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Thu, July 18th, 14:01 · Mercy Makumi
Safaricom partners with Total Kenya
Safaricom Business has entered a partnership with Total Kenya allowing Total Bon Voyage fuel cardholder customers to top up using M-Pesa. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 13:57 · Nick Sato
Gi Group chooses Nokia Lumia over BlackBerry
Gi Group, a leading Italian multinational company dedicated to the human resources market, has chosen Nokia Lumia as its business smartphone, replacing BlackBerry. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 13:52 · Nick Sato
Kenya’s taxman to launch mobile payment, rolls out ETR tracking via e-system
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has began a major drive to bring small businesses and consumers into the tax bracket through the implementation of remote transmissions of Electronic Tax Registers (ETRs), aiming to be completed by December this year. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 13:35 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom settlement rubber stamped by tribunal
The Competition Tribunal has confirmed the settlement between South Africa’s part state-owned Telkom and the Competition Commission, which includes the separation of its wholesale and business operations. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 13:02 · Susan Mwenesi
Yahoo! acquires AdMovate
Mobile marketing company AdMovate is the latest startup to be bought by internet giant Yahoo! as it continues its acquisitions. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 12:45 · Susan Mwenesi
Samsung Introduces the Galaxy Mega smartphone in Kenya
Samsung Electronics East Africa has unveiled the Samsung Galaxy Mega smartphone in Kenya, a device the company tout as being the combination of a smartphone and a tablet. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 12:44 · Mercy Makumi
Kenyan Ushahidi co-founder wins award for outstanding social commitment
Juliana Rotich, Ushahidi co-founder and managing director, has been honoured with with an Impact Award at the DLDwomen 2013 conference in Munich. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 12:41 · Richard Cutcher
Refugees in South Sudan receive mobile coverage boost
The Yida refugee camp in South Sudan has received mobile coverage after a partnership between the Vodafone Foundation and African network operator Zain. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 12:06 · Kamau Mbote
DRC seeks to be continental connecting hub for fibre
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is positioning itself to be the connecting point of various regions on the continent for internet in a bid to maximize on its geographic position. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 12:00 · Brandon Gregory
Beware the new putty BlackBerry scam
A new BlackBerry scam is reportedly plaguing Johannesburg taxi ranks in the form of criminals selling the mobile phones to people at very cheap prices, but opening the device reveals just why the mobile devices are so cheap. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 11:26 · Brandon Gregory
Zimbabwe gets independent TV station for election broadcasting
A new privately-owned free-to-air satellite television station started broadcasting in Zimbabwe this week with the aim of airing independent reporting during the election period in the country. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 11:10 · Mercy Makumi
DHL Tanzania introduces electronic proof of delivery
DHL Express Tanzania has announced the introduction of an electronic proof of delivery (ePOD) service to directly capture customer signatures on screen and will launch by the end of the month. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 10:19 · Susan Mwenesi
Uganda in third phase of broadband backbone
Uganda’s National Information Technology Authority (NITA) is in the third phase of implementing its National Data Transmission Backbone Infrastructure (NBI), a project which once completed will provide high speed internet access to Ugandans. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 10:19 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom strikes nearing
Telkom strikes will be discussed today by the South African Communications Union (SACU), who could take industrial action next week, while Solidarity also seems to be on the brink. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 10:10 · Kamau Mbote
Konza phase one to begin in Q4 of 2013
Construction of Kenya’s technology city Konza is set to kick-off in the fourth quarter of 2013 according to ICT principal secretary Joseph Tiampati. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 09:48 · Kamau Mbote
South Sudan ready to launch top level domain
Africa’s newest country South Sudan will be launching its ssTLD (top level domain) in the next two months according to ICT minister Major General Madut Biar Yel. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 09:18 · Nick Sato
CardPlanet launches Pesacard to limit cash transaction in schools
Kenyan startup CardPlanet Solutions has launched Pesacard, an electronic wallet linked to mobile money, enabling parents to send money to their children in school. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 08:45 · Paul Adepoju
EMC Forum Review: Lagos addresses fundamental business challenges for organisations
The first ever EMC Forum in West Africa was held in Lagos, Nigeria, yesterday, and was attended by stakeholders, senior decision makers and IT professionals drawn from leading organisations across the country. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 08:27 · Brandon Gregory
Nelson Mandela one of the first to receive smart ID card
Nelson Mandela was one of the first to receive the new smart identification document (ID) card, which was accepted earlier today by his daughter Zindzi Mandela at the Union Buildings in Pretoria in honour of his 95th birthday. → Read more
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Thu, July 18th, 08:05 · Richard Cutcher
Vodacom records huge growth in data customers
The Vodacom Group, which has operations in four African countries as well as its stronghold in South Africa, has reported a data revenue increase of 28.2 per cent in the quarter ending June 30, compared to the same period last year. → Read more
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