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Tue, July 2nd, 13:49 · Terzel Rasmus
Badger adds his voice to Twitter
The very first tweeting animal in the world, a badger at Johannesburg Zoo, has become an overnight sensation. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 13:37 · Kamau Mbote
Worldwide IT spending to hit $3.7 trillion in 2013 – Gartner
IT spending globally is expected to exceed last year’s US$3.6 trillion by 2 per cent in 2013, hitting US$3.7 trillion, according to Gartner. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:59 · Nanine Steenkamp
Mxit most popular network in SA
Mxit is more popular than Facebook in South Africa, making the chat app’s home country one of the few which does not comply with general Facebook world domination statistics, a social media report has revealed. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:49 · Nanine Steenkamp
New Ghanaian ICT centre not for fraud
A new ICT centre has been opened in Winneba, Ghana, to provide services to the Don Bosco Catholic Cluster of Schools, though policymakers have warned against the use of the facility for fraudulent purposes. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:48 · Paul Adepoju
Ghana set to tackle financial security threats with IRIS banking technology
IRIS banking is set to be introduced in Ghana, according to plans by the International Computer System (ICS), International Business Machine (IBM) and Sunnet Systems. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:42 · Kamau Mbote
WikiLeaks hits out at Obama over CIA role in Mandela jailing
Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks has hit out at US president Barack Obama after he toured the Robben Island cell of former South African president Nelson Mandela, blaming the US government for having been behind the ailing icon’s arrest in 1962. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:24 · Mercy Makumi
HP ElitePad 900 enters Kenyan market
HP has announced the launch of the HP ElitePad 900 tablet in Kenya, priced from KSh90,000 (US$1,050). → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 12:09 · Martin Cheruiyot
GE and USADF announce $2 million challenge for energy in Africa
General Electric has announced a three-year partnership with the United States African Development Foundation (USADF) to launch and co-fund the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Challenge. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 11:58 · Martin Cheruiyot
Kikwete calls for technological variance elimination
The technological divide between developed and developing nations should be eliminated to create equal economic opportunities globally, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has said. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 11:09 · Susan Mwenesi
Matiangi urges more local content
East Africa needs to invest in the production of quality local content for consumption within the region and the wider African market, according to Kenyan cabinet secretary for Information Communications and Technology Dr Fred Matiangi. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:42 · Richard Cutcher
HumanIPO partners DEMO Africa to back African startups
HumanIPO has partnered with Nairobi-based DEMO Africa, a support network for African startups, in a bid to increase publicity and awareness of the tech scene on the continent. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:36 · Tom Jackson
JSE reports zero outages since launch of Millenium Exchange
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has said the launch of equity trading platform Millennium Exchange a year ago today has wiped out trading outages and boosted execution speeds by 400 times. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:18 · Nanine Steenkamp
LTE to boost Algeria ARPS
Algeria’s recent acquisition of Long Term Evolution (LTE) connection will increase the country’s mobile data average revenue per subscriber (ARPS) by 24 per cent by 2017, a report has stated. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:16 · Terzel Rasmus
Social media now a recruitment platform – survey
Social media has become more than just a platform to chat and finding friends, and is now a source to recruit staff and look for jobs, according to a survey by Hiring Bounty. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:16 · Brandon Gregory
South African motorists may receive traffic fines via email
The South African Road Traffic Infringement Agency is seeking to amend the law to allow motorists to receive traffic fines via email as well as through ordinary mail. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 10:01 · Nick Sato
Google Reader closes
Google Reader, which has been serving bloggers and other online readers for eight years, shut down over the course of last night for the final time. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 09:52 · Kamau Mbote
Zynga hires Microsoft Xbox head
Struggling gaming firm Zynga has announced Microsoft president of Interactive Entertainment Don Mattrick will be replacing founder Mark Pincus as chief executive officer (CEO). → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 09:36 · Paul Adepoju
Konga.com introduces flagship pick-up centres in Lagos
Nigeria’s online megastore, Konga.com, has introduced a new solution allowing orders to be delivered to a pick-up centre from where individuals can collect orders at a convenient time. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 09:17 · Brandon Gregory
COSATU takes its “go-slow” protest against e-tolling to Pretoria
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has taken its “drive slow” protest campaign against the contentious e-tolling system in Gauteng, South Africa, to Pretoria. → Read more
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Tue, July 2nd, 08:37 · Mercy Makumi
Ericsson to acquire UK’s media services company Red Bee Media
Ericsson has announced its intention to acquire Red Bee Media, a world-leading media services company headquartered in the UK, from an entity controlled by Macquarie Advanced Investment Partners. → Read more
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