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Fri, September 27th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Mansur Liman, head of BBC Hausa
BBC Hausa, the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) service covering the northern region of Nigeria, is currently struggling to increase its coverage due to a number of challenges. → Read more
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Fri, September 27th, 08:30 · Kamau Mbote
‘Control-alt-delete’ was an error – Gates
Bill Gates has said the decision to force users to press ‘control-alt-delete’ to log on was an error brought about by the engineer who worked on the original IBM PC. → Read more
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Fri, September 27th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Econet to launch EcoFarmer
Zimbabwean operator Econet Wireless will be releasing a prepaid insurance offering for farmers to aid with weather damage to crops. → Read more
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Fri, September 27th, 07:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
eBay to acquire Braintree
eBay has revealed plans to purchase online payment platform Braintree, boosting PayPal’s business. → Read more
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Fri, September 27th, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
ECOWAS ministers meeting to discuss digital migration
ICT ministers from the West African region’s economic bloc, ECOWAS, will meet in Banjul, Gambia, to discuss protocols and specifications of equipment to be used during the digital migration. → Read more
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Fri, September 27th, 05:00 · Selipha Kihagi
McAfee planning to build new software security company
Anti-virus software developer John McAfee is embarking on plans to come up with technology that will completely lock out hackers from the internet and provide security to its users. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 20:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya Airways and Vodacom Tanzania in mobile money deal
Kenya Airways (KQ) and Vodacom Tanzania have unveiled a partnership allowing customers to buy KQ tickets through M-Pesa from any part of Tanzania. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 19:00 · Selipha Kihagi
Twitter introduces an alert system for emergencies
Twitter has introduced an alert system to notify its users on emergencies and disasters that arise in their countries. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 18:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Startups still need business management mentorship – Idem Ido
Startups in Nigeria and Africa need business management mentorship because it goes hand in hand with development, according to fashion brand Mmabon’s founder Elizabeth Idem-Ido. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 17:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
StartupBus Africa turns to crowdfunding on Indiegogo
StartupBus Africa has launched a campaign on international crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to gain funds for its upcoming trip between South Africa and Zimbabwe in November. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 17:30 · Nick Sato
Kenya warns of potential signal interference with neighbours after migration
Kenya has warned neighbouring countries it will not be "held liable" for broadcast signal interference in bordering countries who have not migrated to the digital platform, when its planned December switchover takes place. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 17:00 · Winfred Kuria
New law to check online piracy in Nigeria
A new law to curb digital and online piracy in Nigeria will be drafted next year as disclosed by the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC). → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 16:30 · Richard Cutcher
Sentech announces strong financial results
South African state-owned signal distributor Sentech has announced a 20 per cent rise in operating profits for the 2012/2013 financial year. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
BlackBerry shares fall on T-Mobile blow
BlackBerry shares fell by more than six per cent today after T-Mobile said it would stop stocking the Canadian firm’s smartphones, with doubts arising over the proposed US$4.7 billion buyout of the phone manufacturer. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
SA startup nominated for Web Summit competition
South African startup Cliquidity has been selected for Web Summit’s World’s Hardest Working Startup competition, standing a chance to be rewarded for its committed enthusiasm at an event in Dublin. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Yookos releases mobile website for non-smartphones
Yookos, an African social media network company, has gone live with its mobile website to be accessed via any device globally, enabling users to have on-the-go access. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 14:40 · Nick Sato
African smartphone shipments up 21.5% in Q2
The International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed shipments of smartphones in Africa went up 21.5 per cent in the second quarter of 2013, with smartphones now accounting for 18 per cent of the overall mobile phone market. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 14:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
Township entrepreneurs to pitch ideas
A select group of township entrepreneurs will pitching their business ideas next month, following the Micro Enterprise Development Organisation’s (MEDO) Cape Tour. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
OUTA surprised Zuma signed e-toll bill
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has expressed its surprise at South African President Jacob Zuma’s decision to pass the controversial e-tolling bill into law, saying it was unwise as the Supreme Court of Appeal has yet to make its ruling on the matter. → Read more
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Thu, September 26th, 13:40 · Tom Jackson
Ghanaian educational platform eyes pan-African expansion
Ghana-based online teaching and learning platform My eCampus is looking to expand its West African user base across the African continent after being accepted onto VC4Africa’s September Cohort. → Read more
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