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Tue, August 27th, 17:30 · Kamau Mbote
Safaricom extends emergency credit repayment period
Kenyan network operator Safaricom has extended the repayment period for emergency credit by 24 hours, meaning prepaid customers can now repay after four days. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 17:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Ghana to open online payment gateway
The Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhiPSS) is to launch online payments, enabling Ghanaian purchases through ATM cards via internet gateways. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 16:30 · Jack Barton
Facebook launches shared albums
Facebook has released a new feature allowing users to contribute photos to a group album, allowing up to 50 users to contribute 200 photos to an album. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 16:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan water providers pilot mobile app to send data online for billing
Computing Development Strategies has unveiled a mobile phone application that will enable water service providers in Kenya to send data from a water meter directly for billing using a smartphone. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 15:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Durbanite claims robbery through SIM scam
A Durban-based businessman has demanded an explanation from South African operator Vodacom following the loss more than ZAR100,000 (US$9,628) from an alleged “SIM swap” which took money from his bank account. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 15:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Stream Global Services acquires Tunisia BPO firm
Stream Global Services has bought Tunisia-based N2SP Tunisie, allowing it to provide hotline maintenance, technical support and customer services through chat and email → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 14:30 · Kamau Mbote
Mdundo receives $125k second round funding
Kenyan mobile music startup Mdundo has received an additional US$125,000 in funding to help scale its model across the East African region as well as selected African markets. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 14:00 · Brandon Gregory
SANRAL rubbishes DA claims on e-toll communications costs
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has rubbished the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) analysis on e-tolling costs regarding communication with e-toll account holders and transgressors as “fallacious”. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 13:30 · Jack Barton
dotAfrica announces reserved names list
African governments are to begin drawing up lists of domain names relating to topics of national significance to be reserved for their use only. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Foreign products hinder local Nigerian industries
A Nigerian electric meter manufacturer has slammed the West African country’s reliance on foreign products, which threatens the future of his industry. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 12:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
SABC to broadcast on Sentech
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) channels will be broadcasting on signal distributor Sentech’s platform, with channel additions to follow. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 12:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Ghana telecom poles disrupt flights
Ghanaian operators have been commanded to dismantle masts constructed in the way of the Wa Airstrip, threatening disobedience with sanctions. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 11:30 · Paul Adepoju
Gionee Communications debuts in Nigeria with Elife E6
China-based mobile manufacturers Gionee Communications has become the latest entrant into Nigeria’s ICT sector with its 1.5GHz Mediatek quad-core processor-powered Elife E6 smartphone. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 11:00 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyans transferred US$18.1 billion using mobile money in 2012
Mobile money transfer services continue to grow in Kenya, with transactions growing by 32.8 per cent to KSh1.538 trillion (US$18.1 billion) from KSh1.169 trillion (US$13.75 billion) in 2011. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 10:30 · Brandon Gregory
E-tolling communications to cost $46.2 million – DA
Communications with e-toll account holders and transgressors will cost ZAR473.2 million (US$46.2 million), according Democratic Alliance (DA) analysis of the e-toll contract between the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) and the Electronic Toll Collections (ETC). → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 10:00 · Nick Sato
Million SIM cards to be switched off in Uganda, new court challenge begins
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has confirmed all unregistered SIM cards will be switched off on Saturday, with eight per cent of the country’s 16 million active SIMs still unregistered. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung develops bank of the future solution for Union Bank of Nigeria
Union Bank of Nigeria has launched its “Bank of the Future” solution developed by Samsung to help achieve its goal of providing hitch-free services. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 09:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
SABC interviews proceed in Gauteng
The second round of interviews for new South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board members will begin this week. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
iPhone 5S rumoured to be a third faster than current model
Apple’s iPhone 5S will run on an A7 processor “about 31 per cent faster” than the iPhone 5’s A6 chip. → Read more
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Tue, August 27th, 07:00 · Susan Mwenesi
GPON fibre technology for Dar es Salaam
Tanzanian ICT company SimbaNET has deployed its Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) fibre technology with greater bandwidth, to improve speed and reliability on its network. → Read more
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