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Tue, September 2nd, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Nairobi’s Nailab raises over 5 million to support season 3 and 4 entrepreneurs
Five startups from the Nailab were on Friday able to garner a total of Ksh. 1million each in investments after pitching at the incubator’s Demo day which is in its fourth year. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
eTranzact drives mobile money adoption in Nigeria with new project
Mobile banking and payment service company eTranzact International Plc has said it is driving mobile money adoption in Nigeria with its PocketMoni 500 project. The company said it is investing US$350,000 in the mobile money activation project which is in partnership with a financial sector development organization EFInA. → Read more
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Tue, September 2nd, 08:51 · Paul Adepoju
Bank of Khartoum, Zain launch first mobile money service in Sudan
Bank of Khartoum and telecoms company Zain have launched Sudan's first mobile money service called Hassa. The bank said the service is available to all registered Hassa mobile account customers in Sudan. → Read more
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Mon, September 1st, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung unveils Gear S in South Africa
Samsung has launched Gear S, its smart wearable device that expands the smartphone experience to the wrist in South Africa. The device offers users 3G connectivity and wearable optimized features. → Read more
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Mon, September 1st, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Safaricom, Airtel acquire YuMobile for $120m
The Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) has approved the sale of YuMobile, Essar Group’s telecoms business in Kenya to Safaricom and Bharti Airtel for US$120 million. Under the agreement, Safaricom will get YuMobile’s IT and office infrastructure while Airtel would acquire the network’s subscriber base. → Read more
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Mon, September 1st, 11:38 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s CcHUB launches $500,000 seed investment fund
Nigeria’s Co-creation HUB (CcHUB) has launched a US$500,000 seed investment fund to boost its incubation programme, the fund is to support early stage startups over the next two years. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria launches e-ID cards with electronic payment functionality
Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan has launched the country’s national e-ID card programme, which sees citizens issued with MasterCard-branded biometric identity cards which have electronic payment functionality included. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Get your hands dirty, Hersman tells startup CEOs
Ushahidi co-founder Erik Hersman has challenged chief executive officers (CEOs) of startups in Kenya to not be afraid to get their hands dirty and do the hard work of knocking on doors working alongside their sales teams. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MyDigitalBridge Foundation, Microsoft conclude successful TV White Spaces trial in Namibia
The MyDigitalBridge Foundation in partnership with Microsoft and Adaptrum has successfully trialled the Namibian TV White Spaces (TVWS) pilot project, with the aim of creating a “blueprint of broadband internet connectivity” for the country. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Charles Ifedi, CEO, Verve International
Verve is currently the most widely used payment card in Nigeria, with 18 million of the country’s 25 million payment cards Verve branded; while 19 out of the 21 Nigerian banks issue Verve cards, in addition to microfinance banks (MFBs) and mobile money operators. HumanIPO spoke to Charles Ifedi, chief executive officer of Verve International on what the company and its partners are doing for app developers in Nigeria and the epayment sub-sector. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
TA Telecom launches personality mapping project in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and SA
Beta trials for the Nafsi big data project spearheaded by TA Telecom have launched in Egypt, Kenya, Uganda and South Africa, with the project aiming to use mobile technology to collect data mapping the personalities of people across Africa. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Mobile 360 Series Africa speakers announced
The GSM Association (GSMA) has announced the first keynote speakers for the upcoming Mobile 360 Series Africa conference to be in November, with the organisers saying the event will address the “roadblocks” to mobile connectivity across Africa. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 10:03 · Paul Adepoju
Digital migration to cost Nigeria US$370m – NBC
The migration from analogue to digital television signal in Nigeria will cost the country NGN60 billion (US$370 million), the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said, revealing it expects to achieve 90 per cent digital coverage by the June 2015 international digital migration deadline. → Read more
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Fri, August 29th, 09:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Huduma centre opens in Mombasa
Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta and a delegation of government officials have opened the Mombasa Huduma centre, offering over 20 different services from various ministries and government institutions. → Read more
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Thu, August 28th, 11:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nokia X2 on sale in Kenya
The Nokia X2 smartphone is now available for sale in Kenya, with Microsoft saying the device was designed to connect the next billion people to mobile internet. → Read more
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Thu, August 28th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria celebrates 13th anniversary with free data
Nigerian mobile operator MTN is celebrating 13 years of operations in Nigeria, offering users of its data services 100 per cent extra data. → Read more
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Thu, August 28th, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Young owner of Nairobi Developer School among Anzisha Prize finalists
Martha Chumo, the 19-year-old owner of the Nairobi Developer School, has been chosen among 12 finalists of the Anzisha Prize for Young Entrepreneurs, and will now battle for the US$75,000 prize money. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Project Isizwe free Wi-Fi now live in Robertson, Atlantis
Non-profit Project Isizwe has launched its public free Wi-Fi service in the Robertson and Atlantis areas of South Africa’s Western Cape province, as part of the ZAR1.3 billion (US$122 million) plan to connect all the province’s residents to free internet. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
LG launches G3 smartphone in Nigeria
LG has unveiled its G3 smartphone in Nigeria, saying the device was developed under the company’s ‘Simple is the New Smart’ initiative. → Read more
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Wed, August 27th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kopo Kopo celebrates 4 years in business
Kenyan merchant services company Kopo Kopo is celebrating four years of existence, having managed to register more than 10,000 businesses on the platform. → Read more
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