South Africa, Page 94
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Thu, August 8th, 20:00 · Richard Cutcher
Zapacab welcomes Uber challenge
Cape Town startup Zapacab has brushed aside the arrival of giant global taxi app company Uber in Johannesburg and have welcomed the challenge. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
The real Tutu joins Twitter and Facebook
Nobel Peace Prize winner and South African Archbishop, Emeritus Desmond Tutu, has finally joined the Twitter and Facebook social media platforms. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 16:00 · Brandon Gregory
Former Vodacom CEO “evasive” in Please Call Me case – lawyer
Cedric Puckrin, the lawyer representing Nkosana Makate, a former employee of Vodacom, has accused Alan Knott-Craig, former Vodacom chief executive officer (CEO), of being evasive about the mobile operator allegedly stealing Makate’s Please Call Me idea. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Parliament recommends police investigation into Pule
South Africa’s former communications minister, Dina Pule, “willfully misled” Parliament and the ethics committee has referred their investigation to the police. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 12:00 · Brandon Gregory
A fraction of Gauteng motorists will pay maximum monthly e-toll cost – SANRAL
According to the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), a fraction of motorists using the roads upgraded by the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) will pay the maximum monthly e-tolling cost, of which ZAR450 (US$45.5) is capped for registered users. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 10:30 · Richard Cutcher
ICASA snubs minister in LLU publication
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is going ahead with publication of its draft regulations on local loop unbundling (LLU) despite a promise to consult the communications minister. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 09:59 · Kamau Mbote
300 startups apply for DEMO Africa
More than 300 African startups, from 24 countries, have applied to the DEMO Africa conference to be held in Nairobi in October. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: Startup results in SA are real – Keith Jones
Founder Institute director Keith Jones spoke to HumanIPO about the approach to the startup scene in Johannesburg, where the academy has recently launched their first African chapter. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
Economic impact of apps and space tech incalculable – SA Parliament
Space technologies and applications have an economic impact which is “virtually incalculable,” said the South African Parliament in its concluding remarks of its announcements, tablings and committee report. → Read more
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Thu, August 8th, 06:00 · Richard Cutcher
South Africa gets another 24-hour news channel
Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) will be launched in South Africa on DStv later this month, offering “constructive, nation building stories”. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 18:00 · Richard Cutcher
Tourism Radio turns to Kickstarter to fund Google Glass development
South Africa’s Tourism Radio has turned to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to raise capital to enable them to embark on a Google Glass journey. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 17:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
GustPay launches coffee shop finder
South African mobile payment service Gust Pay has released an app for coffee lovers, awarding visitors to affiliated shops with free coffee. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Rape Crisis to launch on Mxit
South African anti-rape trust Rape Crisis will be releasing its information portal on local chat app Mxit, adding to the existing MySafety app. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 13:20 · Brandon Gregory
Dina Pule goes from communications to transport
Dina Pule, South Africa’s controversial former minister of communications, has been appointed to the Portfolio Committee on Transport for the African National Congress (ANC), revealed by a parliamentary announcements, tablings and committee report. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 12:40 · Richard Cutcher
Actis completes $95 million Paycorp deal
United Kingdom-based Actis, a private equity firm focused on emerging markets, has bought South African payments company Paycorp for US$95 million. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 11:20 · Brandon Gregory
AARTO fine collection disaster confirms e-tolling will fail – Ollis
A reply to a parliamentary question posted by the Democratic Alliance (DA) has revealed only 12.19 per cent of fines issued through the Department of Transport’s Administrative Adjudication of Road Offences (AARTO) have been collected since 2008. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Startup Grind to launch in Cape Town
Networking event series Startup Grind will be launching in South Africa next week, giving the local community an opportunity to connect. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
A2P messaging the big hope for operators
Application-to-person (A2P) messaging is the “only hope” for mobile operators to make a profit from their SMS messaging infrastructure, said Pieter Streicher, managing director of BulkSMS. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 20:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Founder Institute to launch across Africa
Tech startup training academy Founder Institute are planning to launch in Cape Town and Nairobi, following their recent launch in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
PwC step into Cape Town’s startup arena
Global accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has opened an office in Cape Town’s tech space, the Bandwidth Barn, in a bid to reach out to startups and small businesses. → Read more
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