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Wed, March 12th, 14:30 · Chris Udemans
South Africa IT sector needs more regulation – government
The South African ICT sector is in need of more regulation to drive growth and lower communication costs, the African National Congress (ANC)-controlled South African government said in its 20 Year Review. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s spectrum bid winner pays $23.25m for licence
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed Bitflux Communications, the winner of the bid for the recently auctioned 2.3GHz frequency spectrum, yesterday paid the required US$23.25 million for the spectrum. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA, Egypt dominate Africa’s top 5 tweeting cities
The top five cities in Africa in terms of Twitter activity are located in South Africa and Egypt, with Johannesburg coming out on top, according to the latest “How Africa Tweets” study by Portland Communications. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
No full-scale infrastructure for Western Cape e-tolling – SANRAL
The proposed e-toll infrastructure for the N1/N2 Winelands Toll Highway Project will feature payment booths rather than full-scale e-tolling foundations as found in Gauteng, the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has said. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria to boost broadband penetration with Smart States initiative
The ongoing efforts of Nigeria’s Ministry of Communication Technology to increase broadband penetration will be boosted by the Smart States initiative of the ministry in partnership with Lagos state and Abuja Federal Capital City. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Maximise use of applications – Tecno
3G networks being rolled out by mobile providers offer users an opportunity to employ more digital applications in their daily lives, according to Tecno head of marketing Gloria Amanpiu, who urged users and businesses to employ these applications to manage information. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 11:30 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Safaricom’s M-Pesa marks seventh anniversary
Kenyan leading mobile money transfer service M-Pesa has marked its seventh anniversary since its launch in March 2007, with Safaricom saying the service has touched the lives of many Kenyans. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
South Africans believe SABC biased towards ANC – Shinn
A buried report by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) shows most South Africans believe the state broadcaster’s news reports are biased towards the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, according to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA). → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian telecoms pay fines over service quality
Nigerian telecoms operators MTN, Globacom and Airtel have paid the fines imposed on them by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for poor service quality, putting an end to speculation they were set to challenge the regulatory body’s decision. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
Masipa went “too far” in banning Twitter from Pistorius trial – lawyer
Judge Thokozile Masipa went “too far” when prohibiting live media coverage of the pathologist’s testimony in South African paralympian Oscar Pistorius’ trial, according to lawyer Dario Milo of Webber Wentzel in a television interview. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Wananchi partners Nairobi county for free primary school internet
Internet service provider (ISP) Wananchi Group, the Kenya Education Network (KENET) and the County Government of Nairobi have signed an agreement for a project named WazED, which will provide an estimated 2,715 schools within Nairobi county with free internet. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 09:00 · Chris Udemans
Afrihost to half unshaped ADSL costs
South African internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has announced it will be halving its unshaped ADSL prices, the second price cut in six months, providing the country with internet accessibility for as low as ZAR2 (US$0.19) per gigabyte. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 08:30 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan laptop tender award revoked, Olive excluded
Kenya’s Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) has revoked the award of the tender for the supply of 1.3 million laptops for the government’s flagship laptops for schools programme to Indian firm Olive Telecommunications, excluding the firm from the tender process for not meeting tender requirements. → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Businesses should adopt app-engineered systems for data storage – Oracle
Businesses should adopt more powerful and cost efficient storage solutions if they are to remain competitive in an increasingly data-heavy world, according to Carlo Vaiti, chief technologist and senior director at Oracle Solutions Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). → Read more
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Wed, March 12th, 07:00 · Tom Jackson
88mph accelerator programme underway in Cape Town
African investment fund and accelerator programme 88mph has confirmed its second Cape Town accelerator programme began last month, investing just under US$300,000 in seven startups who will also receive funding and access to business networks, mentoring and infrastructure. → Read more
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Tue, March 11th, 20:00 · Paul Adepoju
Jovago’s hotel listings across Africa hit 2,000
Rocket Internet’s African booking portal Jovago has announced it has more than 2,000 hotels in Africa listed on its platform less than one year since it began operations. → Read more
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Tue, March 11th, 19:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Great Rift Valley Mining Summit sponsored by Gilat Satcom
The second annual Great Rift Valley Mining Summit will be sponsored by Gilat Satcom, on March 13 and 14 in Lusaka, Zambia. → Read more
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Tue, March 11th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Former Nigerian police chief recommends ICT for quick justice delivery
Felix Ogabudu, Nigeria’s former assistant inspector-general (AIG) of police has advised the judicial arm of government to embrace ICT in order to speed up the process of justice delivery in the country. → Read more
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Tue, March 11th, 17:00 · Abdirizaq Hussein
Microsoft hosts DigiGirlz event, encourages women in ICT
Over 120 young women from high schools around Nairobi County in Kenya have received career guidance from Microsoft, during an event named DigiGirlz, encouraging women to look for career opportunities in the ICT sector. → Read more
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Tue, March 11th, 16:20 · Paul Adepoju
Oando introduces Nigerian pupils to coding through new initiative
International oil and gas company Oando through its foundation has unveiled an initiative to expose Nigerian pupils to training on how to write software codes. → Read more
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