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Sun, July 27th, 08:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
FEATURE: The week in startups 27/07/2014
This week in startups was characterised by industry experts and investors handing out valuable advice and tips to entrepreneurs in Africa, while towards the end of the week a number of launches took place seeing successful startups expand across the continent. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 19:33 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s Deputy president’s Twitter account hacked
Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto is the latest victim of the Anonymous Group who have claimed that they have hacked the Integrated Financial Management Information System http://www.ifmis.go.ke/ , Immigration and Registration of persons and Western.go.ke as well. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 17:19 · Paul Adepoju
The internet has huge impact on consumer behaviour – Google
Google has stressed the need for heads of businesses to pay critical attention to how they can grow their businesses. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Global attention on Africa’s online real estate sector within 5 years – Lamudi
Africa’s online real estate sector will be the focus of the entire world within the next five years, according to Obi Ejimofo, managing director of Lamudi Nigeria. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Nairobi county goes mobile with payments for services
Nairobi residents will no longer have to contend with long queues when paying for services after the county government launched an e-payment platform to ease payments and streamline revenue collection. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 15:30 · Paul Adepoju
Large unmet demand for online real estate services in Nigeria – Lamudi
Nigeria’s online real estate sector is not yet big enough to service the high demand for such services in the country, according to Obi Ejimofo, managing director of Lamudi Nigeria. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 15:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ICASA invites public comment on local broadcast content review
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has invited public comments on its ongoing review of local content regulations for television and radio, with the regulator saying local content makes a “vital contribution to democracy, nation building and development”. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Airtel complaint against M-Pesa fees rejected by Competition Authority
Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom will not have to cut fees on making M-Pesa transactions across networks after the Competition Authority declined to order a reduction as petitioned by rival Airtel. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zuma’s daughter appointed chief of staff at telecoms department
The 25-year-old daughter of South African president Jacob Zuma, Thuthukile Zuma, has been appointed chief of staff at the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services, less than two years after graduating from university. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 13:30 · Tom Jackson
Motsoeneng stadium renaming an “insult” – DA
The decision by the Free State Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation to name a stadium in QwaQwa after controversial South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng is “an insult” to the town’s people, according to opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA). → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Telkom CEO in licence cloning investigation
The chief executive officer (CEO) of South African part state-owned operator Telkom Sipho Maseko is being investigated by metro police after allegedly running up ZAR30,000 (US$2,800) under another driver’s name. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 12:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Committee approves Safaricom security tender
The Kenyan Parliament’s Administration and National Security Committee has recommended approval of the KSh14.9 billion (US$169 million) security surveillance tender awarded to Safaricom, saying the single sourcing method of awarding the tender was justified in the interests of national security. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Free State stadium to be named after SABC boss – report
The Bluegumbosch stadium in QwaQwa in the Free State is set to be renamed after controversial South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Lamudi launches iOS app in 9 new African countries
Online property platform Lamudi has announced the launch of its iOS app in nine new countries in Africa, allowing users to access thousands of listings on the go. → Read more
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Fri, July 25th, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyans to use Visa cards at Total service stations
Kenyan motorists can now pay for fuel with their Visa debit and credit cards at over 120 Total service stations across Kenya. → Read more
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Thu, July 24th, 17:30 · Tom Jackson
Muthambi opposes DA challenge to Motsoeneng appointment
South African communications minister Faith Muthambi has filed papers opposing a court challenge by opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) to the permanent appointment of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng. → Read more
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Thu, July 24th, 17:00 · Paul Adepoju
Twitter acknowledges lack of diversity in workforce
Twitter has followed Facebook, Yahoo! and Google in acknowledging a lack of diversity in its workforce, reporting around 70 per cent of its worldwide workforce is made up of men while 90 per cent of its United States (US) employees are either White or Asian. → Read more
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Thu, July 24th, 16:30 · Paul Adepoju
Infrastructural investment to drive mobile expansion in Ethiopia, DRC
The underdeveloped mobile communications markets of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Ethiopia are set to expand substantially in the next three to five years, mainly driven by growing infrastructural investment, a report by Frost & Sullivan has predicted. → Read more
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Thu, July 24th, 16:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Cell C cuts prepaid call rates to 50c
South Africa’s third operator Cell C has announced it is cutting prepaid call rates to ZAR0.50 per minute for a promotional period, a move it said shows the company’s “commitment to providing the best value for customers”. → Read more
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Thu, July 24th, 15:30 · Susan Mwenesi
UK’s DfID delivers e-learning to marginalised Kenyan girls
Thousands of marginalised girls in Kenya are set to benefit from a United Kingdom (UK) Department for International Development (DfID) partnership with the private sector to deliver e-learning programmes. → Read more
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