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Wed, March 6th, 10:46 · Gabriella Mulligan

Systems collapse causes counting delays in Kenya

Electronic systems collapse has delayed the counting of votes in the Kenyan elections, with regional election officials told to physically deliver counts to Nairobi. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 10:23 · Tom Jackson

Ramaphosa retires from MTN

Cyril Ramaphosa, deputy president South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), has retired as non-executive director and chairman of MTN Group in order to focus on politics. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 09:56 · Nanine Steenkamp

Apple to upgrade iTunes with music services

Apple is exploring possibilities for a release of a music service with audio technology business Beats Electronics LLC to boost iTunes sales. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 09:51 · Vincent Matinde

OPINION: ICT failure in the elections a big indictment for the Kenyan industry

Issack Hassan, chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, has admitted the delays in relaying of results on the Kenyan general election is due to failure of transmission. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 09:24 · Brandon Gregory

MTN increases market share in SA

MTN in South Africa increased its subscriber market share from 34.1 per cent a year ago to 37.7 per cent by the end of December 2012 despite ongoing price battles with its rivals. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 08:38 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian parents know nothing about cyber security – Funke Babatola

Funke Babatola, chief executive of FB Initiatives and Innovations Limited, has declared Nigerian parents know nothing about cyber security. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 08:24 · Kamau Mbote

Opinion Yetu turns to Amazon as servers’ crash

Technology startup Opinion Yetu, largely credited with conducting Kenya’s first online opinion poll, was down for the majority of yesterday as overwhelming traffic led to their servers crashing. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 08:13 · Nanine Steenkamp

Ugandan Ffene to launch in April on iOS and Android

Ugandan startup Ffene, a business management app, plans to launch on iOS and Android platforms next month in an attempt to improve the business administration solution accessibility in Africa. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 07:42 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s Electoral Commission boss voices pessimism on e-voting

Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Ghana’s Electoral Commission chairman, has declared the West African country is not yet able to fully implement electronic voting system. → Read more
Wed, March 6th, 07:02 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: IEBC system malfunctions questionable

The Kenyan election that began on Monday morning has seen numerous problems with electronic equipment, questioning the preparedness of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for the general poll. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:59 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google accused of allowing poacher adverts

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has accused Google of allowing advertisements to appear on a Japanese shopping website, selling illegal animal products of endangered species despite its prohibiting policy. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:56 · Nanine Steenkamp

Mind shift needed to incorporate e-learning tools in SA, says headmaster

South African headmaster Arthur Preston is of opinion a mind shift is required for e-learning to succeed in South Africa. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:54 · Brandon Gregory

dotFNB brings the future of digital banking to Cape Town

First National Bank’s (FNB) innovative dotFNB opened shop today in Rondebosch, Cape Town, exclusively providing digital solutions for banking. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:49 · Richard Cutcher

Cape Town trade site looking to go national

A Cape Town startup website, connecting homeowners to tradesmen, has seen almost ZAR2.5 million (US$275,000) worth of jobs posted on its platform within its first week. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:41 · Babongile Matyila

Eight Kenyans make it to the Forbes African list

Mark Kaigwa is among eight Kenyans who have made it into the Forbes Annual list of African entrepreneurs under the age of 30 for making the most impact in the continent. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:39 · Gabriella Mulligan

Apple’s iPhone was almost the Telepod

Apple considered naming its pioneering smartphone the “Telepod”, “Mobi”, “Tripod” and “iPad”, before settling on the now famous iPhone name. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:34 · Richard Cutcher

African HD voice service launched by Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel subscribers in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria are set to receive high quality HD voice services. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 15:32 · Tom Jackson

Google too powerful – China

A white paper authored by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology claims Google has too much control over the country's smartphone industry. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 14:57 · Brandon Gregory

Controversial ‘US$15.4 million’ government website goes offline

The “Free State Online” website was offline for most of today following yesterday’s news exposing the South African provincial government for having spent millions of rand to update it and related sites. → Read more
Tue, March 5th, 14:50 · Gabriella Mulligan

IEBC website down today

Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) website has been down all day, as the country awaits the results of yesterday’s polls. → Read more