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Fri, January 17th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Somto Ifezue, founder of CVFlash
CVFlash is a Nigerian platform that helps people to create, format, convert and send their CVs online via CVFlash dashboard or via SMS to anywhere in the world. Founder Somto Ifezue spoke to HumanIPO from Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria, on how the platform was conceived, the art of CV writing, and how CVFlash can help unemployed users find jobs. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN Zambia deploys country’s first LTE network
MTN Zambia has launched a commercially available long term evolution (LTE) network, the first deployment of LTE technology in the country. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
Safaricom appoints new head of public relations and corporate communication
Safaricom has appointed Elizabeth Yoga-Odhiambo as head of public relations (PR) and corporate communication. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 10:20 · Nick Sato
IBM unveils Master the Mainframe contest in Kenya
IBM has announced the launch of the Master the Mainframe competition in Nairobi, where students will take charge of world-class enterprise computing platforms and showcase their talents, while learning enterprise computing skills. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 09:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Digital TV channels already being switched on in Kenya
Digital television channels are already being switched on in Kenya ahead of the digital migration scheduled for February, although radio remains the favoured media outlet in the country, shows a new report by the country’s regulator. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 09:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Global mobile penetration to hit 63.5% this year – study
Mobile phones will be used by 4.55 billion people across the world in 2014, taking global penetration to 63.5 per cent, according to a new report by eMarketer, driven by developing regions. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Sony unveils Xperia T2 Ultra for emerging markets
Sony Mobile has unveiled the Xperia T2 Ultra smartphone, saying the new large-screen model was designed for emerging market audiences such as Africa. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Sierra Wifi CEO denies newspaper report, shows operating licence
Anthony Melhem, chief executive officer (CEO) of Sierra Leone internet service provider (ISP) Sierra Wifi, has described a report by the Satellite newspaper that the company does not have an ISP licence and is not listed by the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) as “baseless and unfounded”. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 06:00 · Chris Udemans
Apple to refund $32.5m in children’s app downloads
Apple has agreed to pay a minimum of US$32.5 million in order to settle a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint, refunding costs incurred by children purchasing in-app upgrades from the App Store. → Read more
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Fri, January 17th, 05:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile phones, TVs most popular in Nigerian e-commerce – Jumia
Nigerian e-commerce was led by mobile phone and television purchases in 2013, local online shopping platform Jumia Nigeria has revealed. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 20:00 · Chris Udemans
Ericsson CEO being considered for Microsoft top job – report
Microsoft is considering Ericsson chief executive officer (CEO) Hans Vestberg as a replacement for Steve Ballmer, according to a report. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 19:00 · Tom Jackson
SANRAL apologises for Mona radio comments
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has apologised for an offence caused by spokesperson Vusi Mona’s comments on Talk Radio 702 yesterday, but said the issue is being “blown out of proportion” by Justice Project South Africa (JPSA). → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 18:20 · Paul Adepoju
NCC to announce new sanctions for networks in February
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) will announce new sanctions for erring network operators at the end of February, according to Dr Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 17:40 · Chris Udemans
Cape Town Youth Cafe to open next week
The Rocklands Youth Cafe, a Cape Town-based startup on the Cape Flats designed to provide youth between the ages of 17 and 25 with opportunities, skills development services and entrepreneurship training, is set to open on Monday. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Kenyan internet subscribers decline by 1m in 3 months
The number of internet subscribers in Kenya has declined by almost one million people in three months, showing negative growth for the first time on record, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) figures show. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 16:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nokia opens Libya office
Nokia Solutions and Networks has opened a new office in Tripoli, Libya, in a bid to improve delivery of its mobile broadband infrastructure to support operators in the North African country. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 15:40 · Tom Jackson
E-tolls will “cause deaths” – emergency services
The South African Private Ambulance and Emergency Services Association has said the insistence of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) that non-government ambulances in Gauteng must fit e-tags will lead to delays. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 15:00 · Nick Sato
COFEK meets CCK and pay-TV providers over free-to-air channels
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) today met with pay-TV providers and the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) in a bid to iron out issues over free-to-air (FTA) channels not being free on pay-TV platforms ahead of the anticipated migration to digital broadcasting. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 14:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s identity commission urges citizens to register on portal
Nigerians have been urged to make use of the National Identity Commission (NIMC) pre-enrolment portal, to allow the commission to handle the large number of applicants that are visiting its office and to cater for Nigerians in the diaspora. → Read more
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Thu, January 16th, 13:40 · Chris Udemans
FEATURE: Microsoft still hunting for new CEO
Five months after Steve Ballmer announced he was resigning as Microsoft’s chief executive officer (CEO), the company is yet to find a replacement after the withdrawal of a number of high profile candidates from the race. → Read more
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