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Wed, January 22nd, 12:20 · Tom Jackson
Zamtel launches LTE service
The Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel) has joined MTN Zambia in the country’s LTE market, launching a 4G service in the second city Kitwe. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 11:40 · Tom Jackson
60% of Kenyans use mobiles for money transfers
Six out of ten Kenyans use their mobile phones for bill payments and money transfers, according to a new survey, with KSh2 billion (US$23.3 million) changing hands through mobiles each day. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SANRAL operations centre reopens after security scare
The Central Operations Centre of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has reopened following yesterday’s security scare involving the discovery of a suspicious envelope on the premises, prompting the evacuation of the centre. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 10:20 · Chris Udemans
iBurst launches learnership programme for unemployed
South African wireless internet provider iBurst has launched a 12-month learnership program for 50 unemployed students in Soweto and Eldorado Park, proving the scholars with practical skills in a number of different fields. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
Verizon to acquire Intel’s cloud TV division
Verizon Communications has announced the purchase of Intel Media, a division dedicated to the development of cloud television services. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos state launches electronic certificate of occupancy
The government of Lagos state has unveiled its highly anticipated electronic certificate of occupancy (e-C of O), phasing out the yellow paper format in use since the enactment of the Land Use Act in 1979. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, co-founder, SureGifts.com.ng
In 2013, three employees of Jumia Nigeria left the company after gathering enough experience to further build the booming e-commerce sector in Nigeria. Three months later, Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, Adeoye Ojo and Babafemi Lawal launched SureGifts.com.ng, a platform that aims to popularise gift cards in Nigeria. Samuel-Biyi tells HumanIPO how the platform plans to revolutionise the act of giving without losing the personal touch. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
WAPA, WBA join forces for Wi-Fi webinars
South African wireless operators’ body the Wireless Access Providers’ Association (WAPA) has joined forces with the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) to host a series of webinars, hoping to drive the development of Wi-Fi in South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 06:00 · Chris Udemans
Worst passwords of 2013 announced
Password management providers SplashData has released its list of 2013’s worst passwords, revealing the most common passwords used on the internet are also the most obvious. → Read more
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Wed, January 22nd, 05:00 · Chris Udemans
BITanium launches stats and data mining courses
South African business intelligence firm BITanium has launched a series of statistics and data mining courses, helping companies to make proper use of analytics tools. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 19:00 · Chris Udemans
Emerge Mobile bringing MPOS services to Africa
South African startup Emerge Mobile hopes to bring mobile point of sale (MPOS) services to Africa, affording business owners reasonably priced access to on-the-go payment services. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s president approves additional fee for frequency spectrum licence
Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan has approved an additional fee to be paid for the nation’s frequency spectrum licence, soon to be auctioned by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
GSMA joins A4AI
The GSM Association (GSMA) has joined the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI), pledging to work to identify and address policy and regulatory barriers to internet access and affordability worldwide. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SANRAL operations centre evacuated over security concerns
The Central Operations Centre of the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has been evacuated amidst security concerns following the discovery of a “suspicious” envelope containing white powder. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom employees complain over exec appointments
South African part state-owned operator Telkom has received a letter of complaint from a group of anonymous employees regarding executive appointments and alleged misuse of funds. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 15:40 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan laptop bidder broke tender rules – report
Indian firm Olive Telecommunications, one of the three companies under consideration for providing the hardware for president Uhuru Kenyatta’s flagship laptops for schools project, broke the rules of the tender process, according to a report. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
SEACOM investing in cloud in Kenya, SA
SEACOM is investing in developing cloud infrastructures in Kenya and South Africa, with the aim of attracting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in East and Southern Africa to move to the cloud. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 14:20 · Tom Jackson
DoC must reissue tender for set-top box manufacture – SACF
South Africa's Department of Communications (DoC) has allowed a key contract for the manufacture of subsidised set-top boxes to expire, according to the South African Communications Forum (SACF), meaning it will have to be reissued and the digital migration process further delayed. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 13:40 · Paul Adepoju
New e-commerce platform adds practicality to gifting in Nigeria
SureGifts.com.ng, a platform that gives gift recipients control over what they receive, is not taking the personal touch away from gifting but only adding practicality to it, according to co-founder Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi. → Read more
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Tue, January 21st, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
New laws do not gag media – Matiangi
Kenya’s new media laws are not intended to gag the press, with the media and the government “not at war”, according to Ministry of ICT cabinet secretary Fred Matiangi. → Read more
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