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Tue, September 30th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Uche Ofodile announced new GM for Tigo in DRC
Tigo Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced the appointment of Uche Ofodile as its new General Manager starting from Wednesday, 1st October. → Read more
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Tue, September 30th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
VirtualClass comprehensive learning aid for Nigerian schools set for launch
Nigeria's Youngsoul Limited has announced it is set to launch VirtualClass, a comprehensive learning aid for Nigerian schools that contains videos, tests and simulation tools to be used in computer labs. → Read more
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Tue, September 30th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria can achieve 30% broadband penetration rate by 2018 – Johnson
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria's communication minister has expressed confidence in the actualisation of the National Broadband Plan to raise broadband penetration in Nigeria from 6% to 30% by 2018. → Read more
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Tue, September 30th, 09:02 · Paul Adepoju
Accelerators are needed in Nigeria’s startup ecosystem – Oshinaga
Bayo Oshinaga, a Nigerian tech startup founder has said accelerators are needed in Nigeria’s startup ecosystem. He told HumanIPO that with accelerators, startups in the country can have access to office space, internet, capital and professional advices from experts. → Read more
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Mon, September 29th, 16:12 · Susan Mwenesi
Social media the most effective marketing tool for startups – Designer Young Freddie
Quite a number of people have taken to social media to market their products and services and a young Kenyan designer Fredrick Gitari aka Young Freddie swears by the new marketing tool as well when marketing his African print shoes and accessories. → Read more
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Mon, September 29th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Visa launches card security campaign in Kenya
Visa, the global leader in payments, is launching a 6 month, countrywide campaign dubbed the Visa Chip and Pin campaign to raise awareness amongst cardholders on benefits of EMV chip cards in Kenya as they are safer from counterfeit and fraud activities. → Read more
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Mon, September 29th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Zimbabwe’s Saisai takes Home the SWELL Innovation Award!
Zimbabwean startup Saisai was awarded the SWELL Innovation award at the just concluded DEMO Africa 2014 conference held in Nigeria that brought together investors, IT buyers, IT consumers, Government officials and IT enthusiasts from across Africa. → Read more
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Mon, September 29th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Oracle Launches Capacity-Building Programme to Close IT Skills Gap in Africa
Oracle Corporation has announced a four-pronged program devised as a response to the rapid adoption of new technologies by governments and businesses in Africa, exacerbating the shortage of suitably skilled practitioners to use the systems to best advantage. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Matiangi decries High-end ICT skills gap in public sector
Kenya’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiangi has decried the lack of high-end ICT skills in the public sector needed to compliment the laid down infrastructure and automated process as the country’s migrates its programs to the digital platform. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Cameroonian Alain Nteff named the grand prize winner of the Anzisha Prize
Cameroonian Alain Nteff the founder of Gifted Mom is the grand prize winner of the Anzisha Prize, Africa’s premier youth entrepreneurship award that had him walk away with a $25,000 cash prize that will support his social business. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel, Trace launch mobile music competition in 13 African countries
Telecommunications service provider Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with brand and multimedia group TRACE and international music superstar Akon to launch what it described as Africa's biggest mobile music challenge. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
SAP announces Skills for Africa Scholarships program
Unemployed recently graduated Kenyans stand to benefit from the second leg of Skills for Africa Initiative backed by the ICT Authority and SAP who have partnered to equip young Kenyans with high - end ICT skills through the SAP Skills for Africa program. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Microsoft’s 4Afrika launches AfriLabs Collaboration Challenge at DEMO 2014
Microsoft 4Afrika has announced a new Collaboration Challenge with AfriLabs that will increase knowledge sharing across the hub network in Africa and spur innovation. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
AMPION launches Adopt a startup crowdfunding campaign
AMPION has officially launched this year's crowdfunding campaign tagged "Adopt a startup" as part of efforts aimed at making innovative African startups sustainable. Through the campaign, AMPION said it is breaking new grounds to support African entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Fri, September 26th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
70 startups added to Nigeria’s iDEA incubator
Nigeria's minister of communication technology Omobola Johnson has announced the addition of 70 startups to the government-supported iDEA incubator which produced 10 percent of finalists at this year's DEMO Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 25th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Experts warn African governments against interfering with startup ecosystem
Industry experts that spoke at VC4Africa's Investor Summit at DEMO Africa 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria have warned Nigerian government and those of other African countries not to upset the nascent ecosystem that is being built for startups. They urged governments to limit their involvements in the industry to promulgating policies and protecting intellectual properties. → Read more
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Thu, September 25th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Oluranti Efunwoye, Chief Administrative Officer, FresHires.com
FresHires is an online socio-academic and socio-professional self-branding platform for college students, university students and fresh graduates with little or no work experience. Efunwoye spoke to HumanIPO on the uniqueness of the platform and how it is filling the vacuum created by LinkedIn and Facebook. → Read more
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Thu, September 25th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Andela Raises Seed Fund to Train African Software Developers
NewYork –based Andela, a talent accelerator has received an undisclosed amount of funding from 7 investors to train web developers from Africa. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 16:35 · Paul Adepoju
Don’t invest in something you know nothing about – Nwobi
Chika Nwobi, Managing Partner, L5Lab has advised angel investors not to invest in projects they don't understand. He said this while speaking on lessons learned from investing in Africa at the VC4Africa Investor Summit, DEMO Africa 2014, Lagos, Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, September 24th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Liquid Telecom to invest $34 million in Rwanda
Liquid Telecom is seeking to invest $34 million (Rwf24 billion) in Rwanda to build internet infrastructure such as fibre optic cable around the country. → Read more
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