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Tue, February 4th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Crowd-sourced social advertising platform launched in Nigeria
Paidtrends.com, a new platform that rewards registered users for publishing adverts with their social media accounts, has been launched in Nigeria. → Read more
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Tue, February 4th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
Tourism Radio expands to Canada
Cape Town-based digital tour guide creator Tourism Radio is expanding its services to Canada, hoping to emulate the recent success experienced by the company in New Zealand. → Read more
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Tue, February 4th, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
TomTom launches MySport app
Navigation systems provider TomTom has announced the launch of its MySport app for iPhone and iPad, allowing the user to monitor physical performance resulting from exercise. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana signs agreement with MTN and GMIC on business incubation and entrepreneurship
Ghana’s minister for communication, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with telecoms company MTN and Ghana Multimedia Incubator Center (GMIC), under which the latter will finance the ICT Business Incubation and Entrepreneurship Project under its economic empowerment portfolio. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 18:20 · Tom Jackson
New MTRs to hurt Vodacom, MTN – Moody’s
The new mobile termination rates introduced by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will hurt market leaders Vodacom and MTN but boost smaller operators, according to ratings agency Moody’s. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 17:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nokia introduces new Asha devices in Nigeria
Nokia has introduced three new devices in its Asha range into the Nigerian market - the Asha 500, Asha 502 and Asha 503. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
SABC CEO quits
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has announced group chief executive officer (CEO) Lulama Mokhobo is resigning effective February 28. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 16:20 · Chris Udemans
Bandwidth Barn partners InnovateBiz for entrepreneurial training
Cape Town’s government-funded technology incubator Bandwidth Barn has teamed up with InnovateBiz to provide unemployed school leavers with entrepreneurship training, hoping to provide individuals with the means to secure their own employment. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 15:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria to host 2014 World Electronics Forum
World Electronics Forum (WEF), through Consumer Electronics and Technologies Industry Association of Africa (CETIA), has granted the Country Hosting Right (CHR) for the 19th World Electronics Forum 2014 to Nigeria. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 15:00 · Chris Udemans
SA presidency hotline increases case resolutions
The South African Presidential hotline has boosted its case resolution to 94 per cent from 39 per cent in five years, according to a government statement. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 14:20 · Tom Jackson
SANRAL will not break law over e-tolling
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has assured the public it has not broken the law with regard to e-tolling in Gauteng province, saying it and the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) had become aware of an email campaign aiming to scare road users through “misinformation”. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 13:40 · Chris Udemans
Microsoft 4Afrika provides grants to 5 startups
Microsoft has announced five African startups that will receive grants as part of the company’s 4Afrika initiative, aiming to provide financial support to the next generation of African entrepreneurs. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Over 2 million lines deactivated in Zambia
Regulator the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has deactivated approximately 2.4 million lines due to the failure of the subscribers to register them before the deadline issued by the agency. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 12:20 · Chris Udemans
dotAfrica launch delayed
The Sunrise and Land Rush periods of the dotAfrica generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) will now commence in May rather than this month, with general availability expected in September. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
Incorrect e-toll bills unacceptable – Zuma
South African president Jacob Zuma has said he is concerned about incorrect billing by the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) for the controversial e-tolls in Gauteng province. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian company to exhibit at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
Nigerian new media company Terragon Group will exhibit at next month’s Global Systems Mobile Association (GSMA) Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, making it the only indigenous Nigerian company participating in the event held February 24-27. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 10:20 · Tom Jackson
Vodacom’s YeboYethu trade scheme begins
South African operator Vodacom has commenced limited trading on its ZAR7.5billion (US$673 million) black economic empowerment (BEE) scheme YeboYethu, allowing over 100,000 people with shares in the company to trade them via its Equity Express platform. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
ICTAK challenges Kenya ICT Authority board appointments
The Information Communication Technology Association of Kenya (ICTAK) has challenged the appointment of board members of the country’s ICT Authority. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria launches automated intellectual property system
The Nigerian government has launched its first Intellectual Property Automated System (IPAS) with the goal of transforming the nation’s industrial landscape. → Read more
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Mon, February 3rd, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Director of Sierra Leone’s Comium mobile company resigns
Joe Amara Bangali Jr, commercial director of the Comium mobile company in Sierra Leone, has resigned his position, citing lack of willingness by the administration to settle all public debts owed by the company. → Read more
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