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Mon, February 25th, 16:10 · Vincent Matinde

KeepCalling.net opens up 12 mobile recharge operators in Africa

KeepCalling has launched its online recharge portal in collaboration with mobile operators from Benin, Burkina Faso, Kenya, Somalia, Morocco, Tanzania, Ivory Coast and Uganda. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 16:04 · Richard Cutcher

Latest protest against SA e-tolling held by COSATU

Protesters dressed in red shirts gathered outside the Gauteng provincial legislature building today to campaign against implementation of e-tolling next month. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 16:01 · Babongile Matyila

Egyptians first Africans to get Facebook Messenger data discount

Facebook is offering discounted or free data to users of its Messenger application, but Egyptians are the only Africans able to take advantage of the deal. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 15:52 · Richard Cutcher

French begin moves to tax Google’s and Facebook’s data collection

A tax proposal by the French government is targeting web giants such as Google and Facebook by charging them for the personal data they collect on the Internet. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 15:46 · Nanine Steenkamp

Industry too conservative, tech expert says in Cape Town

The technological industry is deemed as too conservative in its research as well as development approach, a keynote speaker at the International Conference for Industrial Technology (ICIT) has said in Cape Town. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 15:38 · Kamau Mbote

Opera launches world’s largest mobile ad platform

Opera Software, a Norwegian software company, has merged its mobile advertising businesses into a new subsidiary called Opera Mediaworks to form the world’s largest mobile ad platform. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 15:21 · Gabriella Mulligan

Android, Nintendo dominate market ahead of iOS, Sony

Android adoption raced ahead of iOS in 2012, while handheld game shipments for Nintendo dominated the market ahead of Sony, according to a new report. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 15:03 · Tom Jackson

Outrage over Zimbabwe radio ban

Media freedom campaigners have expressed outrage at the move by the Zimbabwean police to ban “specially designed radios” supposedly used to communicate hate speech, saying it violated the constitutional right to freedom of expression. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 13:52 · Nanine Steenkamp

Information optimisation for centralised device control key at IEEE

Keynote speakers at an international industrial technology conference which began in Cape Town today have emphasised the possibilities of data collection through device coordination for optimisation of value added services. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 13:12 · Gabriella Mulligan

Safaricom: voting results collection system safe

Safaricom says the system that will facilitate the electronic collection of regional voting results in the Kenyan elections is entirely safe, in spite of concerns over data security and reliance on a single network provider. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 12:53 · Paul Adepoju

New Ghana job site seeks expansion across Africa

A new website aimed at helping Ghanaian job seekers in various sectors has been launched, with plans underway to extend across the continent. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 12:28 · Elly Okutoyi

OPINION: Safaricom’s move to stop selling feature phones positive but risky

Kenya’s leading telecommunications services provider Safaricom last week revealed it will soon stop selling feature phones in its retail outlets across the country to tilt the market into adopting smartphones. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 11:28 · Babongile Matyila

Telkom to launch SA 20Mbps and 40Mbps Internet speeds next week

Telkom will launch its 20Mbps and 40Mbps Internet speeds on Monday, March 4, after a successful trial period which stretched across South Africa. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 11:07 · Richard Cutcher

Huawei unveils “world’s fastest LTE smartphone”

The Huawei Ascend P2, claimed to be able to download films in minutes, has been unveiled as the Chinese manufacturer looks to capitalise on huge growth in 2012. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 10:55 · Paul Adepoju

OPINION: SMWLagos2013 – A tale of mixed feelings

The much anticipated first African attempt at hosting Social Media Week has come and gone with more than a hundred events held at various locations across Lagos. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 10:47 · Gabriella Mulligan

Oscar-related searches spike on Sunday night

Google reported a spike in search terms related to the Oscars during the awards ceremony on Sunday night. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 09:47 · Kamau Mbote

CCK and COFEK clash over board representation

Kenya’s consumer advocacy group the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has said it will not relent on a case it has filed challenging the constitution of members on the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) board. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 09:40 · Tefo Mohapi

Oscar Pistorius’ brother’s Twitter account reportedly hacked

A tweet sent from Carl Pistorius’ Twitter account thanking people for their support is claimed to be the work of “hackers”. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 09:37 · Richard Cutcher

8ta’s ad campaign labelled “false and misleading”

No action will be taken against South African mobile network operator 8ta, despite an ad campaign being labelled “false and misleading”. → Read more
Mon, February 25th, 09:21 · Vincent Matinde

Data revenues to overtake voice earnings in Kenya by 2016

Revenue from data will overtake that from voice for Kenyan telecom companies by 2016, as GSMA report shows, with demand for data increasing. → Read more