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Mon, August 19th, 20:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
SPARK raises $2 million investment
Nigerian startup investment fund SPARK has collected US$2 million in seed funding from international investors to expand its Lagos-based offices. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 19:30 · Kamau Mbote
Zuckerberg’s Facebook page hacked
Palestinian computer expert Khalil Shreateh has hacked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s page to prove the social network’s vulnerability after it ignored his prior warning. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 19:00 · Susan Mwenesi
M:lab graduates Incubated Startups
Incubates, who have been at m:lab East Africa since 2011, graduated today having received intense and customised entrepreneurship training, hours of coaching and business advisory support, advice and linkage in accessing early stage funding. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
MTN spectrum application goes to public hearing
The Independent Communications of South Africa (ICASA) has set up a public hearing to decide whether the country’s largest mobile operator MTN should be allocated spectrum in the 2010MHz to 2015MHz band. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Google suffers service outage
Google has suffered a significant outage across its services, resulting in up to 70 per cent of requests returning error messages to users. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 17:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Telkom admit to staff payment slip-ups
Telkom, South Africa’s part state-owned fixed-line provider, has admitted its promised payments to workers are behind schedule, placing the signed union agreement under question. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya Film Classification Board to push for rated and child-friendly content
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) is pushing for rated and child friendly content in the media after complaints from several organisations, including televangelists after an investigation into preachers who were allegedly conning their congregations. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 16:30 · Jack Barton
Facebook to test PayPal competitor – report
Facebook is to test a smartphone payments system, putting it in competition with eBay’s PayPal and alternative programmes run by Amazon and Google. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
e-Single Window System to ease business transactions in Uganda
The UGX13 billion (US$5 million) Electronic Single Window System has been launched in Uganda, linking government, clearing agencies and local traders to ease and speed up international trade. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 15:30 · Tom Jackson
SA police finalise phone tapping investigation – report
The South African police has finalised its investigation into officers over the alleged bugging of phones belonging to former police chief Bheki Cele and two Sunday Times journalists. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 15:00 · Kamau Mbote
Ericsson tops Gartner’s LTE infrastructure providers
Ericsson has been named a leader in the 2013 Magic Quadrant for LTE Infrastructure report by analysts Gartner for the fourth time. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 14:30 · Richard Cutcher
Germany first to recognise Bitcoin
Germany has officially recognised Bitcoin as a currency, making it the first country to do so and open the possibility of attempts to tax it. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 14:00 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei launches Ascend P6 in South Africa
Huawei has unveiled the Ascend P6 smartphone in South Africa at an event held in Greenpark, Sandton. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 13:30 · Jack Barton
ZTE completes Ethiopian government’s $1.5 billion broadband deal
Chinese telecommunications company ZTE has completed the second half of a US$1.5 billion deal with the Ethiopian government to expand mobile internet infrastructure. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
Omissions in requested e-toll documents – DA
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has received the contract documentation from the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) on e-tolling in Gauteng, but says there are some items missing. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 12:30 · Richard Cutcher
Mugabe family bails out Telecel Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao has been revealed as the man behind the deal to ensure Telecel Zimbabwe complies with the country’s local ownership rules. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 12:00 · Kamau Mbote
Orange Kenya introduces wireless device for desktops
Orange Kenya has launched a wireless device for desktop computers, costing KSh5,000 (US$57). → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 11:30 · Richard Cutcher
MTN embroiled in indaba sponsorship corruption
A senior MTN figure has been suspended by the company over his alleged part in misappropriated sponsorship money meant for the Cape Town ICT indaba last year. → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 11:00 · Susan Mwenesi
MTN Ghana launches Apps Challenge
MTN Ghana has launched an apps challenge seeking to generate relevant applications for subscribers and making it possible for the company to engage the developer community → Read more
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Mon, August 19th, 10:30 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan VAT bill set to drive up mobile phone prices
Mobile phone manufacturers in Kenya have slammed a proposed VAT law they say will push up ICT software and hardware prices, urging the government to seek revenue from the workforce rather than the inputs. → Read more
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