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Wed, January 15th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
PIVOT East 2014 returns to Nairobi
The fourth edition of East Africa’s premier mobile startups conference and competition PIVOT East will be held in the Kenyan capital Nairobi after organisers announced “planning has commenced in earnest”. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 12:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian startup helps users easily create, format and send CVs
A new platform that allows users to easily create, format and send their CVs to any part of the world has been launched in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 11:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
SANRAL further encourages e-tag registration
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has encouraged road users to register for an e-tag, saying this allows drivers to pay 5.6 times less than non-registered road users. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 11:00 · Nick Sato
KCPE candidates to check intakes through mobile and web
Candidates who sat for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations last year can check which high schools they have been selected to join via SMS and online after the selection process kicked off yesterday (Tuesday). → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian state aims to generate more revenues from Smartgov e-platform
The government of Cross River state in southern Nigeria has expressed its readiness to generate more revenues from its Smartgov platform. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 09:40 · Chris Udemans
Africa set for free Wi-Fi boost this year
Africa is set to see an increase in the number of free Wi-Fi hotspots in 2014, in line with recent moves to connect entire cities in both Rwanda and South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Launching an online business in Nigeria not as difficult as many think – Femi Okanla
Femi Okanla, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nitestay.com, has told HumanIPO setting up an e-commerce platform or any other online business in Nigeria is not as difficult as many people believe it is, though ensuring a platform is developed with necessary functionality is critical prior to launch. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
Lagos MobileMoneyExpo taking place next month
The fourth MobileMoneyExpo in Lagos next month will focus on low-income individuals and attempt to introduce banking to “the bottom of the pyramid in Africa”, the continent with the largest market for mobile money. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 07:00 · Nick Sato
Tanzania’s marine parks digitise
Tanzania Marine Parks and Reserves has started using electronic gadgets at various points in a move to digitise its systems and boost revenue collections. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 06:00 · Paul Adepoju
Eskimi to deliver money transfer services in Nigeria for UK-based company
Transferbee, a United Kingdom-based money transfer company, has announced a partnership with Eskimi for the launch of its money transfer service in Nigeria. → Read more
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Wed, January 15th, 05:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Complexity breeds consolidation in digital space – EOH
The increasing complexity of the digital space is leading to a new era of consolidation, with companies looking to integrate a wider skills pool to compete on a customer service level, according to South African company EOH Digital. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 19:00 · Chris Udemans
Windows 9 coming in 2015 – report
Microsoft will launch Windows 9 next year, hoping to put an end to the negativity that has surrounded Windows 8. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 18:20 · Nick Sato
Kiro’o Games opens Central Africa’s first video game studio
Cameroon’s Kiro’o Games has announced the opening of its first video game studio in Central Africa, a move that will see the game developer create its highly anticipated “African fantasy”-based games. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 17:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
Suspended Telkom CFO must repay $550k loans
Suspended Telkom chief financial officer (CFO) Jacques Schindehutte must pay back a ZAR6 million (US$550,000) loan granted to him by the South African part state-owned operator, as Telkom concedes the loan was not in compliance with statutory requirements. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 17:00 · Tom Jackson
Konza, Hope City threats to urban poor
“Smart cities” such as Kenya’s Konza Techno City and Ghana’s Hope City could result in worsening marginalisation and inequality within the communities near which they are built, according to a report by a professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 16:20 · Tom Jackson
Fraudsters create over 60 fake social media accounts for Nigeria’s first lady
Nigeria’s first lady Patience Jonathan has become the target of an internet fraud, with individuals creating a total of 40 Facebook and Twitter pages in her name. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 15:40 · Nick Sato
Kenyan mobile operators meet regulator over QoS
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) today met the country's four mobile network operators (MNOs) to discuss various issues including the recently released Quality of Service (QoS) report that saw all MNOs fail to comply with the minimum threshold. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Mobile monitoring app used in Egyptian referendum
A team of international observers monitoring the voting process in the Egyptian constitutional referendum currently underway is using mobile data gathering application Formhub for the first time, allowing the collection of real-time data from members of the team. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 14:20 · Chris Udemans
Spoek Mathambo to launch Vodacom Firsts
South African musician Spoek Mathambo has been chosen as one of three individuals to launch Vodafone’s Firsts initiative, which aims to document major 'world's-first' events and experiences. → Read more
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Tue, January 14th, 13:40 · Gabriella Mulligan
“Hyperactive” apps market yet to yield financial returns – Gartner
The “hyperactive” mobile applications market will see only 0.01 per cent of consumer apps achieve financial success by 2018, as most consumers use apps only for fun, according to a report by Gartner. → Read more
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