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Tue, February 5th, 07:58 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile money transfer tax a must for all, Kenya’s finance minister says

Kenya’s finance minister Njeru Githae has put Airtel Money and Yu Cash on notice that they will still incur the tax slapped on mobile money transfer services, regardless of their model of eliminating the transfer fees. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:47 · Tefo Mohapi

Nigeria’s Tiketmobile in partnership with Nokia to improve its platform’s usage

Nigerian technology startup based out of Lagos' Co-Creation Hub, Tiketmobile, has entered into a partnership with Nokia in order to increase usage of its platform. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:33 · Tefo Mohapi

Huawei Authorized Network Academy inaugurated in Cairo

Egypt has been chosen as the base for the new Huawei Authorized Network Academy (HANA) laboratory in a bid to train engineering students and graduates on the latest networking and communications technologies. → Read more
Tue, February 5th, 07:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Facebook advises users on how to protect their privacy in Graph Search

Facebook launched Graph Search in January with the aim of making information users already share with each other more useful and easy to find, but privacy concerns have dogged the new feature since its unveiling. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 19:15 · Gabriella Mulligan

SA’s PayGate launches solution allowing East African consumers to pay via M-Pesa

South Africa’s PayGate has introduced a payment solution whereby consumers in Kenya and Tanzania can now pay for online products and services via M-Pesa, in a bid to boost e-commerce in Africa. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 19:11 · Kamau Mbote

Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone now available in Kenya

The Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone is now available in Kenya, retailing at KSh45,000 (approx. $518) in shades of black, white and yellow. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 19:06 · Brandon Gregory

Free fibre infrastructure to benefit landlords in SA

Conduct Telecommunications, an open-access fibre infrastructure provider, will connect businesses to South Africa’s fibre infrastructure at no cost to landlords. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 15:29 · Brandon Gregory

88mph welcomes nine new startups to accelerator programme

Startup fund and three-month accelerator programme 88mph welcomed nine new startups to its first Cape Town accelerator on Friday (February 1). → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 15:16 · Tom Jackson

HTC expects 90 percent profit drop ahead of M7 launch

Taiwanese phone firm HTC is expected to announce a 90 percent fall in profits for the last three months of 2012, which CEO Peter Chou blames on strong competition and lack of marketing. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 14:29 · Nanine Steenkamp

Cell C wants comparative marketing law

Network provider Cell C has declared a preference for the United States’ marketing law which, unlike the current South African regulations, allows operators to advertise using comparative fees of other networks. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 14:00 · Elly Okutoyi

South African tour operator integrates Wi-Fi in tour vans

South African entrepreneur Shaheed Ebrahim has installed Wi-Fi, complete with tablets and Skype call capability, on his tour vans to gain a competitive edge in the country’s travel and tour industry. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 13:51 · Brandon Gregory

al-Shabaab opens new Twitter account

The al-Qaeda linked al-Shabaab militant group have set up a new English Twitter account, two weeks after their first English account was suspended. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 13:37 · Kamau Mbote

OPINION: Jubilee Manifesto is “ICT-friendly”

The Jubilee Coalition’s manifesto is set upon three pillars, namely unity, economy and openness. Though the role of technology is highlighted in various parts of the 70-page manifesto, it is among the core sectors in the second pillar with emphasis on ICT as a facilitator for the digital takeoff in Kenya. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 13:19 · Tom Jackson

Rwanda’s SIM card registration kicks off

The long-delayed SIM card registration process in Rwanda begins today, giving the country’s three telecoms players 180 days to register around 5.2 million SIM card holders. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 12:57 · Brandon Gregory

Major telecoms merger may emerge in South Africa and Kenya

A consolidated mobile service provider may emerge in both South Africa’s and Kenya’s telecommunications sectors this year, comparable to the United Kingdom’s Everything Everywhere (EE), a report says. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 11:00 · Brandon Gregory

Zimbabwe’s Aquiva Wireless seeks mediation from Potraz over dispute

Aquiva Wireless has turned to the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) for mediation in an interconnection dispute with Econet Wireless. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 10:43 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian telecoms reject NCC’s flat interconnection rate proposals

Network service providers in Nigeria are at loggerheads with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over interconnection rates following the expiration of the current regime in December 2012. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 10:26 · Gabriella Mulligan

Hoffman Committee clears MTN Iran of Turkcell allegations

The Hoffmann Committee has cleared MTN of all wrongdoing with regard to the telecom’s activities in Iran, finding that accusations by rival operator Turkcell of conspiracy and bribery are untrue. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 10:10 · Paul Adepoju

Whatson-gambia.com launched to promote Gambia’s entertainment, tourism and social sectors

Gambia’s major entertainment publication What’s On Gambia has expanded its reach into the online sphere in an effort to promote tourism on Africa’s Smiling Coast. → Read more
Mon, February 4th, 10:05 · Brandon Gregory

DA calls on Public Protector and ethics committee to expedite Pule probe

South Africa’s official opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) has called upon the Public Protector and ethics committee to expedite the probe into claims Communications Minister Dina Pule’s personal friend Phosane Mngqibisa received R6 million (US$675,000) for management fees for last years ICT Indaba. → Read more