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Fri, February 21st, 17:40 · Tom Jackson
MoboFree focused on growth, not monetisation
Funding obtained by West African classifieds platform MoboFree is to be used primarily for continued growth and expansion rather than quick monetisation. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 16:20 · Chris Udemans
Airtel Africa seeks to boost roaming revenues through BICS
Airtel Africa is to deploy a range of services from Belgian wholesale mobile carrier services provider BICS across 17 countries in order to improve revenues from roaming. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
SABC not in crisis, seeking legal action on report – chair
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is not in crisis, and will seek legal advice regarding the damning recently published public protector’s report, according to the SABC board chair. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
TechCabal’s Battlefield taking place today, finalists express optimism
The Battlefield competition for startups hosted by Nigerian tech blog TechCabal will take place today at 6.30pm local time at the ongoing Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 14:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Narok County appoints new Masai Mara e-ticketing provider
Narok County Council has appointed electronic ticketing firm KAPS to collect gate fees at the Masai Mara National Reserve after terminating its arrangement with Equity Bank last year, meaning visitors to the reserve will again be required to pay gate fees through e-tickets → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 13:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTR delay not in public interest – Telkom Mobile
Opposition by larger operators to the newly announced mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations in South Africa is against the public interest, part state-owned operator Telkom Mobile has said. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Jumia seeing strong uptake in Uganda – Miller
Ugandans are already taking to e-commerce platform Jumia, just two weeks after the Rocket-Internet owned company made Uganda the sixth African country in which it operates → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 12:20 · Chris Udemans
Microsoft’s Nokia acquisition approved in SA
The South African Competition Tribunal has approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s devices and services division, placing no conditions on the merger. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
New MTRs are a “regulatory attack” – MTN
The new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations introduced by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) constitute “regulatory attack” and do not support the country’s economic development, according to Zunaid Bulbulia, chief executive officer (CEO) of MTN South Africa. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Project Isizwe Wi-Fi network sees uptake treble
The free Wi-Fi network launched by Project Isizwe in the City of Tshwane in Pretoria, South Africa, has seen uptake treble in the past month, with 1,200 users now logging on to the network each day. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
AfroTalez mobile app will impart morals and lessons – creator
The creator of the Nigerian AfroTalez mobile app has said she hopes the stories told on the app will impart morals and lessons to children. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
MTN’s prepaid market share drops in SA
South African mobile operator MTN has seen its prepaid market share drop in the second half of 2013. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Second phase of Tanzania’s analogue switchoff to begin next month
The second phase of Tanzania’s migration from analogue to digital has taken off with the Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) proposing to start with Singida and Tabora at the end of March → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 08:00 · Guest Post
Guest Post: Is the international remittance market ready for Bitcoin?
For the past few years Bitcoin has made international headlines for providing an alternative currency for online payments but also for funding dark web drug markets. Roble Musse, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of CoinFling, addresses the practicality of integrating the cryptocurrency into an online remittance platform. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
Accra Mall launches free Wi-Fi
Blu Telecommunications has installed free Wi-Fi access at Ghana’s Accra Mall, providing internet access to thousands of shoppers everyday until February 26. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 06:00 · Chris Udemans
MWEB selects Ruckus to support wireless public access
South African internet service provider (ISP) MWEB has selected Ruckus Wireless to support a new nationwide wireless broadband public access service. → Read more
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Fri, February 21st, 05:00 · Chris Udemans
eLearning Africa to host 5th photography competition
eLearning Africa has announced its fifth annual Through your Lens photography competition, urging photographers to document how ICT is enhancing how Africans live, learn, cooperate and connect. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 20:00 · HumanIPO
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on WhatsApp purchase
HumanIPO reported earlier today Facebook had acquired mobile messaging service WhatsApp for US$16 billion. Printed in its entirety below is what Facebook chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg had to say about the acquisition and what it meant for the two companies and the mobile space in general. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 19:00 · Chris Udemans
Privacy International lodges complaint over Ethiopian refugee surveillance
Privacy International has lodged a criminal complaint to the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) of the National Crime Agency for the allegedly unlawful interception of personal communications of an Ethiopian political refugee living in the UK. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 18:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cell C advertising campaign targets MTN over MTRs
South Africa’s third mobile operator Cell C has launched an aggressive new marketing campaign criticising rival MTN’s decision to challenge new mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations set out by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). → Read more
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