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Etisalat's Eazywallet leads way in Kalahari Mobile Money Award nominations
Etisalat Nigeria’s Eazywallet product has received the highest number of nominations for this year’s Kalahari Mobile Money Awards (more)
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16 hr 56 min agoSA Chipmaker achieves successful LTE results
The South African Long Term Evolution (LTE) chipmaker Sequans Communications has released favourable results of a technical trial (more)
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Nigerian government insists farmers need phones
The last may not have been heard on the 10 million phones the Nigerian government is planning to procure and distribute to the nation's (more)
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Airtel Zambia ends 2012 with 4.6 million subscribers
Airtel Zambia ended 2012 on a successful note with more than 4.6 million subscribers to its networks and after expanding to include 140 (more)
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20 hr 35 min agoShares in Apple drop to US$500 over fears of poor iPhone 5 sales
Apple’s share price has fallen more than US$200 in four months in reaction to news the technology giant has cut its order for the LCD (more)
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21 hr 2 min agoEricsson lands deal as supplier of 4G wireless network to Angola's Unitel
Ericsson has been selected as the chief supplier of next generation 4G network to Angolan telecommunications firm Unitel.
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20 hr 55 min agoOrange and Baidu launch African mobile Internet browser
France Telecom through its subsidiary Orange and Chinese search engine Baidu have launched a browser designed specifically for low-cost (more)
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21 hr 15 min agoUN agencies to launch MHealth initiative to fight diseases
Two UN agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), are set to launch mobile-based (more)
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22 hr 10 min ago
Airtel Kenya to pay utilities for its customers
Kenya’s Airtel customers who top up with more than KSh50 have a chance to have their bills paid by the mobile network operator every week (more)
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22 hr 34 min agoAfrican-made smartphones to go on sale in 190 countries globally
African electronics manufacturer Limitless Electronics has said it will launch its African-made smartphones and tablets across 190 (more)
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1 day agoFEATURE: Why mobile applications are important to African states
Africa’s telecommunications industry is one of the most spirited as well as the fastest growing in the world, a development that has seen (more)
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Q&A: Vinny Lingham on Gyft, the festive season and living in Silicon Valley
South African technology entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is not resting on his laurels despite the success of Yola and it having raised US$25 (more)
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1 day 15 hours agoNigeria farmers oppose free mobile phones from the government
Farmers in Nigeria have opposed a government plan to hand out up to 10 million mobile phones to farmers for free, instead lobbying for (more)
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1 day 15 hours agoBlind student creates iPhone app
J.R. Westmoreland, a senior in computer science at US-based Weber State University, has become the first blind person to create an app from (more)
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1 day 18 hours agoCheap Asha smartphones offer Nokia new lifeline
Mobile phone-maker Nokia seems to have found a lifeline in its Asha smartphones, its cheap smartphone models, after it described their (more)
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1 day 18 hours agoiPhone 5, Samsung S3 owners largest mobile data users, creators
Users of iPhone 5 are the biggest consumers of data and Samsung S3 the biggest content providers, according to a study by research firm (more)
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1 day 20 hours agoCCK: More than 2.4 million Kenyan SIM cards deactivated
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) reports more than 2.4 million unregistered SIM cards have been deactivated by the country’s (more)
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2 days agoOPINION: Despite hailing Kenya as innovation hub, big players snub local payment solutions
Hailed for her innovative solutions by international tech players, Kenya has had the same players ignore her local payment solutions.
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3 days agoVodacom bids for Zambian mobile licence
South Africa’s Vodacom has submitted a bid for Zambia’s fourth mobile operating licence, as the Zambian government takes steps to (more)
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4 days agoUPDATE: BlackBerry connectivity problem in Europe affects SA users
Angry South African BlackBerry users have reported connectivity issues via social media sites, querying why their BlackBerry Internet (more)
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4 days agoVodacom’s Power Hour price increase explained
The doubling in price of Vodacom’s returning Power Hour promotion has been attributed to the service being available for an extra two (more)
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4 days agoNigerian Government, not regulator, behind blanket ban on operators’ promos and lotteries
Omobola Johnson, Nigerian Minister of Communications Technology, has revealed it was the government’s decision to impose the (more)
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4 days agoApple denies low-cost smartphone rumours
Tech giant Apple has denied it is set to develop a cheaper iPhone, after it was reported that the company was to launch a phone (more)
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4 days agoHigh demand for iPhone 5 leaves South Africans in limbo
Demand for the iPhone 5 has exceeded stocks available in stores, leaving South Africans hoping to buy the smartphone disappointed.
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4 days agoGlobal mobile banking users could reach one billion by 2017
A Juniper Research study has revealed one billion people will have used their mobile phones for Internet banking purposes by 2017.
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5 days agoMotivational SMS’s don’t improve HIV/AIDS therapy adherence – Cameroon study
Sending weekly motivational text messages has been found to do little in ensuring patients living with HIV/AIDS adhere to antiretroviral (more)
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5 days agoRIM to launch six new smartphones in 2013
Research in Motion (RIM) will be launching up to six smartphones covering a range of price categories over the course of the year, in a bid (more)
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5 days agoKenya’s Women Enterprise Fund to issue loans through phones
Issuing loans through mobile phones will ease processing as well as repayment with the default rate increasing, says Women Enterprise (more)
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5 days agoNo progress on Zimbabwe’s telecom companies privatisation
There has been no progress of note in the privatisation of Zimbabwe’s telecoms companies, which has been recognised as a possible (more)
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5 days agoQ&A: “We are still a major player in mobile,” says Tom Erskine, Nokia Head of Smart Devices for India, Middle East & Africa
Nokia have had well publicised financial woes since Stephen Elop took over as Chief Executive, including shutdowns in Finland and thousands (more)
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5 days agoYu Mobile seeks SIM card registration extension to avert revenue loss
Kenyan mobile network operator Yu Mobile is lobbying for the extension of the SIM card registration deadline, claiming that the directive (more)
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5 days agoAward winning app developer visits Cape Town
German subscription application Aboalarm’s developer Stefan Neubig, currently on South African soil, has told HumanIPO about his journey (more)
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5 days agoIntel to launch low-cost smartphone in Kenya
Chip giant Intel is intending to plunge deeper into low-end smartphone manufacturing, with HumanIPO learning that it is set to launch a (more)
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5 days agoKenya’s mLab announces applications for mobile training
mLab East Africa, a Kenya-based incubation hub for mobile-oriented startups, has announced its intake for the 2013 training to be held in (more)
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6 days agoService quality not acceptable, Nigerian mobile users tell networks
Mobile users in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja have expressed their dissatisfaction with the poor quality of services being offered by (more)
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6 days agoTCRA postpones public hearings on interconnection rates
The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has postponed public hearings to discuss cost-based interconnection rates for (more)
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6 days agoZimbabwe’s Econet to own conventional bank shares
Zimbabwe’s leading mobile operator Econet is taking over local bank shares on the stock exchange, positioning mobile money as a growing (more)
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6 days agoUS$10 billion LTE revenue predicted by 2018
Greater opportunities for independent Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks are predicted as part of the estimated LTE compound annual growth (more)
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6 days agoCCK powerless to prosecute unregistered SIM card holders
Kenya’s communications regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has no powers to prosecute deviant mobile phone operators (more)
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6 days agoApple to roll-out low-cost iPhone for emerging markets
Reports suggest that Apple is developing a new low-cost iPhone for China and other emerging markets to be launched in the second half of (more)
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6 days agoUgandan mobile money full of fraud
Despite the easy access to finances and a new gateway of trading, mobile money seems to have paved an easy way of swindling, causing more (more)
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7 days agoAfrican mobile advertising revenue may reach US$1.3 billion
Informa Telecoms and Media has conducted a survey indicating African telecoms firms could generate revenues of approximately US$1.3 billion (more)
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7 days agoEgyptian 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 (more)
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7 days agoKenya’s Jubilee Coalition to conduct nominations through SMS
Kenyan voters will be able to vote in and find out up-to-date results of the Jubilee Coalition’s nominations process through a free SMS (more)
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7 days agoNigerian digital agency HotSauce courts new American partner
HotSauce, a Nigerian digital and marketing agency, has partnered with US-based integrated telecommunications conglomerate East Coast (more)
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7 days agoNCC to launch mobile number portability, employs partner company to deliver
Following a series of condemnations over its reluctance to introduce mobile number portability (MNP) in Nigeria, the Nigerian (more)
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7 days agoM-Shwari crosses KSh1 billion mark, sets sights on Tanzania
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7 days agoMWEB and Cell C collaborate for economic data offer
South African mobile operator Cell C and internet provider MWEB have entered into an agreement to provide lower rates on data to customers (more)
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7 days agoUganda’s telecom sector to top US$1.1bn by 2017
Uganda’s telecommunication sector will peak at US$1 billion by 2017 as the industry continues to grow, according to a report released by (more)
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