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Thu, February 20th, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Building trust in online real estate a major challenge in Africa – Lamudi
Building trust is the major challenge in the online real estate market in Africa, with the industry battling with misrepresentations, according to Kian Moini, co-founder of Rocket Internet-owned online real estate marketplace Lamudi. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel Kenya, Chase Bank offer Visa card on Airtel Money
Airtel Kenya has partnered with Chase Bank and Visa to allow Airtel Money users to withdraw money from their Airtel Money accounts, shop and pay for goods and services from all over the world → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Motsoeneng did not lie – lawyer
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) acting chief operating officer (COO) did not lie about his qualifications to gain employment at the state broadcaster, his lawyer has said. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 16:00 · Chris Udemans
ICASA brings MTR cut date forward
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has reviewed its postponement of the implementation of mobile termination rates (MTR), bringing the date forward to April 1. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 15:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
More than 50% of SA urban mobile owners use WhatsApp
More than half of urban-dwelling adult mobile phone owners in South Africa use WhatsApp, according to a social media update published by World Wide Worx. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
StarTimes Rwanda accuses GOtv of signal interference
Chinese pay-TV firm StarTimes has accused MultiChoice subsidiary GOtv of interfering with its signal in Rwanda. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 14:20 · Chris Udemans
Canonical announces manufacturers of Ubuntu phones
Canonical has announced two manufactures that will be responsible for supplying Ubuntu phones later this year, adding more diversity to the highly competitive smartphone market. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 13:40 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung unveils 6 locally made apps in Kenya
Samsung Electronics East Africa in conjunction with Strathmore University’s iLab yesterday launched six locally developed apps to run on the Android platform as part of a partnership formed by the two organisations. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Collective for Democracy to lay criminal charges against Motsoeneng
A group of South African opposition parties known as the Collective for Democracy is to lay criminal charges against South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) acting chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng after the public protector’s report found him guilty of fraud and unlawful conduct. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
Baba Jukwa continues to post despite going “on strike”
Zimbabwean Facebook whistleblower Baba Jukwa has posted another message on his page despite saying yesterday he was “on strike” until Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition MDC-T party, apologies to national council member Elton Mangoma after he was subjected to a violent attack. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 11:40 · Chris Udemans
PesaPal expanding to Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia
Kenya’s PesaPal will be expanding to Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia over the next few months, while looking at possible expansion into Francophone and South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
SMW panel advocates cybercafés exclusively for females across Africa
A panel of discussants at the ongoing Social Media Week (SMW) Lagos has made the case for the creation of cybercafés only for females in various African countries in order to improve access to the internet for women and young girls. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Facebook acquires WhatsApp for $16bn
Facebook has reached a definitive agreement to acquire messaging service WhatsApp for a total of approximately US$16 billion, US$4 billion of which is in cash and the rest made up of Facebook shares. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 09:40 · Tom Jackson
CableKiosk now accepting Bitcoin
Cape Town-based e-commerce startup CableKiosk has announced it can now accept Bitcoin as a method payment, which the company believes will further improve its customer service. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade Tunisie Telecom network
Tunisia’s leading telecoms provider Tunisie Telecom and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a three-year partnership for the upgrading of Tunisie Telecom’s network, with a view to enabling the launch of a high-speed broadband network across Tunisia. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Q&A: Iain Mackenzie, pan-Euro communications manager, Facebook
With Facebook recently celebrating its 10th birthday as it battles to remodel to respond to the shift in usage from desktop to mobile, HumanIPO caught up with Iain Mackenzie, the company’s pan-Euro communications manager, to discuss lessons learnt and emerging trends, as well as the company’s plans for 2014. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
FNB launches gesture-based Kinect system
South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) has launched Kinect, an interactive gesture-based communications system, allowing customers and non-customers to interact with the company after hours and from outside of its Canal Walk dotFNB store. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 06:00 · Chris Udemans
PoPI to effect social media use – study
The implementation of the South African Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act will have an enormous effect on how businesses in the country use social media, according to a study. → Read more
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Thu, February 20th, 05:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom moves to curb e-waste
Safaricom has offered its retail centres for use as collection and storage points for e-waste in an effort to curb the problem, according to corporate affairs director Nzioka Waita. → Read more
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Wed, February 19th, 20:00 · Chris Udemans
Vodafone to offer 4G roaming in SA this year
Vodafone has announced it will be offering 4G roaming services in South Africa from the summer of 2014, adding to its global high-speed roaming network. → Read more
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