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Mon, July 15th, 12:18 · Martin Cheruiyot
Visa partners EATP to boost tourism in East Africa
Visa has partnered with the East African Tourism Platform (EATP) to strengthen tourism interest in the region and promote inbound tourism spending. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 12:10 · Richard Cutcher
Investigation announced into USAASA
The Department of Communications (DoC) has instructed the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) to comply with an investigation by independent officials after allegations of corruption. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 11:35 · Richard Cutcher
We give operators more options – Nokia
Nokia’s new range of Lumia smartphones will give mobile operators a “third alternative” to the reliance on Apple and Samsung/Android, Stephen Elop, Nokia’s chief executive officer (CEO), has said. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 11:07 · Mercy Makumi
Orange launches Ramadan offer on international calls
Orange has launched an offer for the month of Ramadan, allowing customers to call for KSh3 per minute to the United States of America, Canada, India and the United Kingdom. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 10:45 · Paul Adepoju
If you can crack Lagos, you can crack anything – Rocket Internet
A company which can operate in Lagos can operate anywhere in the world, according to Ferdinand Von Kalm, global chief operations officer of Rocket Internet. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 10:14 · Kamau Mbote
Gilat Satcom emphasises need for more satellite capacity in East Africa
Gilat Satcom has reiterated the need for countries along the East African coast to have more satellite bandwidth to support the existing fibre optic network, saying the submarine cables have shown their vulnerability. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 10:08 · Paul Adepoju
Lagos State government orders removal of substandard masts
The government of Lagos State has ordered the removal of communications masts that do not meet international standards. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 10:04 · Richard Cutcher
Cisco report pushes mobile operator use of Wi-Fi
Cisco has added its voice to calls for mobile operators in South Africa to leverage Wi-FI infrastructure to expand their data coverage and reduce costs by US$972 million. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 09:54 · Nick Sato
Air France partners Airtel Money as payment option for tickets in Gabon
Airtel Gabon has announced a partnership with Air France that will enable its customers to purchase tickets from the French carrier via Airtel Money. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 09:32 · Brandon Gregory
Cell C wins advertisement case against Vodacom
Cell C has triumphed over Vodacom in the latest mobile advertising battle after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld the former’s complaint against the print advertisement “Say more Hellos for just 89c” in the Sunday Times by Vodacom. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 09:24 · Martin Cheruiyot
Laptop project is an important milestone – Kenyatta
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has defended his government’s laptop project, though he admitted there were obstacles to its implementation that must be overcome. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 09:08 · Nanine Steenkamp
OPINION: Online sharing of innovation a valuable risk
Online networks are open to anyone for engagement. This statement can, however, mean anything from liberty to danger, depending on the contributing or consumptive members. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 08:59 · Paul Adepoju
More than 1,000 Nigerians use Traffix in two days
The new web app providing drivers in Lagos with information on traffic congestion in the city has recorded 1,200 users in the first two days after launching. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 08:27 · Kamau Mbote
Another Kenyan documentary turns to Kickstarter.com for funding
A Kenyan documentary telling the story of top athlete Geoffrey Kipsang has turned to crowd funding site Kickstarter.com in bid to raise US$27,500. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 08:16 · Nick Sato
Kenyan companies top CIO 100 awards
The third annual CIO 100 Awards, which celebrates organisations using ICT in innovative ways, concluded in Rwanda on Friday, with Kenyan companies scooping the top three positions. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 07:23 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian government to embark on digital awareness campaign
Omobola Johnson, Nigeria’s communication technology minister, has announced her department will soon embark on a nationwide digital awareness campaign in a bid to increase the number of Nigerians online. → Read more
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Mon, July 15th, 07:04 · Richard Cutcher
dotAfrica passes initial ICANN evaluation
The bid for Africa to get its own generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) has received a boost after .africa passed an “Initial Evaluation” by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). → Read more
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Fri, July 12th, 15:39 · Kamau Mbote
Kenya’s national broadband policy to be launched this week
The Ministry of Information Communication and Technology will this week unveil the national broadband policy that it hopes will help make Kenya a knowledge-based economy by the government target of 2017. → Read more
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Fri, July 12th, 15:27 · Tom Jackson
Microsoft to phase out Xbox Live Rewards
Microsoft has announced it will phase out Xbox Live Rewards from August, as part of its transition from Points to real currency. → Read more
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Fri, July 12th, 15:23 · Richard Cutcher
OPINION: Carrim’s SABC focus suggests more of the same from the DoC
The ICT industry in South Africa has long complained of the lack of care and attention the current and previous administrations have given the portfolio of communications and, with Yunus Carrim the latest incumbent, that trend looks set to continue. → Read more
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