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Thu, May 9th, 09:45 · Kamau Mbote
SkyDrive hits 250 million users
Microsoft’s SkyDrive has announced it has reached the 250 million users milestone, up by 50 million, since Windows 8 launched in October last year. → Read more
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Thu, May 9th, 09:18 · Paul Adepoju
MWWA2013 Day One: Focus on operators, but government absence noticed
It is quite unusual in Nigeria to have two network operators sponsor the same event and it is even more surprising when the rival companies in question speak on the same day to the same audience. → Read more
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Thu, May 9th, 08:56 · Brandon Gregory
FNB’s banking website most popular in Africa
According to a recent survey conducted by Alexa, First National Bank’s (FNB) website was the only bank in the top 10 most popular African online destinations. → Read more
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Thu, May 9th, 08:43 · Kamau Mbote
Microsoft offers Nooks $1 billion
Microsoft has reportedly offered US$1 billion to buy the digital assets of Nook Media, but will leave the digital operation that includes e-books, nook e-readers and Tablets with Nook. → Read more
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Thu, May 9th, 08:11 · Richard Cutcher
Microsoft step in to Tanzania white spaces pilot
The Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) has joined forces with Microsoft to support the effort to bring affordable wireless broadband to university students in Dar es Salaam. → Read more
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Thu, May 9th, 07:56 · Mercy Makumi
IBM launches Innovation Centre in Nairobi
IBM launched a client and innovation centre in Nairobi yesterday which will allow clients to walk in and discuss their innovation plans. → Read more
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Thu, May 9th, 07:20 · Richard Cutcher
SatADSL gets funds for African expansion
Thousands of branch offices across Sub-Saharan Africa will be connected to “reliable yet affordable” satellite internet after SatADSL confirmed a €1 million (US$1.3 million) investment from Belgium. → Read more
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Thu, May 9th, 06:06 · Mercy Makumi
Biomass Satellite to Measure Earth’s Forest
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Observation Programme Board has given the green light ahead for a new mission that will measure global forest biomass. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 16:28 · Richard Cutcher
Fergie retirement sends Twitter mad
Manchester United Football Club’s tweet which alerted the sporting world to Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement sent Twitter crazy with 1.4 million mentions in one hour. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 16:13 · Paul Adepoju
The tech world is coming to Nigeria – JunkMail
The rapid growth in Nigeria’s tech sector is attracting experts and investors from other parts of the world who are now visiting Nigeria to partake in the opportunities which the sector offers them. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 16:01 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Seun Osewa, founder of Nairaland
Nigeria’s social network Nairaland is the most visited site in the country and has experienced rapid growth since it was founded by Seun Osewa in 2005 → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 15:36 · Nanine Steenkamp
EA’s SA wing closing down
The South African division of international gaming company Electronic Arts (EA) is to close as staff retrenchments hit branches worldwide. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 15:35 · Richard Cutcher
GNA lands on biNu
Ghana News Agency (GNA) is now available through the free mobile application biNu as it bids to reach the large mobile audience. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 15:22 · Richard Cutcher
iROKOtv team to manage Nigerian startup investment fund
Nigerian startups are set to receive a boost from the founders of Nollywood’s online streaming service iROKOtv, after they secured US$1 milllion of funding to set up investment fund SPARK. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 15:02 · Richard Cutcher
SA e-commerce startup sees rapid sales increase
An online cable vendor has seen average sale order sizes grow by around 80 per cent in the past two months as they bid to increase South Africans’ confidence in e-commerce. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 14:38 · Nanine Steenkamp
OPINION: Social media is as real as its users
Social media has become such an integrated part of communication across personal and corporate spheres that it is difficult to imagine a successful connection without it. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 14:18 · Paul Adepoju
25% of visitors are from mobile devices – Jumia
The director and co-founder of Nigeria's largest e-commerce site, Jumia.com, has revealed around 25 per cent of visitors to the website do so via their mobile phones. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 13:46 · Richard Cutcher
KT Corp circling Telkom business again
Korea Telecom (KT Corp) is looking into buying Telkom’s iWayAfrica internet service as a way of breaking into the African market. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 13:43 · Kamau Mbote
NGO embarks on giving Kenyan girls ICT training
Eighteen girls have been trained in a project meant to bridge the skills gap for high school graduates and encourage young women to consider careers in ICT. → Read more
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Wed, May 8th, 13:33 · Martin Cheruiyot
Mobile phones to aid security in Rwanda
Members of the community policing committees (CPCs), in Rwanda’s Eastern Province, have received 175 mobile phones from the national police for effective communication. → Read more
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