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Wed, August 20th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lack of .ng uptake to fuel cybercrime – expert
The failure of Nigeria’s major companies to purchase .ng domain names may lead to increased activity by cybercriminals exploiting the unclaimed location-based domains, according to expert Chris Chibuike. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 13:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ApexPeak gives Umati Capital $10 million finance line
ApexPeak has handed Kenyan financial tech startup Umati Capital a finance line which will commence at US$300,000 per month, an amount expected to grow to US$5 million to US$7 million per month before the end of the year. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Huawei launches LTE to boost Tanzania anti-poaching efforts
Huawei Technologies has launched Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in Tanzania, which it says will not only boost communications and video surveillance for enterprises, but will also support the government's anti-poaching campaign. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Safaricom cuts M-Pesa transaction fees
Kenya’s dominant operator Safaricom has announced up to 67 per cent cuts to transaction fees levied by the operator on transactions on its M-Pesa mobile money network. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
DEMO Africa organisers not worried about Ebola
The organisers of this year’s DEMO Africa technology startup conference are not worried about reported Ebola cases in host city for this year’s event, Lagos, Nigeria, and said the outbreak of the virus is not affecting planning of the event. → Read more
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Wed, August 20th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Value of items on MoboFree to reach $1.5bn in 2015
The value of items listed for sale on African social marketplace MoboFree.com will hit US$1.5 billion by 2015, with the current total value of items already surpassing US$526 million, the company said. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SAP to invest $500m in Africa
SAP has announced a seven-year plan to up-skill local African talent and drive innovation and growth on the continent Africa, which will see the company invest up to US$500 million through 2020. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
DA court application opposing Motsoeneng appointment heard
The legal application by South Africa’s opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) to have the permanent appointment of Hlaudi Motsoeneng to the position of chief operating officer (COO) at state owned broadcaster the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is to be heard today. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 14:30 · Paul Adepoju
Carmudi launches in Congo, Tanzania
Nigerian car classifieds platform Carmudi has launched in the Republic of Congo and Tanzania, bringing the company’s African operations to a total of seven African countries. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Telkom to implement fair usage for internet users
South Africa’s part state owned operator Telkom has announced its internet service provider (ISP) branch is to begin enforcing a fair usage policy aimed at improving the quality of its broadband network. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nyeri County trains teachers for one laptop per child programme
Kenya’s Nyeri County has embarked on a programme to train primary school teachers in IT skills ahead of the roll out of the government’s plan to provide free laptops for standard one pupils. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Jovago, Navigidi partner for Nigeria hotel bookings
Online hotel booking platform Jovago has partnered Lagos-based journey planning site Navigidi to facilitate hotel bookings across Nigeria. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 10:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Nomanini mobile POS hits one million transactions
South Africa’s electronic payments solution for emerging markets Nomanini has facilitated over one million transactions through its point of sale (POS) terminals across Africa, the company announced. → Read more
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Tue, August 19th, 09:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Bitcoin exchange BitX launches in Kenya
Bitcoin exchange BitX has launched in Kenya, integrating preferred local financial systems such as M-Pesa and bank transfers to enable efficient international payments. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel Nigeria offers unlimited chat with WTF Bundle
Airtel Nigeria has launched the WTF Bundle, which offers the network’s subscribers unlimited chat on WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook and BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Matiangi impeachment calls by ICTAK “ill-advised” – COFEK
Calls by the ICT Association of Kenya (ICTAK) to have ministry of ICT cabinet secretary Fred Matiangi impeached are “ill advised”, according to the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK). → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi
AppCircus@Mobile Web Africa applications open
Applications are open for the AppCircus@Mobile Web Africa competition, calling for African app developers to submit their innovative app creations. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Online recharge platform launched in Nigeria
Coremobile has launched Quick Airtime, an online platform for secure airtime recharge, mobile top-up and prepaid re-up in Nigeria, which it said is the fastest and simplest online recharge platform in the world. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 12:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Roaming charges to be abolished for EAC countries
Roaming charges for mobile voice calls across the five member states of the East African Community (EAC) are to be abolished as of October, according to Kenya’s ministry of information, communications and technology (ICT) cabinet secretary Fred Matiangi. → Read more
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Mon, August 18th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
StarTimes to launch low-cost smartphone, tablet in Nigeria
Pay TV provider StarTimes has announced plans to launch two low cost mobile devices for the Nigerian market, a NGN12,000 (US$74) smartphone and a tablet priced at NGN27,000 (US$166). → Read more
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