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Tue, November 19th, 10:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Q&A: Ghanaian banking startup DreamOval
Ghana’s DreamOval is taking great strides within the country’s banking sector with its revolutionary software. Derrydean Dadzie, chief doer at DreamOval, spoke to HumanIPO about their experience so far. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
Knott-Craig Sr in hospital after stroke
Alan Knott-Craig Sr, chief executive officer (CEO) of South Africa’s third mobile operator Cell C, has suffered a “minor stroke”. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
Money-making machine designed by Romanian
A Romanian security researcher has built a money-making machine that exploits the gaps in currency exchanges, rounding up errors made in the process of moving from one currency to another. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 08:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Startup hindered in launching Tanzanian e-ticketing
Institutional barriers, as well as the shift from manual to digital processes, are hindering the launch of an e-ticketing system for buses in Tanzania, according to local startup Zoop. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 08:00 · Nick Sato
Airtel targets more subscribers with Radio Express partnership
Airtel has announced a partnership with Radio Express to launch weekly shows on local radio stations across 17 African countries. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 07:00 · Brandon Gregory
Incredible Connection partners with Maxwell Technology
Incredible Connection, the South African computer retailer, has partnered with Maxwell Technology, the Pretoria-based internet satellite and data solutions provider, in a move to provide reliable and affordable broadband internet access. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 06:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
PS4 users report problems, Sony issues troubleshooting guide
PlayStation 4 (PS4) users have been reporting problems with their newly purchased devices, prompting Sony to issue a troubleshooting guide, only days after the console’s release for sale. → Read more
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Tue, November 19th, 05:00 · Kamau Mbote
African teachers and students nominated among world’s most innovative
Four schools and eight teachers from across Sub-Saharan Africa have been nominated as part of Microsoft’s 2014 class of Mentor Schools and the Inaugural Class of Expert Educators. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 20:00 · Brandon Gregory
Easy user experience key to maximising pay-TV investments – Simpson
Despite the uptake in over-the-top (OTT) content, pay-TV with its set-top box (STB) technology is not dead because “smart” pay-TV operators are embracing OTT, according to Peter Simpson, vice president of Pace. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 19:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Q&A: Tanzanian startup Karibu Solar Power
Karibu Solar Power is a Tanzanian startup making high quality solar power affordable by producing a modular solar lamp for lighting and charging mobile phones. The startup has just won the United Nations SEED Award, and HumanIPO caught up with Adam Camenzuli, executive director, to talk about the company → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 19:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Malawians to pay for fuel services using Airtel Money
Airtel has partnered Total Malawi to offer customers an opportunity to pay for fuelling services through their mobile phones, using the Airtel Money service at any Total filling station in the country. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 18:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Triggerfish obtains funding for films
South African animated film studio Triggerfish has secured funding for a five film slate, with the company aiming to release one film per year from 2016. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Prowork focused on expanding to other African countries
Prowork, one of two Nigerian startups that participated in the 2013 VentureOut Challenge, has expressed its readiness to expand to other African countries with its task management platform. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
FNB expands app to 7 more African countries
First National Bank (FNB) has expanded its mobile banking app to seven other African countries, after originally launching it exclusively in South Africa in July 2011. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 17:00 · Brandon Gregory
Digitising South Africa a psychological change
The increasing digitisation of South Africa is having a profound psychological impact on the country, especially among young people, according to Johann Henning, acting managing director (MD) of Telkom. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Ghana overpaying for school laptops – report
Evidence has emerged to suggest Ghana’s Ministry of Education is paying 50 per cent too much for the Rlg laptops it is supplying to schools. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
UK government wants Kenyatta & Ruto trials be held through video link
The United Kingdom (UK) is supporting changes to the International Criminal Court (ICC) rules to enable Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto to attend their trials through video link. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nailab’s hackathon set for Kisumu
The Kenyan lakeside town of Kisumu will host the Nailab’s next hackathon, geared towards bringing together tech and business developers to produce ideas that could help tackle the town’s perennial problems of unemployment, insecurity and health. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Ethiopian startup launches product listings website
Ethiopian product listings website Dibsr.com is set to launch in beta at the end of the month, removing the need for consumers to travel between numerous shops and facilitating the shopping experience. → Read more
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Mon, November 18th, 14:30 · Tom Jackson
Alcatel-Lucent focusing on LTE, divesting in 2G and 3G
Alcatel-Lucent is focusing its investment on LTE and cutting the money it puts into 2G and 3G, as it looks to be first to market to gain a larger market share. → Read more
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