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Wed, December 11th, 13:30 · Richard Cutcher
Networks set to go head-to-head over single spectrum licence in Nigeria
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed applications for the sought after 2.3GHz spectrum frequency are now open to new and existing players in the mobile data space. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
UBA partners MTN Uganda for money transfer service
Uganda’s United Bank for Africa (UBA) has partnered with MTN to become the country’s first mobile money agent in the financial services industry. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Goal-line technology makes African debut
Goal-line technology makes its African debut today, as the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) Club World Cup 2013 kicks off in Morocco. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 12:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Tanzanian parliament addresses SIM card registration
Members of Parliament (MPs) in Tanzania have raised concerns over the registration of SIM cards across the country, saying it is being done contrary to the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (EPOCA) of 2010. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 11:30 · Nick Sato
Ugandans transferred $640m using mobile money in 2013
The Bank of Uganda (BOU) has revealed its financial report for January to November 2013 shows mobile money transfers in the country reached US$640 million. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
Operators and regulator exploring LTE networks in Botswana
The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) is in discussions with stakeholders and experts with regards to what frequency and how much spectrum should be allocated for use in LTE deployment. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 10:30 · Selipha Kihagi
Rwanda holds conference on media development
Rwanda will hold its fifth annual National Dialogue on Media Development today (Wednesday), aimed at discussing how to improve the country’s media landscape with more than 200 delegates within the country and beyond expected to attend. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
Twitter shares hit record high
Twitter shares rose for the second straight day yesterday, passing US$52 and reaching a new intraday high. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 09:30 · Nick Sato
Kenya suspends digital migration date
Kenya’s High Court has issued a ruling temporarily suspending Nairobi’s planned digital migration from analogue broadcasting to December 23, 2013, to allow the determination of a suit filed by three media houses challenging the migration. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Expect LTE network acquisitions in Africa – Alcatel-Lucent
Some of Africa’s LTE networks currently operated by new players will eventually be acquired by the bigger mobile operators as the technology takes hold on the continent, Daniel Jaeger, Alcatel-Lucent’s vice president for Africa, believes. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 08:00 · Nick Sato
Google launches DIY Street View
Google has launched a new Google Maps feature that lets users create and share their own Street View paths from photos and location data. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 07:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Orange partners Renault for LTE research in car industry
Orange has partnered with car manufacturer Renault to research the opportunities presented by long term evolution (LTE) technologies in the automotive industry, with a view to developing “hyper-connected” vehicles. → Read more
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Wed, December 11th, 06:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Viber launches its Viber Out service worldwide
Viber has announced the release of Viber 4.1 for Android and iPhone, which comes with the global launch of Viber Out, a feature allowing users to make calls to any mobile or landline phone number. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
World Cup draw prompts 1.7m Tweets
Twitter has revealed over 1.7 million Tweets were posted regarding the draw for the football World Cup on Saturday, as fans flocked to see who their national teams will be playing in Brazil in June 2014. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 18:00 · Richard Cutcher
Publishing report is just first step, work to be done – A4AI
Sonia Jorge, executive director of the Alliance For Affordable Internet (A4AI), has told HumanIPO the organisation’s first report on broadband costs across developing and emerging countries is just the beginning and the more hands-on work begin nows as it looks to liaise with governments and regulators. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 17:30 · Tom Jackson
Ghanaian students offered training in robotics, app development
A Ghanaian company is offering training in robotics and mobile app development, looking to promote entrepreneurship and tech businesses in the West African country. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 17:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Egypt, Nigeria, SA among most popular Facebook “check-in” sites
Facebook statistics on activity on the social media site in 2013 has revealed Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa featured among the most popular “check in” sites, while Nelson Mandela was among the top 10 most talked about topics of the year. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 16:30 · Nick Sato
91% of organisations hit by cyberattacks in 2013
Research by Kaspersky Lab and B2B International has shown that 91 per cent of organisations globally experienced cyberattacks at least once in the last year, with nine per cent victims of targeted attacks. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 16:00 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana continues laptop rollout to schools
Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation has so far distributed around 40,000 laptops to schools in three years as part of its Better Ghana Agenda. → Read more
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Tue, December 10th, 15:30 · Richard Cutcher
Future phones to have no screen – Google
A future generation of smartphones may have no screen at all and rely entirely on voice recognition, according to Scott Huffman, senior engineering director at Google. → Read more
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