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Fri, September 19th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Interswitch acquires Paynet
Integrated payments company Interswitch Transnational Holding has acquired a majority shareholding in Paynet Group, a multi-institutional payments provider in East Africa. Interswitch said with this development, Paynet’s existing shareholders will become shareholders of the Interswitch Group. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
General Electric introduces Industrial Internet in Africa with Proficy app
General Electric intelligent platforms has launched the Proficy mobile app,a tool that will play an important role in introducing the relatively new concept of Industrial internet to Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Internet, consumers driving growth in South Africa’s entertainment, media industry – PwC
Vicki Myburgh, Entertainment & Media Industries Leader for PwC South Africa, has described the Internet and consumers as the major drivers of the growth of the entertainment and media industry in South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Cloud is the ultimate place to do business – Vodacom
Pan-African corporate connectivity and telecommunications provider Vodacom has described cloud as the ultimate place to do business. Nkosi Kumalo, Vodacom’s Executive Head of Cloud and Hosting Services said this while speaking on "Utilizing Cloud as a key business tool" at the Vodacom Business Nigeria-sponsored CIO forum in Lagos. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Investments in Mobility and Analytics Set to Spur Strong IT Spending Growth in MEA Finance Sector
Financial institutions’ spending on IT within the MEA regions is set for a strong year-on-year growth of 10.8% in 2014, the latest insights from global advisory services firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Cyberoam launches Sophos end point security for partners in Kenya and Tanzania
Leading network security vendor Cyberoam has announced the availability of award winning Sophos end-point protection portfolio for its partners in Kenya and Tanzania opening up more revenue opportunities as well as enabling Cyberoam partners to differentiate with enhanced and unique security portfolio in the process. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 11:09 · Paul Adepoju
ApexPeak, Karu Exporters close $23m export finance deal
88mph-funded startup ApexPeak and South African citrus fruit grower Karu Exporters have closed a US$23 million export finance deal. Under the agreement, Karu will receive monthly disbursement until the end of 2014. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Rapid Communications to Launch Virtual Banking Services in Somalia
The mass market in Somalia will now be able to access various banking products virtually through their mobile phone after Kenya’s Rapid communications recently acquired 16% shareholding in Nationlink telecom, a GSM operator, along with the license for banking services. → Read more
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Thu, September 18th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Rich Tanksley, Director of Operations, SimplePay
Founded by Simeon Ononobi, SimplePay is a web and mobile-based wallet that won the Lagos edition of seedstars world challenge. Tanksley in this interview spoke on SimplePay's potentials, latest products including Bitcoin acceptance and the platform's goal of registering 1 million users by January 2015 and 16 million by 2016. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Emerdis launches security and data storage solutions in Kenya
The Kenyan IT market has a new entrant, Emerdis which is a UK technology distribution company that is planning to venture into the Kenyan market by introducing IT Security, Connectivity and Data Storage solutions. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange and the BANK OF AFRICA unveil new mobile financial services in Africa
BANK OF AFRICA and Orange Money customers can now transfer money directly from their Orange Money account to their BOA account and vice versa simply with their mobile following the launch of new mobile financial services in Africa. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Orange announces its start-up accelerator programme in the Ivory Coast and Israel
Orange has launched two accelerator programmes in the Ivory Coast and Israel bringing the number of the network’s accelerators spread across the continent to four. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
World Telecom Labs celebrates 1bn minutes for Nigeria’s interconnect exchange carriers
World Telecom Labs (WTL) has announced that more than 1 billion minutes have passed through its second generation VoIP switches deployed by five of Nigeria’s interconnect exchange carriers. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Odunayo Eweniyi, Co-Founder, PushCV
Odunayo Eweniyi is the co-founder of PushCV, a Nigerian startup that started as an automatic CV sending service but has since expanded its service bouquet for its various clients. Recently listed among Africa's 10 best startups, she spoke to HumanIPO on various issues about the startup, starting with how it all started. → Read more
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Wed, September 17th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
SimpleGiving allowing Nigerian Christians to give offering via mobile
SimplePay, Nigeria's mobile and web-based wallet has announced the launch of SimpleGiving, a service that allows churchgoers in Nigeria to give offerings via mobile. → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Ericsson’s new indoor picocell to boost broadband coverage in smaller sites
Ericsson has announced the launch of the RBS6402, the first indoor picocell that is set to deliver 300 Mbps LTE speeds with carrier aggregation that addresses the performance requirements and economic imperatives of smaller building and venues on a future-proof platform with a compact, tablet-sized footprint. → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
FEATURE: Cloud applications in a post-technology world
Adebayo Sanni, Country Director (Nigeria), Oracle Corporation looks at how the cloud debate is set to evolve with a focus on delivering business advantage → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
SuperSport, Red Bull added to Samsung’s Smart Hub
Samsung Electronics today announced the addition of SuperSport and Red Bull TV app to its existing Smart Hub solution. → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Byte Orbit calls for Startup Knight 2014 entries
The third edition of the annual Startup Knight competition is here again with its main aim being to empower aspiring tech entrepreneurs and visionaries in South Africa → Read more
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Tue, September 16th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s SimplePay accepting Bitcoins
Nigeria's web and mobile-based wallet service SimplePay has announced it is now allowing its users to fund their wallets from their Bitcoin accounts. → Read more
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