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Fri, November 22nd, 11:00 · Richard Cutcher
GreenBack set for beta phase on StartupBus trip
StartupBus Africa arrived in Cape Town this morning, with one Zimbabwean-inspired idea looking to connect the developed and developing world through a mutual need to save and use carbon. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 10:00 · Nick Sato
IBM announces commitment to digitise Kenya
IBM has announced it has partnered the Kenyan government to improve service delivery to citizens. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Maputo readies for tourism hackathon
Maputo will next month host the third Mozambique Hackathon, aimed at creating mobile solutions for the tourism industry. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Top Acer executives resign
Acer’s chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman J.T.Wang and corporate president Jim Wong have resigned from their positions with immediate effect, the company announced today. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 07:00 · Nick Sato
Airtel launches Opera Web Pass in Africa
Opera Software and Airtel have launched Opera Web Pass in Africa, a service allowing subscribers to choose a data package that is time-based, content-based or a combination of the two. → Read more
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Fri, November 22nd, 06:00 · Winfred Kuria
Bidco achieves fastest multi-locational FMCG implementation of SAP
The Bidco Group, a systems and technology-efficient fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) conglomerate in East Africa, has been praised for successfully implementing SAP technology within 90 days. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 20:00 · Tom Jackson
Nigerian education stakeholders urged to adopt PPPs for ICT deployment
Nigerian education stakeholders in the country to form public-private partnerships (PPPs) to increase funding for ICT in education. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher
Wikipedia steps up pressure on paid-for edits
Wikipedia has demanded a private Texas-based company, Wiki-PR, immediately stop carrying out paid-for edits of clients’ pages. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Africa techpreneurs present to ITU Telecom World 2013
Four young African tech entrepreneurs are presenting their ideas to the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) Telecom World 2013 with the possibility of winning up to US$10,000, having been selected as businesses most capable of effecting change and achieving success. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom to launch FTTH within one year
South African part state-owned operator Telkom hopes to launch fibre to the home (FTTH) services by the end of 2014, with current trials of the service are returning positive results. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
Nashua profit drop hits Reunert revenues
South African ICT group Reunert is reporting a three per cent decline in revenue for the year ending September 30, putting the drop down in part to a decline in fortunes for its mobile and internet solutions business Nashua Mobile. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 16:30 · Nick Sato
Google launches fibre network in Uganda with Project Link
Google Africa has announced the launch of Project Link, a fibre network access project in Uganda's capital Kampala, to provide faster internet speeds in the country. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 16:00 · Nick Sato
KRA online clearance system to be replaced by 2015
Kenya has announced the Simba System, Kenya Revenue Authority’s (KRA) online clearance solution used at the port of Mombasa, will be replaced by 2015. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
One-third of African households has TV – ITU
Only one-third of households in Africa owns a television, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has revealed on United Nations World Television Day. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 15:00 · Richard Cutcher
Instagram launched for Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone users can now download the Instagram app, after it was launched on the platform yesterday (Wednesday). → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 14:30 · Richard Cutcher
SA’s property market needs tech innovation – startup
Graeme Tennant, managing director of Property Switch, believes his company can disrupt South Africa’s property market by introducing relatively simple innovation and a web-based business model. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Jumia launches PS4 sales in Nigeria
Nigerian e-commerce store Jumia has launched sales of the Sony PlayStation 4 (PS4), becoming the first outlet to make the console available in Nigeria. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 13:30 · Tom Jackson
Neotel launches usage-based WAN in SA
Converged communications network operator Neotel has announced the launch of the first enterprise usage-based wide area network (WAN) services in South Africa, allowing businesses flexibility with bandwidth usage and the ability to manage costs. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
DA launches new billboards condemning e-tolling
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) premier candidate for Gauteng Mmusi Maimane has launched new billboards in Gauteng, with the message: “A vote for the DA is a vote against e-tolls”. → Read more
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Thu, November 21st, 12:30 · Tom Jackson
Potential for improved teaching and learning through ICT – report
East African teachers and learners can benefit from the adoption of ICT tools, a report says, though the tools must be appropriately designed and properly supported with infrastructure and ongoing professional development for teachers. → Read more
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