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Mon, February 4th, 10:04 · Nanine Steenkamp
SA McDonald’s deploys IBM software
South African outlets of international fast food franchise McDonald’s have employed IBM’s social business software to enhance staff cooperation in a bid to improve business performance. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 09:41 · Vincent Matinde
Econet subscribers can buy stocks using EcoCash
Econet Telecom has announced that small investors can purchase shares at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange using the EcoCash mobile money transfer service. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 09:31 · Tom Jackson
WebAfrica joins SA Internet price war
Internet service provider (ISP) WebAfrica has become the third in South Africa to join the price war started by Telkom, reducing home uncapped ADSL prices by 32 percent. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 09:13 · Kamau Mbote
KCPE candidates to check intake through mobile phones
Last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) candidates waiting for enrollment into various public secondary schools can find out the institutions they have been invited to join by sending their index numbers to 4042. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 08:51 · Paul Adepoju
CBS’ pan-African news channel to commence transmission this month
Continental Broadcasting Services (CBS) have revealed plans to launch TVC News, a 24-hour news channel that will broadcast across the continent, with the station set to commence transmission this month. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 08:42 · Elly Okutoyi
CCK shuts down media house transmitters
Royal Media Services, a leading media house in Kenya, this weekend saw six of its major transmitters shut down by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) after what the regulator termed “operating illegally”. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 08:30 · Tom Jackson
Liebenberg joins Vodacom as managing executive
South African telecom Vodacom have appointed Deon Liebenberg, formerly managing director (MD) at Samsung, as managing executive for Vodafone Global Enterprise (VGE) and international business. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 08:14 · Vincent Matinde
FEATURE: Importance of intellectual property to startups
Africa has seen a surge in technology startups in the past five years, though some entrepreneurs have lost out due to lack of knowledge of intellectual property (IP) rights and how to wade small businesses through legal waters. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 08:06 · Robin Okuthe
Someone stole your phone? There’s an app that lets you catch him
Lookout Security & Antivirus, a world leader in mobile security, has updated its app for Android by integrating a new feature that takes a photo of an individual who has “been snooping in or has stolen your phone" and then sends the phone-owner an email. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 07:08 · Paul Adepoju
20 youths arrested in Nigeria over cybercrimes
Security operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 20 youths over allegations of cybercrimes. → Read more
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Mon, February 4th, 06:06 · Brandon Gregory
Africa spends too much on traditional marketing, says expert
African businesses still spend too much on traditional marketing channels despite the growth of social media and mobile, says Jeremy Woolf, Text100’s lead in social and digital media. → Read more
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Sun, February 3rd, 19:51 · Paul Adepoju
Six in custody for illegally transmitting DSTV signals in Nigeria
Police have arrested six individuals in Onitsha Anambra state, Nigeria, for for illegally transmitting Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) signals, with hi-tech electrical gadgets valued at 7 million naira (US$44,500) recovered from the suspects. → Read more
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Sun, February 3rd, 19:22 · Paul Adepoju
Most Nigerian government websites old-fashioned and slow
An investigation has revealed most Nigerian ministries and agencies fail to actively update their websites, despite massive investment in ICT over the last year. → Read more
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Sat, February 2nd, 16:45 · Tom Jackson
250,000 Twitter accounts hacked
A quarter of a million Twitter accounts have been hacked in the latest in a line of cyber attacks on major companies. → Read more
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Sat, February 2nd, 16:32 · Kamau Mbote
Kenyan media spearheads development of apps for “better society”
Three media organisations in Kenya are on the frontline of hosting apps created from the open data Initiative, launched by the government in July 2011. → Read more
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Sat, February 2nd, 16:26 · Vincent Matinde
Estel e-recharge platform launches in Nigeria
Estel Technologies has incorporated mobile operators into its platform as it extends its e-recharge portal deeper into the West African market. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 15:20 · Nanine Steenkamp
South Africa too closed-minded, says Silicon Cape Chairperson
Silicon Cape Chairperson and Business Developer at Invenfin Alexandra Fraser encouraged South African startup entrepreneurs to widen their horizons at yesterday’s Geek Girl Dinner in Cape Town. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 15:11 · Nanine Steenkamp
Apple blocks newest version of Java
Apple has blocked the newest version of Oracle’s Java software for Mac users after the United States Department of Homeland Security recommended uninstalling it until solutions are provided to malicious software posing as a Java patch. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 14:48 · Elly Okutoyi
Africa’s longest inter-country fibre network in the works
Liquid Telecom’s acquisition of Altech’s assets in East Africa will connect nine African nations with “the longest single international fibre network” on the continent. → Read more
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Fri, February 1st, 14:22 · Kamau Mbote
FEATURE: Kenya’s automated population registry (IPRS) unmasked
Kenya is the only country in Africa with a functioning automated population database that compiles details of citizens living locally or in the Diaspora, as well as non-citizens in the country. → Read more
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