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Fri, November 15th, 05:00 · Selipha Kihagi
IBM to transform mobile market with new acquisition
IBM has announced a move to buy Fiberlink Communications, a mobile management and security company, as part of its efforts to build the industry’s most comprehensive set of mobile capabilities. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Satellite, not free computers, will boost e-education in Africa
Video and television content provided via satellite is the most viable option for providing educational content to rural Africa, not distributing computers, according to Richard Bell, group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wananchi Group. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 19:00 · Nick Sato
Developers can now build cognitive apps through IBM Watson Technology
IBM will make its Watson technology available as a development platform in the cloud, enabling a worldwide community of software application providers to build a new generation of apps infused with cognitive computing intelligence. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 18:30 · Brandon Gregory
Price not the only issue for smartphone rollout in Africa
Delivering on the specific needs of African consumers in terms of handsets and devices is a vital topic, according to Bradley Shaw, head of business development for Spinlet, speaking during a panel discussion at AfricaCom 2013 today (Thursday). → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 18:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Ugandans to report corruption with new app
The Uganda Media Development Foundation (UMDF), through its project Action for Transparency (A4T), has launched a new app allowing citizens to report corruption incidents in social service delivery through their mobile devices. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 17:30 · Brandon Gregory
Content and fixed broadband to drive internet traffic in Africa
Moving forward in African traffic management technologies will be realised through content and fixed broadband networks, according to Richard Bell, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Wananchi Group, during his presentation at AfricaCom 2013, in Cape Town. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 17:00 · Nick Sato
Safaricom to provide TV services
Safaricom, Kenya’s leading mobile operator, has announced plans to begin selling bundled internet and television services for on-demand viewing in the next year. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
FibreCo’s 2,000km SA broadband network goes live
FibreCo Telecommunications has launched its fibre-optic network between connecting South African cities Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Cape Town. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
25 years before total SA internet penetration – MTN
It will take 25 years for South Africa’s four operators to achieve 100 per cent internet penetration, unless investment is significantly speeded up, according to Lambo Kanagaratnam, chief enterprise business officer at MTN South Africa. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 15:53 · Kamau Mbote
Snapchat rejected $3b Facebook offer
Image messaging service Snapchat has reportedly rejected $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
AfricaCom 2013 Awards winners announced
The AfricaCom 2013 Awards winners were announced in Cape Town last night, recognising and celebrating the best achievers in the fields of ICT, telecommunications and media across the continent in the last year. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana approves $129m for security information system
Ghana's parliament has approved the US$129 million deal with ZTE for the supply of Dedicated Security Information System infrastructure. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Entrepreneurs must sell solutions, fix problems – RLabs
Entrepreneurs must seek to ensure their product sells a solution to a problem, in order to achieve success in business, according to Craig Ross, innovations manager at the Reconstructed Living Lab (RLabs). → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 13:30 · Nick Sato
Benin first to reserve dotAfrica name, more governments urged
The African Union Commission (AUC) has urged African governments to reserve their domains ahead of the the launch of dotAfrica (.Africa), with Benin the only country to have done so as yet. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 13:00 · Nick Sato
Lipa na M-Pesa now available at Shell stations
Safaricom and Vivo Energy Kenya have partnered to allow Shell petrol station customers to pay for fuel using the new cashless payments platform Lipa na M-Pesa. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Social media is ideal platform to launch mobile money marketing
Social media is the best tool for spreading awareness and driving adoption of mobile money services in new markets, according to Vytas Paukstys, chief executive officer at Eskimi. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN Group partners Hello Doctor to offer mobile health
MTN Group and Hello Doctor, subsidiary of Metropolitan Health, have partnered to offer m-health solutions in MTN’s territories across Africa, ensuring consumers receive the right information before seeing a doctor. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Data subscribers drop in Ghana, Airtel hardest hit
Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has released its latest figures on mobile subscriber data in the West African country, with Airtel taking the biggest hit. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 11:00 · Kamau Mbote
KOT raise $2,000 to plant 750 trees
Kenyans on Twitter (KOT) are on a push to raise US$2,000 to plant 750 trees in November using mobile money platform M-Pesa. → Read more
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Thu, November 14th, 10:30 · Brandon Gregory
Analogue is holding SABC back – Mokhobo
Lulama Mokhobo, group chief executive officer (CEO) of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), believes the delay in digital migration is preventing the state-broadcaster from progressing and it is falling behind rivals such as MultiChoice. → Read more
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