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Mon, September 9th, 17:30 · Winfred Kuria
Tanzania’s legislation for mobile money coming soon
The Bank of Tanzania has said new legislation to govern money transfers through mobile phones is being put together. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 17:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
SA needs to take leading position in broadband again – ZADNA
South Africa needs to once again take the lead in the internet arena, as the reviewing of the country’s ICT policy gets underway. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 16:30 · Susan Mwenesi
m:Lab East Africa partners Microsoft for Windows 8 training
m:Lab East Africa, in partnership with Microsoft, is to conduct a Windows Phone 8 development training programme. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 16:00 · Tom Jackson
Moody’s downgrades SANRAL over e-tolling
Credit rating agency Moody’s has downgraded the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) long-term issuer ratings over a fall in cash flow related to the controversial e-tolling project. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 15:30 · Nick Sato
AMN in $550m African network upgrade
Africa Mobile Networks (AMN) has announced it is to invest US$550 million in building mobile network infrastructure for operators throughout Sub-Saharan Africa over the next three years. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 15:00 · Nick Sato
Tanzania SMS-based tax remittance system adds $618k to collection
The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) has announced its new tax payment system has enabled it to bring more people into the tax bracket, recording TZN1 billion (US$618,000) more in collections over a three week period. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 14:00 · Paul Adepoju
Hellofood set to expand in Middle East
Online food ordering service Hellofood is set to expand its offerings in the Middle East as a result of a partnership agreement between iMENA Holdings and Rocket Internet. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 13:30 · Tom Jackson
Two arrested over Madzonga extortion attempt – reports
Two men have been arrested over attempts to extort ZAR300,000 (US$30,000) from MTN’s suspended chief corporate services officer Robert Madzonga. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 13:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Sunrise to launch March 2014
The ZA Central Registry (ZACR) will roll out its Sunrise process during March 2014, releasing allocated domain names to the public. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 12:30 · Nick Sato
Airtel Kenya makes tariff related to Airtel Money permanent
Airtel Kenya has made permanent its initial tariff offer that allowed subscribers who use mobile money to call all networks for KSh2. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria to raise $2bn from digital migration spectrum
Edward Amana, chairman of the Presidential Committee on the Transition from Analogue to Digital Broadcasting (DigiTeam), has announced the readiness of the Nigerian government to raise more than US$2 billion by auctioning unused mobile broadband spectrum. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 11:30 · Tom Jackson
SA startup launches CMS for creative industry
Cape Town-based startup VIGO has launched myViGO, a simpler CMS platform aimed increasing the margins of those working in the creative industry. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
African ministers seal internet deal
Ministers from six African countries have come to an agreement to accelerate broadband access across Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 10:30 · Kamau Mbote
Chinese visitors to Kenya to receive SMS poaching warnings
The Chinese Embassy in Nairobi is to send warnings over engaging in poaching via SMS to Chinese nationals visiting Kenya as it looks to improve its image following accusations of Chinese elephant and rhino poaching. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
Apple to launch new devices tomorrow
Apple is rumoured to have sealed a deal with China Mobile, the world’s largest network operator, after confirmation its new devices will be launched tomorrow at a special screening organised for a small group of Chinese guests. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Facebook has less than 50,000 Nigerian businesses, VConnect has one million
Deepankar Rustagi, co-founder and of VConnect, has told HumanIPO the local search engine has more companies listed than Facebook. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 09:00 · Richard Cutcher
We want to make Namibia the mobile hub of Southern Africa – developers
Young mobile app developers in Namibia believe they can replicate Kenyan success and make Windhoek the app capital of Southern Africa. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 08:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Al-Shabaab Twitter account suspended again
The Twitter account of militant Somali group Al-Shabaab has been suspended for the second time according to a message on their PR account, though no reasons have been given for the suspension. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 08:00 · Kamau Mbote
MEA constitutes 7% of global app production
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region remains the second smallest creator of apps worldwide with seven per cent of production, beating only Latin America’s six percent. → Read more
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Mon, September 9th, 07:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Orange acquires InovenAltenor
Orange Business Services has acquired consulting firm InovenAltenor in order to improve its digital transformational consulting. → Read more
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