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Fri, February 8th 2013, 09:42 · Vincent Matinde

Microsoft launches emergency app

Software-maker Microsoft has launched a Windows Azure-powered mobile application for Android, expected to prove useful in disaster situations. → Read more
Wed, February 6th 2013, 08:06 · Brandon Gregory

Social media hate speech in Kenya undeterred by government warnings

The implications of social media hate speech surrounding Kenya’s upcoming general elections may have serious consequences, prompting the Kenyan government is monitoring social media sites. → Read more
Wed, January 30th 2013, 12:39 · Kamau Mbote

Mashada.com shut in hate speech clampdown

Kenya’s top Web-based forum Mashada has become the first victim in the push by the government to crackdown on bloggers, social media and websites spreading ethnical acrimony ahead of the March 4 general election in the country, with reports indicating a number of bloggers could soon be prosecuted. → Read more
Mon, December 24th 2012, 07:43 · Elly Okutoyi

2012 Kenyan Tech Scene review: Tech/Incubation hubs

This year has seen a number of ICT incubation hubs and international investors set up base in Kenya, with Nairobi in particular catching the eye of the likes of IBM and private seed fund 88mph, just the latest entrants into the rapidly growing Kenyan tech scene. → Read more
Mon, December 24th 2012, 07:04 · HumanIPO

African Tech Story of the Year

Technology is increasingly touching people’s lives and the workplace in different ways, meaning even the most subtle changes or developments can have big impacts on millions of people. The HumanIPO team pick their stand-out stories of 2012. → Read more
Tue, December 11th 2012, 05:55 · Robin Okuthe

The SMS at 20: still going strong in Africa

In Africa’s fast-paced innovative world, few things have proved as defiant to change as the SMS text message, with the 20-year-old technology connecting more people than Facebook or Twitter. → Read more
Mon, November 19th 2012, 15:18 · Tefo Mohapi

INTERVIEW: Mark Kaigwa on Kenya’s Tech Startup scene

Kenya has received a lot of attention and investment in its technology startup scene. Yet so far we are yet to see a truly Kenyan startup - apart from Ushahidi - that either dominates on the continent or has a successful exit deal. → Read more
Fri, November 16th 2012, 08:09 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan developers take advantage of Windows 8

Microsoft’s next generation OS Windows 8 was officially launched in Kenya Thursday, even as Kenyan apps developers stole the show displaying their innovations for the new version. → Read more
Thu, November 1st 2012, 09:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Is M-Pesa really Kenyan or British?

Hailed as the “Kenyan technology success story”, many have claimed M-Pesa to be testimony to the greatness of the East African country’s technology scene, producing world-class technology companies that rival those in South Africa. But, is the acclaimed mobile money service really Kenyan at all? → Read more
Fri, October 26th 2012, 08:03 · Gabriella Mulligan

Ory Okolloh: Promoting African transparency

Six years after founding government watchdog website Mzalendo, Ory Okolloh is still busy dedicating herself to bringing political transparency to the African continent. → Read more
Fri, September 14th 2012, 12:29 · Tefo Mohapi

BongoHive flying the flag for Zambia’s techies despite being shunned initially

Two Zambian tech enthusiasts, Lukonga Lindunda and Bart Cornille, have created an ecosystem for techies and developers in Lusaka, where technology solutions specific to Zambia are developed and nurtured to ensure sustainability. → Read more
Tue, September 11th 2012, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Asikana Network launches a crowdmap for women in technology

Women have been left out in technology for years. Asikana Network, a Zambia-based nonprofit, however seems equipped to change this trend. → Read more
Thu, September 6th 2012, 10:38 · HumanIPO

Freedom Online conference urges for open ‘Internet for all’

Speaking at the conference, US Asst Sect Mike Posner said countries that try to limit the social aspects of Internet gain nothing in the end. He added that one cannot separate one kind of freedom from another saying there is a new race to connect and it is futile to try to talk about freedoms […] → Read more
Thu, August 9th 2012, 10:00 · Elly Okutoyi

iLab seeks to light up startup world in Liberia

Having realized that techpreneurs in Liberia face challenges in establishing themselves, iLab set out on a journey to offer a setting that would enable them to access fast and reliable Internet, up-to-date equipment and a co-working space. → Read more
Tue, August 7th 2012, 04:09 · HumanIPO

Hacks/Hackers Nairobi chapter is launched

Hacks/Hackers is an international journalism organisation working in several countries under affiliate country chapters. → Read more
Thu, June 28th 2012, 08:50 · Elly Okutoyi

Nairobi could soon get ‘intelligent’ traffic lights

Nairobi and other regions of Kenya could soon have intelligence-based traffic lights to reduce the heavy traffic jams witnessed on the roads -- especially during rush hours. → Read more
Tue, June 12th 2012, 11:37 · Vincent Matinde

VOA using technology to help Somalis voice their ideas

Voice of America (VOA) has started an online portal that will help the people living in the once war-torn Somalia to air their views on the upcoming constitution without fear of victimisation. → Read more
Tue, June 12th 2012, 05:41 · HumanIPO

Hoping to curb corruption in Morocco by mapping it online

A 34-year-old Moroccan has come up with a bribery mapping app expected to curb the vice in the North African country. → Read more
Tue, May 15th 2012, 09:19 · HumanIPO

African tech startups stirring global backing

US President Barack Obama touted the federal government's support to the United States' tech industry last week Thursday. Obama cited the government's infrastructural support that helped grow Facebook, Google and Microsoft. → Read more
Wed, May 9th 2012, 16:40 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile apps increasingly on a growth trend in Africa

A survey by Mobile Monday of the mobile innovators and trends in Africa has revealed a steady increase in the number of mobile innovations and their applications in the continent. → Read more