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Wed, June 26th, 10:51 · Susan Mwenesi
EACO proposes IXP points for East Africa
The East African region will soon have a common Internet Exchange Point (IXP) if a proposal by the East African Communications Organisation (EACO) is successful. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 10:17 · Richard Cutcher
MasterCard’s mobile money entry in Egypt unlikely to set a trend
Cases of card companies such as Visa and MasterCard working with networks to introduce mobile money in Africa are going to be rare, according to a South African banking and mobile expert. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 10:12 · Tom Jackson
BlackBerry Jam sessions hitting SA in July
The BlackBerry Jam Africa and Middle East Tour is coming to South Africa in July, offering developers in the country a chance to experiment with the range of development tools on the BlackBerry platform. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 10:06 · Mercy Makumi
ICANN’s Expert Working Group recommends WHOIS replacement
ICANN’s Expert Working Group on gTLD Directory Services (EWG) is recommending major changes to the way registrant data is provided to users. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 09:33 · Kamau Mbote
Investment needed to get Kenyan film industry to its potential 14% of GDP
The Kenyan film industry is not growing to its full potential, according to the Kenya Film Commission (KFC), which put the 2009/2010 revenue figure at 3.6 per cent of GDP. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 09:29 · Brandon Gregory
ADC as a service delivers better ROI
By managing application delivery infrastructure effectively within application delivery controllers (ADCs), businesses can experience time-to-market improvements, service agility and provide an enhanced user experience, according to Brent Lees, senior product manager of Riverbed Technology. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 09:12 · Susan Mwenesi
Organisations are not upgrading their networks – Raoul Tecala
Raoul Tecala, Dimension Data’s business development director for network integration, has said organisations are not upgrading their networks for enterprise mobility and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments as aggressively as expected. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 09:02 · Paul Adepoju
50% reduction in network cost expected in 2018 – Dimension Data
A new report released by Dimension Data, the South Africa based ICT services and solutions provider, has predicted that by 2018, the cost of networks will be around half of its current cost. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 08:49 · Kamau Mbote
Culture minister increases calls for 60 per cent local content broadcasting
Dr Hassan Wario, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Broadcast Film and Music Africa Conference (AITEC) in Nairobi, has called for local television broadcasters to shun imported soaps for local content, saying this will help the industry to grow. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 08:36 · Nanine Steenkamp
Facebook commerce a growing future trend, Zunguz says
Facebook social commerce is a growing trend as part of brand engagement in the online social trading space, social money platform company Zunguz has said. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 08:30 · Nick Sato
PIVOT East 2013 features education sector startups and applications
PIVOT East 2013, East Africa’s leading mobile startups competition and conference, started yesterday with entrepreneurs, investors and developers discussing how to solve African problems through innovation and technology. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 08:23 · Susan Mwenesi
Ugandans, Tanzanians fast embracing LTE – Smile
Smile Communications reports the number of customers using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology has increased tremendously in both Uganda and Tanzania. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 07:50 · Richard Cutcher
Snapchat secure huge venture capital
Picture and video messaging app Snapchat has raised US$60 million in venture capital despite not making any money from the service, which launched two years ago. → Read more
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Wed, June 26th, 07:29 · Martin Cheruiyot
OPINION: Why innovation key to job creation for the youth
Kenya is a rich nation in terms of resources and manpower, but it is not creating enough jobs to fulfil the many youths in the job market. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 16:43 · Nanine Steenkamp
Operators and banks a marriage made in hell, expert says
The possibility of collaborations between banks and network operators is highly contested amongst industry players as the success of mobile money grows across Africa. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 15:52 · Brandon Gregory
The slowest smartphone revealed
Apple’s iPhone 5 has been labelled the slowest smartphone compared to its rivals, according to an industry recognised test carried out by UK watchdog Which?. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 15:48 · Susan Mwenesi
Challenges facing setting up of IXPs in East Africa
The East African Communications Organisation (EACO) is currently working on a proposal to build internet exchange points (IXPs) in the region, but there are a number of challenges standing in the way of the venture that should be urgently addressed. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 15:32 · Richard Cutcher
Zain looking to expand, not reduce, its African presence
Kuwait’s leading telecommunications provider, Zain, has indicated it has no intentions of withdrawing from Sudan and remains interested in launching in Libya → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 15:13 · Brandon Gregory
OUTA raises concerns over GFIP collusion fines
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (OUTA) has welcomed the Competition Commission’s decision to fine 15 construction groups a collective ZAR1.4 billion (US$140 million) for the settling of a multi year investigation into bid rigging, but raised concerns over the leniency of the fines. → Read more
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Tue, June 25th, 14:57 · Richard Cutcher
Group dating site launched in South Africa
South Africa’s latest dating platform has been launched, aiming to remove the awkwardness from one-on-one dates and instead looking to pair two groups of friends. → Read more
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