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Thu, June 19th, 08:00 · Agatha Nduku
Microsoft hosts Windows XP end of support training brief in Kenya
Microsoft has hosted a briefing to train Kenyan media professionals in Windows 8.1 and the end of support for Windows XP. → Read more
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Thu, June 19th, 07:00 · Tom Jackson
A4AI holds first Mozambique country forum today
The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) is today hosting its first Mozambican country forum in Maputo, bringing together leaders from the public, private and non-profit sectors to discuss and develop policy for bringing down the cost of internet access to spark innovation in a number of areas. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 18:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Congo’s VMK readying factory launch
Congo-Brazzaville-based mobile device producer VMK will launch a factory by the end of the year, in a bid to become the top homegrown African designer and manufacturer of mobile phones. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 17:30 · Chris Udemans
Limpopo white spaces implementation begins
The implementation phase of the TV white spaces pilot project at the University of Limpopo, South Africa, has officially begun, giving the university and surrounding schools access to 21st century teaching technology. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
JPSA publishes e-toll roadblock information page
The Justice Project South Africa (JPSA) has published a webpage to battle both “rumours and acts of intimidation” and disseminate factual information relating to e-toll roadblocks on Gauteng’s highways. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 16:30 · Chris Udemans
Barclays Africa considers Bytes acquisition
Barclays Africa Group is in talks to buy the automatic teller machine (ATM) business of Allied Electronics (Altron)-owned Bytes Technology, according to a report. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
OLX not yet ready for monetisation in Nigeria – country manager
Online classifieds platform OLX is not yet ready to monetise in Nigeria, but is currently more focused on growing its user base, according to Nigeria country manager Lola Masha. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 15:30 · Chris Udemans
MWEB in “high street” Wi-Fi deployment in Durban
South African internet service provider (ISP) MWEB has announced a “high street” deployment of free Wi-Fi services along Florida Road in Durban, South Africa. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 15:00 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan police arrests suspect over Al-Shabaab Twitter accounts
Kenya’s National Police Service has arrested an individual suspected of operating social media accounts in the name of militant group Al-Shabaab claiming responsibility for attacks in Mpeketoni in which more than 60 people died. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 14:30 · Chris Udemans
US court approves Mt. Gox bankruptcy proceedings
A United States (US) court has approved the bankruptcy proceedings for the defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox amidst a settlement with American customers, according to a report. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
SA Gender Commission investigates Motsoeneng “wife gift”
South Africa’s Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has confirmed it has received a complaint over South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) acting chief operating officer (COO) allegedly accepting a wife as a gift in Limpopo last week and is investigating. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 13:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Facebook officially reveals photo-sharing app Slingshot
Facebook has launched photo-sharing app Slingshot, which requires users to reply to a message before opening it, a week after it was prematurely released by mistake. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 13:00 · Tom Jackson
DA to request meeting over e-tolls “rethink”
South African opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) will request a meeting with Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi after he said the provincial government was taking a “second look” at the e-tolling policy. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
MTN cancels WBS SMS termination services
South Africa’s second operator MTN has revoked its SMS termination services from WBS, parent company of internet provider iBurst, following the company’s failure to pay the operator. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 12:00 · Chris Udemans
SA’s Capitec launches banking app
South African retail bank Capitec has launched its mobile banking app, allowing users of both smartphones and feature phones to access the service. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 11:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
SA to expand ICT infrastructure, boost skills, support SMEs – Zuma
The South African government will expand affordable ICT infrastructures across the country, improve technical skills training for young people, and support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) over the next five year term, president Jacob Zuma promised in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 11:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigerian IT entrepreneurs to benefit from Interswitch-MEST partnership
Interswitch and the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) have partnered to develop and extend the acclaimed MEST training programme, helping it directly impact and benefit Nigeria’s IT entrepreneurs and its rapidly growing domestic ICT industry. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 10:30 · Paul Adepoju
Seedstars World winners announced in Nigeria, Ghana
The winners have been announced of the Seedstars World events held in Nigeria and Ghana, with the winning startups advancing to the global final in Geneva, Switzerland in February next year. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 10:00 · Chris Udemans
ZimStocks adds discussion feature
Zimbabwean startup ZimStocks has announced an update to its stock performance-monitoring platform, allowing users to discuss the companies listed on the country’s stock exchange. → Read more
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Wed, June 18th, 08:00 · Tom Jackson
FEATURE: Kenya’s perceived innovation lead over SA could be all hype
For a good seven years now, it has been fashionable to refer to the coming of Kenya in terms of African innovation, and how the East African nation is outstripping the more economically powerful South Africa when it comes to technological entrepreneurship. → Read more
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