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Tue, August 20th, 14:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
SA women warned over dating site conmen
South African women using dating sites have been warned against conmen targeting users for personal gain while claiming ‘love’. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 13:40 · Jack Barton
Adapt IT looking at tech acquisitions for African expansion
IT services and production company Adapt IT will look to reinvest its increased revenue to expand its presence outside of its base in South Africa. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 13:20 · Nick Sato
Kenyatta urges China to invest in Konza Techno City
President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged China to invest in Kenya’s Vision 2030 flagship project, Konza Techno City, in a move to realise technology growth in the East African country. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 13:00 · HumanIPO
HumanIPO Debate: Is Nigeria right to enforce local ownership rules on mobile operators?
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s communication technology minister, has suggested the country’s mobile networks, such as MTN, Airtel, Etisalat and Globacom, should be locally owned to ensure better services. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 12:40 · Jack Barton
Mandela social media site made public
The Mandela.is social media site, which has been in beta phase since March, has gone public, intended as a space for users to share inspirational thoughts and articles. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 12:20 · Kamau Mbote
Google offers grants for women in tech
Google has announced a grant offering female journalists and women in computer science, computer engineering or technical fields from Africa, Europe and the Middle East support to attend tech conferences. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 12:00 · Richard Cutcher
Prepaid electricity boosts Blue Label Telecoms revenue
Blue Label Telecoms, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), has increased its headline earning by 9 per cent to ZAR425 million (US$42 million) over the last 12 months. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 11:40 · Nick Sato
High-end smartphones in Kenya to cost as low as $45 in 2014
Qualcomm Technologies has projected rising competition in the Kenyan smartphone market will lead to huge reductions in cost, with the price of devices locally potentially dropping as low as KSh4,000 (US$46). → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 11:20 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft merges Skype and outlook
Microsoft has merged its communication platforms Skype and Outlook in various countries, enabling users to call and send messages directly from their emails. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
SA women in tech honoured
South African minister of science and technology Derek Hanekom paid tribute to females at the annual Women in Science Awards, encouraging women to overcome discrimination. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 10:40 · Paul Adepoju
Outrage trails MTN BIS outage in Nigeria
MTN Nigeria Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) subscribers experienced a service outage over the weekend lasting more than 12 hours. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 10:20 · Susan Mwenesi
YouTube programme expands to more African countries
The YouTube Partner Program will be expanding to Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal and Uganda in an effort to reward content providers for their work, with money earned from their videos. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 10:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Bookmarks Awards entries open
South African digital publication acknowledgement programme Bookmarks Awards has opened to entries from the industry leading up to the announcement of finalists in October. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 09:30 · Jack Barton
Mobile TV launched in Uganda
MultiChoice Uganda has launched the country’s first mobile television services in Kampala, allowing subscribers to access local as well as DStv and GOtv channels on internet-connected devices. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson
SANRAL e-tolling advertising spin a “disgrace” – DA
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has branded the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) e-tolling advertising budget a “disgrace”. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 08:30 · Paul Adepoju
Airtel offers Nokia Asha users in Nigeria free internet for six months
Airtel Nigeria is offering its Nokia 501 and 210 users free access to Facebook and WhatsApp for six months. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 08:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
DMMA announces new board
South Africa’s Digital Media and Marketing Association (DMMA) has announced its new board members following the acceptance of a new constitution. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Oracle set to hold developers’ day in Nigeria
Gurhan Kalelioglu, Oracle's vice president for the Central Asia, Turkey and Africa region, has announced the company will be holding a developers’ day event in September in Nigeria. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
Wikileaks hits 2 million Twitter followers
Wikileaks now has two million followers on Twitter, as the fate of whistleblowers around the world continues to make headlines. → Read more
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Tue, August 20th, 05:00 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia rumoured to be planning tablet & phablet releases
Nokia is rumoured to be on the verge of releasing a 10.1-inch Nokia tablet running on the Windows RT operating system as well as a phablet also likely to run on the Windows Phone 8 GDR3 OS. → Read more
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