Page 420
-
Thu, May 2nd, 14:07 · Richard Cutcher
MultiChoice distances itself from failed TopTV bid
MultiChoice, the financial backer of Dynamic TV’s bid to take over troubled TopTV, appears to have withdrawn its support for the consortium after it lost the bid to rival StarTimes. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 14:06 · Kamau Mbote
Ericsson commends Apps for City Life winners
The Tokelezea and Easy Parking teams from Kenya were on Tuesday commended by Ericsson following their performance at the Apps for African City Life awards, where they were runners up and second runners up respectively. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 13:47 · Susan Mwenesi
Twitter fastest growing social network
Twitter is the fastest growing social network in the world, with 21 per cent of the world’s online population now using the site monthly, according to research by Global Web Index (GWI). → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 13:45 · Tom Jackson
Facebook asks judge to throw out IPO case
Facebook and dozens of banks have requested a US federal judge throw out the lawsuit over the company’s alleged misleading of investors in the build up to its initial public offering (IPO) last year. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 13:45 · Martin Cheruiyot
USIU, Serianu partner in security research
The United States International University in Africa (USIU) has partnered with Kenyan cyber security firm Serianu to boost research in the protection of corporate information online. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 13:26 · Richard Cutcher
Facebook records increase in mobile revenue
Facebook has released its financial results for the first three months of 2013, showing US$375 million of revenue was generated by mobile advertising. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 13:23 · Richard Cutcher
Young African talent held back by lack of mentorship
Africa’s technological and entrepreneurial talent needs better mentoring and managing, according to the founder of mobile financial services provider Fundamo. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 12:30 · Brandon Gregory
Chowhub, providing an online takeaway order platform for hungry people
Chowhub, a startup born of frustrated takeaway pizza customers, is aiming to cut out order errors as it prepares to pitch to investors for funding. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 12:22 · Gabriella Mulligan
Failure to digitise holding back Kenyan economy – Ndemo
Kenya’s previous government should have digitised every registry, with the failure to do so now holding back the economy, according to Dr Bitange Ndemo, the outgoing permanent secretary at the ex-Ministry of Information and Communication. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 12:21 · Richard Cutcher
Google Glass danger revealed
Hackers have the potential to be able to crack Google Glass and watch and hear everything a user is doing, according to specialist smartphone programmer. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 12:05 · Kamau Mbote
Flytxt named ‘cool vendor’ for emerging markets
Mobile marketing technology provider Flytxt, which provides services to 23 cellular service providers (CSPs) across Africa, has been named a “Cool Vendor” by tech research firm Gartner. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 11:54 · Gabriella Mulligan
iPhone 5S pre-orders from June – report
The yet-to-be-announced but widely expected iPhone 5S will be available for pre-order from June 20, with sales to begin in July, according to the latest rumours. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 11:52 · Brandon Gregory
New act could protect youth against harassment on social media
The Protection of Harassment Act, which came into effect on Freedom Day (April 27), is a positive step towards protecting youth against harassment and cyber bullying on social media. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 11:13 · Nanine Steenkamp
Mahindra Comviva expands mobile music in Africa
Universal mobile solutions leader Mahindra Comviva has launched its music and content recommendation engine, enabling operators to maximise Value Added Service (VAS) sales through content and music matching. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 09:45 · Mercy Makumi
Facebook to delete decapitation videos
Facebook has said it will remove decapitation videos from the social networking site, having previously refused to ban such content. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 09:18 · Nanine Steenkamp
Fourth annual Nigeria Com offers bigger digital ecosystem
The fourth Nigeria Com conference will take place from September 16 to 17 this year in Lagos as the largest dedicated digital event in the region. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 09:14 · Richard Cutcher
African countries should be wary of relying on international tech – minister
A Ghanaian minister has warned technology from outside Africa is gradually threatening businesses on the continent, with the situation needing to be corrected “in the larger interest of mankind”. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 09:02 · Gabriella Mulligan
Pepsi attacked for “racist” advert
PepsiCo has come under fire for creating “arguably the most racist commercial in history” as part of its latest Mountain Dew advertising campaign. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 08:59 · Tom Jackson
MTN Uganda considering domestic acquisitions
MTN Uganda is evaluating deals for rival telecom firms after the second and third largest operators in the country agreed a merger. → Read more
-
Thu, May 2nd, 08:49 · Paul Adepoju
BrandNubians supports Africa’s SMEs with Shopistry.com.ng
BrandNubians has launched Shopistry.com.ng, an online business unit for its e-commerce software, aiming to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa with robust and cost-effective e-commerce solutions. → Read more
Follow African Tech Scene
Advertisement
Most read
-
GOtv says no monthly subscriptions for free-to-air channels
Mon, January 13th
-
HumanIPO shutting down on January 15
Tue, January 6th
-
-
BBC partners BlackBerry to deliver Hausa news via BBM in Nigeria
Mon, April 28th
-
Online company registration website now live in Kenya
Thu, February 28th
Latest by Category
-
Broadcasting
-
-
#ISurvivedEbola multimedia campaign launched
Tue, December 2nd
-
Events
-
Ghana to upgrade to chip embedded passports
Fri, December 19th
-
-
Features
-
Price a hindering factor to 4G uptake in Rwanda – retailers
Thu, January 8th
-
The startup community in Mozambique is very weak – Kande
Tue, December 23rd
-
Gadgets
-
MTN launches subscription-based video service in South Africa
Mon, January 5th
-
-
Internet
-
Price a hindering factor to 4G uptake in Rwanda – retailers
Thu, January 8th
-
-
Mobile
-
Safaricom launches bundled roaming service in 20 countries
Fri, January 9th
-
-
Policy
-
Price a hindering factor to 4G uptake in Rwanda – retailers
Thu, January 8th
-
-
Social Media
-
Mobile app on Nigeria’s heritage launched
Fri, December 19th
-
Prayerbox.co allows Christians to share prayer points, testimonies – founder
Fri, December 12th
-
Startups
-
-
-
Telecoms
-
-
Safaricom launches bundled roaming service in 20 countries
Fri, January 9th