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Wed, August 7th, 11:40 · Paul Adepoju
Rlg Communications appoints new country manager for Ghana
African electronics manufacturer Rlg Communications has appointed Tara Squire as its new country manager for Ghana, as the company prepares for an important phase. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 11:20 · Brandon Gregory
AARTO fine collection disaster confirms e-tolling will fail – Ollis
A reply to a parliamentary question posted by the Democratic Alliance (DA) has revealed only 12.19 per cent of fines issued through the Department of Transport’s Administrative Adjudication of Road Offences (AARTO) have been collected since 2008. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 11:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
EzeeMoney plans African expansion
Mobile financial service company EzeeMoney will be launching solutions for more African countries, making transactions available to Africans without mobile phones. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 10:30 · Kamau Mbote
Landlords with illegal DStv/Zuku distributions to be prosecuted
Caretakers of two flats in Nairobi’s Donholm and Umoja estates are among the suspects appearing in court today following a raid targeting pirates distributing pay-TV signal without a licence. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 10:00 · Richard Cutcher
OPINION: Visa bring worthwhile innovation to mobile money
Visa and MasterCard have been viewed with reasonable suspicion by Africa’s network operators and even banks when it comes to their motives on the mobile money scene, but their latest partnership with Orange Money should ruffle a few feathers. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 09:30 · Nanine Steenkamp
Startup Grind to launch in Cape Town
Networking event series Startup Grind will be launching in South Africa next week, giving the local community an opportunity to connect. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 09:00 · Nick Sato
CIC Insurance Group puts growth down to mobile money innovation
Kenya’s CIC Insurance Group has attributed its ability to harness innovative technology and alternative distribution channels to its success in micro-insurance. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 08:30 · Brandon Gregory
A2P messaging the big hope for operators
Application-to-person (A2P) messaging is the “only hope” for mobile operators to make a profit from their SMS messaging infrastructure, said Pieter Streicher, managing director of BulkSMS. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 08:00 · Kamau Mbote
Banking and Mobile Banking COMESA Conference to be held in Nairobi
Kenya’s capital Nairobi will host the seventh annual AITEC Banking and Mobile Banking COMESA Conference, discussing ways of making the rapidly growing financial services sector locally and regionally more competitive globally. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 07:00 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung to set up engineering academy in Nigeria
Victor Odukwe, business manager at Samsung West Africa, has announced the company is set to site its engineering academy in Ogun state. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 06:00 · Kamau Mbote
African Peering and Interconnection Forum set for September
Stakeholders in Africa’s ICT sector will congregate in Casablanca, Morocco, from September 3 to 5, to address key challenges in interconnection, peering and traffic exchange. → Read more
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Wed, August 7th, 05:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Samsung to release next Note, smartwatch
Samsung will be releasing the next Galaxy Note in September, while the development of a smart accessories is also underway. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 20:00 · Nanine Steenkamp
Founder Institute to launch across Africa
Tech startup training academy Founder Institute are planning to launch in Cape Town and Nairobi, following their recent launch in Johannesburg. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 19:00 · Brandon Gregory
263Chat plays vital role in Zimbabwe election
263Chat, described as “a crowdsourcing platform discussing Zimbabwean national issues by Zimbabweans,” played an important communications role during the country’s controversial elections last week. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 18:30 · Richard Cutcher
PwC step into Cape Town’s startup arena
Global accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has opened an office in Cape Town’s tech space, the Bandwidth Barn, in a bid to reach out to startups and small businesses. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 18:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenyan government sets new date for analogue switch-off
The Kenyan government has set Friday, December 13, 2013, as the new date for analogue broadcasting switch-off in Nairobi, while other major towns have been pushed back until March, 2014. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 17:30 · Richard Cutcher
Extent of SABC corruption investigations revealed
More than ZAR30 million (US$3 million) has been spent on corruption investigations and staff dismissal disputes at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) since 2009. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 17:00 · Richard Cutcher
Visa takes mobile money plastic in Botswana
Orange will roll out its new service with Visa allowing increased access and use of mobile payments in Botswana, with further countries in Africa and the Middle East to follow. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 16:30 · Brandon Gregory
FNB tops more than 175,000 smart devices in sales
First National Bank (FNB) has noted as the smartphone and tablet market matures, customers are focussing equally on the latest in technology and lowest cost of use with access to affordable data being a market driver. → Read more
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Tue, August 6th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Star Times launches an exclusive local content channel for Kenya
StarTimes Media, one of Kenya’s primary pay-TV companies, has launched a 24-hour channel that will exclusively air local content. → Read more
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