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Mon, June 10th, 10:41 · Nick Sato
OPINION: IEBC must regain Kenyans’ faith in electoral system
Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has begun the process of auditing its systems after the controversies surrounding March’s presidential election. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 10:40 · Nanine Steenkamp
Mapping with Google goes live
Google has launched online mapping course Mapping with Google, to educate users on how to use its improved Maps service. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 10:08 · Susan Mwenesi
400 counterfeit TVs impounded in Rwanda
The Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) has confiscated 400 fake televisions sets imported into the country from China, saving potential buyers millions of francs. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 10:02 · Richard Cutcher
Etisalat adds Benin to growing list of African operations
Mobile group Etisalat has been granted permission to launch a network in West African country Benin as it further expands its African footprint. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 09:48 · Martin Cheruiyot
Seven Seas opens new global headquarters
Kenyan integrated business and technology solutions provider Seven Seas Technologies (SST) has opened its new worldwide headquarters in Nairobi. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 09:32 · Tom Jackson
Smile launches 4G LTE network in Uganda
Smile Communications has launched a 4G LTE network in Uganda, following MTN’s rollout of similar operations in April. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 09:13 · Nanine Steenkamp
BB programme opens for SA female scholars
The BlackBerry Scholars Program has opened global applications for South African female scholars with the goal of encouraging more gender equality in Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 09:09 · Brandon Gregory
ICASA warns licensees against withholding pricing information
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has issued a warning to the country’s four largest mobile operators it will not tolerate their refusal to make available information pertaining to the pricing of data, SMS and voice. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 09:07 · Kamau Mbote
Kenya on US top 10 internet watch list
Kenya is listed alongside countries such as Iran, Pakistan and Jordan as countries where the United States has been heavily spying on internet communication. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 09:03 · Richard Cutcher
Interswitch splits company in two
Pan-African integrated payment processing and transaction switching company Interswitch Transnational Holdings has divided its business into two divisions, to separate focus on regional and international operations. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 08:57 · Kamau Mbote
Q&A: SleepOut CEO Johann Jenson
HumanIPO caught up with Johann Jenson, chief executive officer (CEO) of Kenyan accommodation site SleepOut, to talk about the company’s plans for expansion after it recently secured US$200,000 of funding from Africa Media Ventures Fund (AMVF). → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 08:53 · Nanine Steenkamp
Q&A: Africa will fuel innovation trend
Ghanaian Ashifi Gogo, founder of award-winning counterfeit combatting company Sproxil, spoke to HumanIPO about solutions, expansions and African technology. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 08:10 · Richard Cutcher
Telkom’s maintenance to blame for massive downtime
The countrywide blackout of ADSL services for many South Africans has been put down to Telkom's maintenance work. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 07:44 · Nick Sato
Facebook and Google deny compromising personal data
Google chief executive officer (CEO) Larry Page and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg have denied reports they are providing the United States’ National Security Ageny (NSA) and FBI with unfiltered access to personal data. → Read more
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Mon, June 10th, 07:26 · Kamau Mbote
Joseph Tiampati takes up Kenyan ICT reins
Joseph Tiampati, a mathematician and a loser in the Narok County gubernatorial race, has been nominated as Kenya's Ministry of ICT principal secretary. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 15:47 · Nanine Steenkamp
Rlg to launch ICT plant in Gambia
Ghanaian computer and mobile phone assembling enterprise Rlg Communications will open its first ICT Assembly Plant in Gambia today (Saturday), marking the start of its commercial business in the country. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 15:39 · Brandon Gregory
DA’s donation to OUTA welcomed by SANRAL
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has welcomed the Democratic Alliance’s (DA) donation of ZAR1 million (US$101,000) towards the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s (OUTA) court case against e-tolling. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 15:34 · Brandon Gregory
Phish5 designed for companies to phish their own employees
Phish5, a South African software as a service product created by Thinkst, is allowing companies to send phishing emails to their employees to test how prone they are to cyber attacks. → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 15:26 · Nanine Steenkamp
Wikipedia films Sinenjongo learners
The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organisation (NPO) running Wikipedia, recently filmed the Joe Slovo Grade 12 class for a documentary, featuring requests for free online access to aid in their school work. Despite the letter-based request being sent in 2012, no response had been made until Victor Grigas, Wikimedia foundation storyteller and fundraiser, came across […] → Read more
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Fri, June 7th, 15:11 · Paul Adepoju
Samsung announces free 24-month ADH warranty for Galaxy S4
Samsung is offering buyers of its latest device, the Galaxy S4, free accidental damage handling (ADH) warranty for 24 months. → Read more
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