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Wed, August 21st, 10:00 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft 4Afrika, UoPeople partner to offer university scholarships
Microsoft 4Afrika and the University of the People (UoPeople), a tuition-free online university, will this year fund 1,000 African students to study an associate degree. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 09:30 · Richard Cutcher
Pule humiliated and apologises in parliament
South Africa’s former communications minister Dina Pule was given a dressing down in parliament yesterday, when Ben Turok MP, co-chair of the joint committee on ethics and members’ interests, said her “private interests were in direct conflict with the public interest”. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 09:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
EAC accepts new ICT policy
The East African Community (EAC) has accepted an ICT policy to improve modern internal operators and simplify information sharing. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 08:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya IT week slated for September
The 2013 Kenya IT Week, a joint effort between the Kenya ICT Authority and Kenya Information Technology and Outsourcing Society (KITOS), will be held from September 2 to 5 in Nairobi. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 07:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Google Maps launches Waze reports
Google Maps and Waze have started cross-featuring individual features, with Waze incident reports having now been added to the Maps service. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 06:00 · Nick Sato
ITAZ launch Document Management Software in Kenya
ITAZ Technologies, a provider of document management software, has partnered with Records and Archive Management Systems (RAMS), to resell its Globodox product in Kenya. → Read more
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Wed, August 21st, 05:00 · Paul Adepoju
3D printing technology debuts in West Africa
Multinational Concepts Limited has deployed the Kodak Nexpress 3D printer, the first of its kind in West Africa, after launching in Lagos. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 20:00 · Nick Sato
Kenyan government implements digital service delivery in all counties
The Kenyan government has launched e-Huduma, a programme that will enhance and improve service delivery through a digital system delivery in all its 47 counties. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 19:00 · Nick Sato
Equatorial Commercial Bank partners Airtel to offer m-solutions to customers
Airtel Kenya, in partnership with Equatorial Commercial Bank (ECB), will offer m-commerce services for Airtel Money subscribers as it looks to increase user numbers. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
Perk seals $80,000 investment
Perk, the South African in-shop mobile app, has received a ZAR800,000 (US$79,000) investment from private investment firm Clifftop Colony. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 18:00 · Tom Jackson
Altron completes Altech acquisition
Allied Electronics (Altron) has announced the completion of its total acquisition of Allied Technologies (Altech), which will see Altech delist from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 17:30 · Kamau Mbote
Kenya Film Commission to hire new CEO
The Kenya Film Commission has advertised for a new chief executive officer (CEO) as the expiry of the three-year contract of current incumbent Peter Mutie approaches. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
Sekese to continue in director-general role
Rosey Sekese, South Africa’s department of communications’ director-general, will be continuing in the role after minister Yunus Carrim seeked to draw a line under the ongoing saga in front of the communications portfolio committee. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 16:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
LinkedIn lowers age of use limit
LinkedIn will allow children as young as 13 to use its service, in a move to encourage and support youth in transitioning to university and employment. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 16:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Cape Flats to receive free Wi-Fi
An anticipated partnership between the City of Cape Town and African internet project Project Isizwe will enable free Wi-Fi access to impoverished areas in Cape Town. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 15:40 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian phone dealers and Tecno clash in Lagos
Tecno Mobile and phone dealers in Lagos are accusing each other of foul play, threatening the tranquility in West Africa’s largest concentration of phone and computer dealers at the popular Computer Village. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 15:20 · Kamau Mbote
FilmAid film festival opens in Kenya tomorrow
The seventh edition of the FilmAid film festival, an event used to tell refugee stories, will kick off tomorrow in Nairobi, Kenya, a week earlier than the earlier reported date. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 15:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
AfriHost to provide SA mobile internet
Broadband provider AfriHost is to launch mobile internet in South Africa, aiming to increase access and affordability countrywide. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 14:40 · Jack Barton
Telecel sponsors illumination of Victoria Falls Bridge
Zimbabwean mobile network operator Telecel will pay US$100,000 for the Victoria Falls Bridge to be lit up for the next fifteen years. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 14:20 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya the first African stop for groundbreaking smartphone eye app
A smartphone-based eye application that transforms a low-cost Android smartphone into an eye examination and diagnostic kit will be tested in Kenya, the first African destination in which the app will debut. → Read more
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