-critical Converged Infrastructure portfolio with innovative and enhanced HP Integrity systems, HP-UX software and services to triple performance, boost resiliency and deliver investment protection for critical workloads in critical IT environments. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:56 · Vincent Matinde

Ballard and Anglo American Platinum partner to light up rural Africa

Africa’s rural areas are to benefit from a partnership that will see Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum, both world leaders in energy solutions, develop fuel cell home generator for the African market. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 06:44 · Vincent Matinde

MTN SA announces New Contemporaries Award 2012 finalists

MTN Foundation in South Africa has named four collaborative finalists for this year’s the New Contemporary Award. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 13:00 · Robin Okuthe

E-tag activation for South African toll roads

South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has announced the implementation of the e-tag system, originally used in Gauteng, at toll plazas nationwide. → Read more