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Mon, June 24th, 12:00 · Paul Adepoju
Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria launches Breeze mobile banking app
Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria (SCBN) has launched a mobile banking app, called Breeze, in Lagos, in a bid to improve its customers’ banking experience. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 11:27 · Nick Sato
Facebook bug exposes 6 million users’ data
A Facebook security bug exposed six million users’ personal contact information to other users who were connected to them, the company has revealed. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 11:13 · Nanine Steenkamp
Lack of startup funds hold back SIRDC
The Zimbabwean Scientific and Industrial Research and Development Centre (SIRDC) has said a lack of startup funding is hampering its progress towards commercialisation of projects. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 11:06 · Paul Adepoju
Cashless policy can help reduce fraud in Nigeria
Tunde Lemo, deputy governor of operations at the Central Bank of Nigeria, has said the bank is committed to tackling challenges posed by electronic fraud as it plans to introduce the cashless policy in more states from July 1. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 11:03 · Brandon Gregory
Cell C’s Facebook account hacked
Cell C today announced its Facebook account had been hacked. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 10:53 · Brandon Gregory
SA Naspers acquires India’s Redbus through Ibibo Group
South African multimedia company Naspers has added Indian online ticketing company RedBus to its portfolio of e-commerce businesses through subsidiary Ibibo Group. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 10:43 · Martin Cheruiyot
AFC Leopards deal with Zuku stirs trouble with KPL
The Kenyan Premier League (KPL) has disowned a partnership agreement signed between AFC Leopards and Zuku TV to introduce “Ingwe TV”, as it compromises the sole broadcasting deal the KPL has with SuperSport. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 10:36 · Richard Cutcher
EIT seeking Tunisian exit
Dubai Holdings’ Emirates International Telecommunications (EIT) is looking to sell off stakes in two mobile businesses, including its 35 per cent holding in Tunisie Telecom. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 10:35 · Mercy Makumi
Orange launches the third edition of Orange African Social Venture Prize
Global telecommunications company Orange has launched the third Orange African Social Venture Prize (OASVP), promoting social innovations in support of development using ICT. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:46 · Kamau Mbote
Nokia Lumia introduces multi-language translator
Nokia has introduced a multi-language translator that works via text and voice on its Lumia range of smartphones, allowing users to translate words into 32 languages using their camera. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:42 · Paul Adepoju
Ghanaian university calls for more online education
A call has been made for the Ghanaian government to cut the cost of operating conventional universities by introducing online campuses. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:36 · HumanIPO
REVIEW: Parrot Zik headphones
There is plenty in the electronics world to get a gadget fan’s geek-o-meter hitting the red, but usually a headset isn’t one of them. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:27 · Mercy Makumi
Dar es Salaam port goes Digital
The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) has automated its billing system as it looks to move towards paperless operations in a bid to improve revenue collection. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:17 · Tom Jackson
Apple assisting SA police over Pistorius phone
Apple is assisting South African police in gaining access to an iPhone that could be crucial to the upcoming murder trial of Oscar Pistorius, with the athlete having forgotten the four-digit passcode. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 09:14 · Nanine Steenkamp
Vimpelcom to sell African assets
United Kingdom-based Vimpelcom Group is on the verge of concluding a deal to sell its Sub-Saharan units, including its stakes in Orascom Telecom. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 08:49 · Brandon Gregory
COSATU protests against e-tolling today in Gauteng
The Congress of South African Trade Unions will today protest against e-tolling in Gauteng, South Africa, in the form of a motorcade. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 08:48 · Paul Adepoju
Poor network coverage responsible for armed robberies in Ghana – communications minister
Ghana’s minister of communications Edward Omane-Boamah has said cases of armed robbery are more prominent in areas with poor network coverage. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 08:44 · Nanine Steenkamp
No turning back from digital for Tanzania
Tanzania will not switch back to analogue broadcasting, despite concerns over decoder affordability, the country’s minister of communication, science and technology has said. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 08:42 · Paul Adepoju
First social network with dating solution set to launch in Nigeria
Available.fm, the first Nigerian social network site to also offer a dating solution, will be launched next month by the twins behind the successful LAGbook site. → Read more
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Mon, June 24th, 08:26 · Mercy Makumi
Paynet introduces smart cards for Kenyan game park fees
East Africa firm Paynet Group in partnership with Earthview Management has announced the introduction of an efficient park entry fee payment solution and smart cards which will ensure efficiency in Kenyan park revenue collections. → Read more
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