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Thu, April 4th, 11:27 · Igor Hobotov

Music app Mdundo set to pay royalties to artists

Music distribution app Mdundo is set to pay royalties to musicians who use their service, just five months after launching. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:19 · Igor Hobotov

Tanzania health app records 100,000 users in 15 weeks

An app to help expectant mothers in Tanzania has reached a subscription of 100,000 users in 15 weeks and accumulated four million text messages. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:15 · Tefo Mohapi

New ABSA banking app to be launched next week

ABSA will be launching their long awaited banking app at an event in Johannesburg next Wednesday. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 11:08 · Tom Jackson

20,000 hacked websites serving malware – investigation

An investigation has found an estimated 20,000 websites could be serving malware to their customers after what appears to a coordinated hacking campaign. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 10:58 · Richard Cutcher

ICASA sets annual licence fee, increase effective immediately

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) appears to have met telecommunications companies halfway in the setting of the annual licence fee payable to the regulator. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 10:49 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Cases against social media sites could shape ethics in the cyber world

Recently, a Jewish students union from France vowed to pursue a lawsuit against Twitter to a tune of US$50 million, accusing the microblogging site of allowing anti-Semitic posts that could fuel hate against Jews in France and lead to targeted attacks against the community. Such suits could have implications on the conduct of social media sites. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 10:41 · Tefo Mohapi

Nokia Music+ to launch in SA

Nokia South Africa has announced a new subscription-based upgrade to its popular free-to-stream mobile music service is to launch in South Africa. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:47 · Nanine Steenkamp

Fourth AfPIF to promote cross-border African relations

The fourth annual African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) will take place from September 3 to 5 in Casablanca, Morocco, with its focus on policy aspects of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), content and cross-border interconnections in Africa. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:26 · Igor Hobotov

African Development Bank contracts IT firm Hughes

IT firm Hughes Network Systems has been contracted by the African Development Bank (AfDB) to provide ICT connectivity and satellite communications. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:13 · Gabriella Mulligan

Apple to launch iTV, iRing remote – rumours

Apple may be developing an iTV together with a ring-shaped controller for launch later this year, according to the latest reports. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:12 · Brandon Gregory

Airtel Zambia records US$31 million profit

Telecommunications company Celtel Zambia Limited, trading as Airtel Zambia, generated a profit of US$31 million for the 2012 financial year. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:08 · Richard Cutcher

Bitcoin spikes in value in reaction to Cyprus crisis

The value of the growing internet currency Bitcoin surged to a record high of US$147 in reaction to the Cypriot banking crisis. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 09:01 · Tom Jackson

3mice CEO writes open letter to Kenyatta, Ruto

Ali Hussein, chief executive officer (CEO) at Kenyan interactive agency 3mice, has called on Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto to urgently address issues within the country’s ICT sector if Kenya is to become a “digital country”. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 08:17 · Igor Hobotov

Tanzania sets up backup internet connection for emergency

Tanzania has set up a redundant network offering connectivity services in the event of failures in fibre optic connectivity. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 07:54 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian security agencies secured the release of abducted employee – MTN Nigeria

Nigeria’s largest telecoms network, MTN, has confirmed to HumanIPO the release of a staff member abducted in Lagos, though it refused to confirm or deny whether or not it had paid the demanded ransom. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 07:30 · Gabriella Mulligan

Mozilla, Samsung, partner for next generation browser

Mozilla is partnering with Samsung to create a next generation web browser, in efforts to mitigate web security issues and improve internet browsing in line with modern hardware capabilities. → Read more
Thu, April 4th, 06:40 · Tom Jackson

Fibre only option for high capacity customers – SEACOM CEO

Fibre optic cables remain crucial to Africa due to their ability to serve high capacity demand more cost effectively than satellite connections, according to SEACOM chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Simpson. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 19:48 · Richard Cutcher

Tim Harris trying to remove government obstacles for Silicon Cape

The Democratic Alliance’s Tim Harris MP was chosen as Silicon Cape’s first government liaison board member at the end of last year, but the shadow minister for finance sees his role as “getting government out the way”. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:42 · Richard Cutcher

Anonymous speak out against and warns North Korea

Hacking collective Anonymous have declared war on the increasingly erratic state of North Korea in a strongly worded statement which followed its attacks on the country’s government sites at the weekend. → Read more
Wed, April 3rd, 16:26 · Paul Adepoju

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation hosts TEDxChange today

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has commenced the livestreaming of the global webcast event tagged TedxChange: Positive Disruption. → Read more