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Tue, February 19th, 14:15 · Robin Okuthe

FEATURE: Satellite technology to overcome Internet outages caused by cable cuts

Continuous infrastructure developments taking place in Africa have often been blamed for frequent fibre-optic cable cuts that cause temporary Internet outages. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 14:12 · Paul Adepoju

Nokia’s poor status in Nigeria is a good thing for the company – Ricc Webb

Nokia’s Social Media Experience Manager, Ricc Webb, has described the manufacturer’s loss of its leading status in Nigeria and other parts of the world as a good thing for the company. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 14:06 · Gabriella Mulligan

MTN furthers Mahala offering with pre-paid starter pack

South Africa’s MTN has launched a new pre-paid starter pack offering lower call prices and special offers, building on the success of its previous Mahala offerings to further enter the country’s mobile price war. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 13:35 · Paul Adepoju

Only mobile-based online campaigns will succeed in Nigeria – Guinness

Oyinade Olajiga, brand manager of digital marketing at Guinness Nigeria, has described mobile as the best platform for online campaigns in the country. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 13:26 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya ICT Board launches Julisha ICT Survey report 2013

Kenya has witnessed an increase in Internet users to 17.38 million from less than 10 million in 2011, according to the Julisha ICT Survey report released today by the Kenya ICT Board. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 12:57 · Gabriella Mulligan

Rural Kenyans to benefit from Indigo Telecom’s white-space tech

Rural Kenyans will receive broadband Internet through new white-space technology being rolled out by Indigo Telecom, in the world’s first commercial launch of the technology. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 12:31 · Paul Adepoju

Superbowl blackout led to PR nightmare for Nigerian power sector on social media

Vladimir Duthiers, correspondent of Associated Press (AP) and CNN in Nigeria, has revealed Nigerians were responsible for the bad publicity the country’s power sector received during the night of the American Superbowl. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 11:56 · Robin Okuthe

Tanzania hails digital TV benefits as crucial for development

Tanzania’s government has reported that it has started to reap the benefits of transition from analogue to digital television broadcasting. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 11:52 · Paul Adepoju

Africans can influence international policies – Nnena Onyewuchi

Nnena Onyewuchi, founding partner of Nigerian marketing firm Yellow Brick Road, has encouraged African youths to become actively involved in influencing international policies. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 11:04 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA craft producers are getting “ripped off”, e-commerce startup looks to resolve

South African startup WavuNow, which aims to utilise e-commerce to give local craft producers a fair deal, is among 15 businesses in with the chance to visit the UK as part of the International Training Bootcamp. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 10:54 · Brandon Gregory

Social media an important tool for Ramphele’s Agang

Mamphela Ramphele has identified social media as an important tool for rallying support following the launch of her party political platform yesterday. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 10:47 · Tefo Mohapi

Windows Phone 8 app for real-time tracking of players and scores a first for South African golf

Dimension Data and Microsoft South Africa have developed a Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 app designed specifically for use at the 2013 Dimension Data Pro-Am golf tournament. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 10:40 · Paul Adepoju

Revealed: Huawei Technologies wanted to invest US$627 million in NITEL

China's telecoms giant Huawei planned to invest US$627 million in the now defunct Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL) following NITEL’s acquisition by Transcorp. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 10:10 · Paul Adepoju

Mobile telcos killed NITEL – Nicholas Okoye

Former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (NITEL), Nicholas Okoye, has blamed mobile operators for the company’s failure. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 09:53 · Richard Cutcher

Funding for six tech startups, but “door still open” at Johannesburg accelerator

Despite investing in six startups two weeks ago Marc Elias, founder of Seed Engine, has told HumanIPO the door remains open for another four deals if the companies are right. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 09:38 · Kamau Mbote

Google to launch election apps in Kenya

Google Kenya will tomorrow unveil seven apps built by Kenyan students ahead of the March 4 polls to help monitor the election process. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 09:13 · Tefo Mohapi

Posterous “shuts down” on April 30

Posterous, launched in 2008 and acquired by Twitter around a year ago, is preparing to shut down posterous.com to “focus 100% of our efforts on Twitter”. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 09:08 · Kamau Mbote

Kukubo to leave Kenya ICT Board

Paul Kukubo is on his way out of the Kenya ICT Board after serving as its chief executive officer for five years. → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 08:36 · Tefo Mohapi

gTLD launch date announced by ICANN

The first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) will be launched on April 23 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). → Read more
Tue, February 19th, 06:54 · Tefo Mohapi

SA Black Economic Empowerment Consortium bids for a stake in WirelessG

Wi-Fi services company WirelessG has announced a South African Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) consortium, Mightycare Mosegedi, are to buy a 26 percent stake in mother company G-Mobile Holdings. → Read more