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Fri, October 4th, 14:00 · Kamau Mbote
Instagram to start allowing adverts
Instagram will begin placing adverts in users’ photo-streams as a way of creating a sustainable business. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 13:40 · Brandon Gregory
South Africa and Kenya have true online freedom – report
South Africa and Kenya were the only African countries of 14 surveyed to be found to have true online freedom in a new report. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 13:20 · Paul Adepoju
Hotels.ng set to be Africa’s largest online hotel booking site
Mark Essien, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Hotels.ng, has told HumanIPO the goal of the online hotel booking site is to be the biggest in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 13:00 · Kamau Mbote
Google acquires gestures startup Flutter
Google has bought San Francisco-based startup Flutter, which uses webcams to detect hand signals and uses gestures to control various apps including iTunes and Netflix. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 12:40 · Nick Sato
Ushahidi reports to be processed through new USSD app
Kenyan non-profit crowdfunding platform Ushahidi has announced the development of a USSD (unstructured supplementary services data) app to reduce the time it takes to process reports and manage the flood of SMSs coming through its platform. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 12:20 · Brandon Gregory
Zuma designates new SABC board chairperson
President Jacob Zuma has appointed Ellen Zandile Tshabalala as the new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board chairperson and professor Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe as her deputy. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Cairo Angels invests almost $1m in Egyptian tech startups
Egyptian investment group Cairo Angels has invested almost US$1 million in eight startups in the last 18 months, and has plans to expand from its predominantly tech interests. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 11:40 · Winfred Kuria
Greenwing Audio launches wireless earbuds with “bite clicks”
Greenwing Audio has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for its new product, Split, a pair of wireless, hands free earphones. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 11:20 · Selipha Kihagi
OPINION: Zimbabwe’s new communications spying programme is outrageous
The new programme introduced by the government of Zimbabwe to spy on citizens’ communications in a bid to improve national security by reducing crime is outrageous. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 11:00 · Brandon Gregory
Johannesburg billboards mock ANC over e-tolls
Three large billboards discrediting South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party over the controversial e-tolling system have been sighted in Johannesburg, according to a newspaper report today. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 10:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian lawmakers approve $1bn bailout for NITEL and MTel
Members of the Nigerian House of Representatives have approved a resolution that the moribund Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) and the Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTel) be bailed out by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) with US$1 billion. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 10:20 · Richard Cutcher
Twitter aiming for $1 billion in IPO
Twitter intends to raise US$1 billion from its initial public offering (IPO), with some analysts predicting the social network could be worth between US$12 billion and US$20 billion when it begins trading. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 10:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyatta urges departments to integrate ICT to boost performances
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged the management of public institutions to actively play a role in the country’s transformational agenda by deftly managing challenges and exploiting opportunities. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
ApplianceOnline embarks on African expansion
South African e-commerce venture ApplianceOnline is to launch in various African countries, aiming to become a household name. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 09:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: Ibrahim Hamdy, CEO of Arabhardware
Ibrahim Hamdy, chief executive officer (CEO) at Egypt’s biggest IT supplier and first IT Arabic product review lab Arabhardware, spoke to HumanIPO on the Egyptian tech startup scene and other related issues. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 08:30 · Winfred Kuria
Nokia tests phone charging using lighting
A Nokia Lumia 925 device was fully charged in seconds during a trial of the alternative charging technique carried out by the Finnish phone manufacturer and the University of Southampton. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
SA ICT startups in need of concrete support – IBM
Computer and software company IBM feels South African startups require more than investment, with ongoing mentorship and support key elements to success. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 07:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Dell unveils new family of XPS laptops
Dell has unveiled three new XPS laptops, the two-in-one XPS 11, an all new XPS 13 and XPS 15, which will feature upgraded screens and Intel Haswell processors of up to core i7. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 06:00 · Brandon Gregory
The flipside of SA bandwidth boom is an increase in DDoS attacks
Due to the bandwidth boom in South Africa, a significant increase in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks at an application level has been recorded, said Perry Hutton, regional director for Fortinet in Africa. → Read more
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Fri, October 4th, 05:00 · Kamau Mbote
Silk Road founder arrested, website shutdown
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has caught the founder of drug trafficking site Silk Road, 29-year-old Ross William Ulbricht. → Read more
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