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Mon, October 28th, 06:00 · Winfred Kuria
Ethiopian Airlines launches integrated reservations system
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with travel industry technology provider Rezgateway to launch a fully integrated end-to-end holiday reservation system. → Read more
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Mon, October 28th, 05:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Zinox introduces Z-PAD tablet PCs
Zinox Technologies, Nigeria’s leading computer manufacturer, has introduced its Z-PAD series of tablet PCs into the Nigerian market. → Read more
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Sun, October 27th, 08:00 · Brandon Gregory
FEATURE: The week in startups 27/10/2013
Every week HumanIPO talks to technology startups and hubs across the African continent to keep up with how technology is improving Africa and creating jobs. This week’s roundup features startup news from South Africa, Togo, and Kenya. → Read more
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Sat, October 26th, 12:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
BBM available to African Android, iOS users
BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for the Android and iOS platforms has arrived in Africa, following its initial launch at the start of the week. → Read more
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Sat, October 26th, 08:00 · Paul Adepoju
MTN Nigeria and Nokia introduce phone trade-in for Nokia Lumia 625
MTN Nigeria has announced a partnership with Nokia that allows its subscribers to trade in their old phones for Nokia Lumia 625 smartphones. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 20:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Telecom Namibia begins rolling out new services
Telecom Namibia has begun rolling out new services and solutions to its customers following the implementation of a partnership with the Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (De-CIX) to establish international access points. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 19:30 · Kamau Mbote
Egypt’s Vivifi to revolutionise the world of touch
Egyptian startup Vivifi is taking touch to the next level, making it possible to use any surface as a touchpad. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 19:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nokia Lumia 1020 debuts in Nigeria with Etisalat partnership
Nokia has introduced the latest in the Lumia series, the Nokia Lumia 1020, into the Nigerian market, through a partnership with Etisalat. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 18:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Wabona partners with Cinemo
African online streaming startup Wabona has partnered with video app distributor Cinemo, buying a stake in the company with the aim of becoming a majority shareholder. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 18:00 · Nick Sato
Airtel Africa subscribers get free access to Wikipedia
Airtel and the Wikimedia Foundation have announced a strategic partnership to provide Airtel’s customers with access to the knowledge and information available on Wikipedia through their mobile phones free of data charges. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 17:30 · Susan Mwenesi
SA’s Sstreamm to launch mobile television streaming service
South African startup Sstreamm is to launch a mobile television streaming service next month named Pockit TV, which will act as a hub for African content. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 17:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Kenya’s BRCK launch delayed until next year
Kenyan technology firm Ushahidi has pushed back the release date of BRCK, an internet device designed by Kenyan technology company Ushahidi to keep people connected to the internet during network downtime, until the first quarter of 2014. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 16:30 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft partners with 3 African incubator hubs
Microsoft has today announced strategic cooperation agreements with three incubator hubs across Africa in a bid to enable startups, innovator and developer communities acquire skills to build their enterprises. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Tanzania’s Ubongo to premier “edu-tainment” show in 2014
Tanzanian startup Ubongo will launch an “edu-tainment” show on national television in the country geared towards bridging the gap for students who do not have ways of accessing the content available for them. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 15:30 · Nick Sato
Kenyan laptop programme rollout pushed to the end of Q1 2014
The Kenyan government has announced that the one laptop per child programme slated for the beginning of 2014 will be implemented later than anticipated due to logistical hiccups in the tendering process. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 15:00 · Brandon Gregory
MultiChoice SA undergoes management changes
MultiChoice South Africa has announced changes in management with chief executive officer (CEO) Collins Khumanlo opting to take some “time out” after his 17 years with the pay-TV company. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 14:30 · Brandon Gregory
DoC is run like a spaza shop – Kholwane
South African minister of communications Yunus Carrim is running the Department of Communications (DoC) like a ‘spaza’ shops (an informal convenience store), according to Sikhumbuzi Kholwane, chairperson of the parliamentary communications portfolio committee. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 14:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Twitter aims to raise $1.4b from IPO, pegs value at $11b
Twitter has revealed its estimated income from its initial public offering (IPO) is US$1.4 billion, valuing the company at US$11 billion → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 13:40 · Selipha Kihagi
Kenya’s anti-corruption website to launch in a week
The Presidential Strategic Digital Communications Unit will next week launch a website allowing Kenyans to report government officials engaging in corruption. → Read more
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Fri, October 25th, 13:20 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom denies CFO suspended due to stock ownership issues
South African part state-owned operator Telkom has said the suspension of the company’s chief financial officer (CFO) relates to alleged personal misconduct, not the finances of the operator or stock ownership issues. → Read more
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