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Fri, June 20th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Q&A: Lola Masha, OLX country manager, Nigeria
OLX Nigeria is a free online classifieds platform that provides options for Nigerian buyers and sellers to trade and connect. The parent company is global with over 123 million unique users across 107 countries. In Africa, the company is present in Kenya, South Africa and Nigeria. Lola Masha heads the Nigerian team and spoke to HumanIPO on how the company is bringing global scale to make a difference locally. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
uberX prices to stay fixed in Cape Town, Johannesburg launch planned
Uber Cape Town plans to keep the prices of its recently launched low-cost uberX service at the same level as currently, with the service also set to roll out in Johannesburg in the future. → Read more
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Fri, June 20th, 07:00 · Chris Udemans
Tigo, UN sign MoU to spur Rwanda’s economic growth
Mobile operator Tigo and One United Nations (UN) Rwanda have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to spur inclusive economic growth in the country through corporate responsibility programmes. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 18:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tecno, Etisalat offer one year free data on R7
Tecno Mobile has announced it is offering 6GB of free data on Etisalat for Nigerian customers, with the offer valid for 12 months. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 17:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
10% of SA households have internet access at home
The majority of internet users in South Africa access the web via mobile devices, with only 10 per cent of households in the country having internet access at home, according to Statistics South Africa (SA). → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 17:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya’s NOFBI phase 2 to take off in July
The second phase of Kenya’s National Optic Fibre Broadband Infrastructure (NOFBI) will take off in July with the Ministry of ICT adding 1,600 kilometres of fibre optic coverage. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 16:30 · Tom Jackson
SA Ministry of Women welcomes investigation into Motsoeneng’s “wife gift”
The South African Ministry of Women has welcomed a Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) probe into reports acting South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chief operating officer (COO) Hlaudi Motsoeneng received a ‘wife’ as a gift last week. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 16:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Ugandan TV banned from covering Museveni – report
NTV Uganda has been banned from covering President Yoweri Museveni after reporting he was sleeping in parliament, according to an AFP report. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook suffers downtime
Facebook users could not access the website for a time this morning following an error, with the company insisting all problems have now been fixed. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 15:00 · Chris Udemans
Graduate interns help SMEs drive innovation
Graduate interns are a valuable asset to growing a small business, providing innovation and simplicity to an already existing enterprise, according to Chantal de Kock, project manager at development firm Fetola. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 14:30 · Susan Mwenesi
Kenya National Archives to go digital
The Kenya National Archives is set to digitise its 40,000 unique documents to allow for virtual access by the public to relive Kenya’s history and generate global interest in the country’s heritage. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 14:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
ANC “oblivious” to ICT importance – Shinn
South Africa’s ruling party the African National Congress (ANC) is “oblivious” to the value of technology in developing a dynamic economy and believes ICT serves only to propagate government messages to the public, according to Marian Shinn, shadow minister of telecommunications and postal services for opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA). → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian online merchants welcome arrival of PayPal
Nigerian online merchants have welcomed the launch of PayPal in the West African country, saying it will lead to a growth in internet transactions, though warning it needs to integrate with local platforms. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 13:00 · Susan Mwenesi
Lamudi launches Android app in 28 countries
Real estate portal Lamudi has announced the launch of a “world-first” Android app for house-hunters in 28 emerging markets worldwide. providing a mobile platform for the buying, renting and selling of real estate on the go. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Amazon launches Fire smartphone
Amazon has launched its first self-designed smartphone, the Amazon Fire, incorporating its whole digital database and technologies to create an immersive user experience. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
Think about how your business will cope after you’ve gone, startup CEOs told
Small businesses leaders should start thinking about how their business will function without them, according to Anton Ressel, senior consultant at development firm Fetola. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Zest sells 3,000 units in first 24 hours
South African startup Zest Mobile sold 3,000 units of its flagship smartphone the T1 on the first day of priority sales, with public sales opening today. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 10:30 · Tom Jackson
MTN rated in top 500 green firms globally
Operator MTN has been rated among the top 500 global companies on corporate sustainability and environmental impact in the 2014 Newsweek Green Rankings. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
SA cybercriminals arrested over $815k fraud – report
South African police have arrested five suspects accused of launching a cyber attacks that went undetected for a number of days and led to the theft of ZAR8.7 million (US$815,000) from the Road Traffic Management Corporation, according to a report. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
Tech firms that create human connection will win in Nigeria – Masha
The ability to create a human connection is a key ingredient to success in Nigeria, according to Lola Masha, former Google business development lead for West Africa and current country manager for OLX Nigeria. → Read more
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