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Wed, October 16th, 12:20 · Kamau Mbote
Orange Kenya launches wireless fixed service
Orange Kenya has launched a wireless fixed voice service dubbed Home Talk, targeting homes and small offices. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Maxwell launches satellite hotspots in SA
Maxwell Technology has launched its HotSpot product, providing South Africa with satellite internet powered Wi-Fi hotspots. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian company boosts merchant capabilities with new mobile PoS terminal
A new mobile point of sale (PoS) terminal has been introduced in Nigeria by Global Accelerex Limited with the goal of boosting merchants by facilitating electronic card payments. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 11:20 · Winfred Kuria
KCB targets the unbanked with M-Benki platform
Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has launched its M-Benki platform, accessible through personal phones and allows individuals to open a bank account. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 11:00 · Tom Jackson
Alcatel-Lucent future at risk – report
Alcatel-Lucent chief executive officer (CEO) Michel Combes has said the telecoms firm’s future is at risk due to it missing key technological shifts, according to a report by Reuters. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 10:40 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei hosts national broadband forum in Zimbabwe
Huawei has hosted its Broaderway Forum in Zimbabwe during the third Southern Africa Regional Broadband Next Generation Networks and New Technologies Workshop in Victoria Falls. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 10:20 · Brandon Gregory
Yunus Carrim inaugurates the NCAC
Yunus Carrim, South Africa’s minister of communications, has inaugurated the National Cyber Security Advisory Council (NCAC), which will advise the government on technical and security issues. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 10:00 · Paul Adepoju
NCC provides ICT support to 1,336 public secondary schools
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has aided 1,336 public secondary schools across the country through its School Access Programme (SAP) the Universal Service Provision Fund (USPF) since its inception 10 years ago. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
Twitter to float on NYSE, rising quarterly losses
Twitter has opted to hold its initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), but has reported a tripling of its quarterly losses. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 09:00 · Brandon Gregory
Four million FNB customers realise the benefits of mobile banking
South Africans are increasingly turning to online banking and card payments, as both feature phone and smartphone users recognise it is safer than carrying cash, according to First National Bank (FNB). → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 08:00 · Kamau Mbote
SAP Africa partner Altura consulting releases HCM solutions for East Africa
Altura consulting, a SAP Africa value added re-seller, has launched the Human Capital Management (HCM) solution, PEEPAL, into the East African market. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Àsà cultural apps collection expands to accommodate Nigeria’s rich and diverse culture
Genii Games, a Nigerian games company that seeks to preserve and promote Africa’s rich culture, has announced an expansion in its collection of apps aimed at accommodating and promoting Nigeria‘s rich and diverse heritage. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
ICANN announces membership and timeframe for panels
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has added another panel to its four strategic panels formed in July to help transform and guide the organisation’s five year strategic plan. → Read more
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Wed, October 16th, 05:00 · Winfred Kuria
Ultrasound chip offers gesture control
Norwegian startup Elliptic Labs is working with Asian handset manufacturers to enable control of devices, mobiles and tablets by gesture. → Read more
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Tue, October 15th, 20:00 · Brandon Gregory
Agile software crucial to businesses – ThoughtWorks
Agile software is a key element to addressing the long-held belief IT is a standalone function within a business, Roy Singham, founder of ThoughtWorks, has told HumanIPO. → Read more
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Tue, October 15th, 19:30 · Kamau Mbote
WWF to use microchips to protect Kenyan rhinos
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) will hand over 1,000 microchips and five scanners to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) as a tool to strengthen the monitoring of rhinos. → Read more
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Tue, October 15th, 19:00 · Richard Cutcher
MTN Zambia increases mobile data speed
MTN Zambia has increased the speed of its mobile data network, following its connection to the West Africa Cable System (WACS) last month. → Read more
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Tue, October 15th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
Hack enables Snapchat save
Developers have created an app that saves messages and videos sent through popular “self-destruct” service Snapchat. → Read more
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Tue, October 15th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerians blast government for failing to update national web portal
Nigerians on social media have criticised the government for failing to update the nation’s official web portal, more than a month after nine ministers, including the science and technology minister, were sacked. → Read more
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Tue, October 15th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
SA reseller in dispute with Apple
Apple has demanded a South African reseller, The Notebook Company, hand over a handful of website domains in its use. → Read more
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