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Fri, July 5th, 12:48 · Richard Cutcher
NetApp appoint African regional director
Mark Ridley, formerly of IBM and Microsoft, has been appointed as regional director for Africa at data management firm NetApp. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 12:48 · Brandon Gregory
SA smart ID cards to increase global confidence and curb fraud
The new South African smart identification card, which will be released on Nelson Mandela’s birthday (July 18), is designed to curb fraud and seeks to increase confidence in the country around the world in terms of globalisation. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 12:24 · Nanine Steenkamp
Cheki to launch in Tanzania
African online car selling company Cheki will be launching its service in Tanzania soon, following its success in several African countries. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 12:13 · Paul Adepoju
Communications network needs to undergo facelift – Dimension Data
South African firm Dimension Data’s 2013 Network Barometer Report has shown enterprise mobility, cloud computing and other disruptive technology trends are revolutionising the delivery and consumption of ICT services by organisations. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 11:22 · Brandon Gregory
ASA: “Mahala” word not exclusive to MTN
A competitor complaint lodged by Clear Copy on behalf on Cell C against MTN with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in South Africa over the use of the word “Mahala” has been been upheld. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 11:10 · Richard Cutcher
Google’s privacy rules must be changed – Europe
Privacy watchdogs in the UK, Germany and Italy have told Google it needs to rewrite its privacy policies or face legal action. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 10:40 · Paul Adepoju
Interswitch partners UnionPay as China-Africa business increases
Interswitch Transnational has announced it has completed an acceptance and acquiring third party payment processing integration with China’s UnionPay International. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 10:35 · Nick Sato
Qualcomm partners m:lab for free testing of mobile devices
Qualcomm and m:lab East Africa have announced a yearlong partnership agreement allowing developers to access devices to test their applications at the m:lab for free. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 10:20 · Martin Cheruiyot
Safer account access through new Kenyan ATMs
Kenyan bank customers will soon enjoy safer access to their accounts with the launch of new high-security ATM machines. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 10:01 · Martin Cheruiyot
SEAL Africa partners with HP and SAP to adopt HANA
SEAL Africa has partnered with computer hardware manufacture HP and software developer SAP, with the aim of pushing the introduction of a new database management solution known as HANA in East Africa. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:55 · Kamau Mbote
Huawei appoints another non-Chinese executive in ESA region
Deborah-Anne Strydom has been appointed to the position of assistant director (in charge) of Huawei’s Contract Commercial and Fulfilment Department for the East and Southern African region, the first non-Chinese individual to be appointed to such a position globally. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:48 · Nanine Steenkamp
MTN Nigeria launches NextApps store
NextApps store has been launched for Nigerians, following a partnership between MTN Nigeria and United States (US)-based app store developer neXva. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:46 · Brandon Gregory
Q&A: Richard Console on social media privacy policy
Richard Console is a personal injury attorney, CEO and founder of Console and Hollawell, which operates in the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania as well as the city of Philadelphia. Console spoke to HumanIPO on the ever changing and questionable privacy policies of social media giants. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:39 · Martin Cheruiyot
Africa App Quest competition continues
The Africa App Quest competition, run by South African Tourism in partnership with Visa, has received entries from countries including Tanzania, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 09:32 · Tom Jackson
SA Ministry of Finance warns over fake Gordhan account
The South African Ministry of Finance has issued a warning to the public against accepting requests from fake Facebook accounts purporting to belong to minister Pravin Gordhan. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 08:58 · Terzel Rasmus
Suspended Telecel SIM cards can reactivate from today
Suspended prepaid users of Zimbabwe’s Telecel network are able to reactivate their SIM cards from today, with a reward also offered. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 08:55 · Nanine Steenkamp
Nigerian President to visit Huawei
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan will be visiting technology companies which have made West African investments during his visit to China. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 08:47 · Nick Sato
Standard Chartered launches 24hr online cheque system
Kenya’s Standard Chartered Bank has introduced a first 24-hour remote cheque printing service allowing corporate clients to print them along with signatures from their offices through its corporate internet banking platform, Straight2Bank. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 08:01 · Tom Jackson
Twitter translating Egyptian Tweets after Morsi ousting
Twitter is translating Tweets from leading Egyptians for non-Arabic speakers in the wake of the military’s ousting of president Mohammed Morsi. → Read more
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Fri, July 5th, 07:42 · Paul Adepoju
Strenuous efforts to reach all unregistered subscribers – Etisalat Nigeria CEO
Steven Evans, chief executive officer (CEO) of Etisalat Nigeria, has stated the company made concerted efforts to ensure all its unregistered subscribers were able to register before the June 30 deadline set by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). → Read more
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