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Thu, January 31st, 20:11 · Kamau Mbote

Toyota signs deal with Nokia for navigation units

The world's largest automaker, Toyota Motor, has signed a deal with Nokia that will see the latter install Touch & Go navigation and infotainment systems for the Japanese carmaker’s automotives starting in 2014. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 20:00 · Vincent Matinde

NGOs to bring new e-learning platform to Africa

Three non-governmental organisations are adopting the WeeJeeLearning platform and hope to distribute it in their areas of influence, including Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 19:42 · Tefo Mohapi

Confirmed: Old Mutual Plc acquires 100% of 22seven

The rumours surrounding Old Mutual plc have been proved true after the investment group officially acquired 100 percent of South African money management service 22seven “as part of its strategy to develop digital support for its customers”. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 15:20 · Richard Cutcher

OPINION: Can rebranding save BlackBerry, or is it a distraction?

From first impressions, the new BlackBerry Z10 and Q10 appear pretty neat devices with appealing and unique features, but during the launch it seemed Chief Executive Thorsten Heins wanted us to focus on anything other than the product. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 15:15 · Nanine Steenkamp

Africa 24 joins Arabsat channels

World leading satellite operator Arabsat has announced the inclusion of Africa24, as African news becomes increasingly sought after worldwide. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 14:44 · Nanine Steenkamp

Effective Measure to expand further in Africa

South African data collection specialists Effective Measure (EM) revealed it will extend audience measurement in Zimbabwe, Nigeria and Kenya later this year while speaking at yesterday’s (January 30) Cape Town Digital Measuring and Marketing Association (DMMA) Roadshow. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 14:25 · Gabriella Mulligan

Apple to launch low-cost plastic iPhone, reports

Apple will launch a low-cost plastic iPhone over the course of the year which will include elements of the iPod Touch and iPod Classic, reports suggest. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 14:11 · Brandon Gregory

Social media and SMS hotline reports more complaints than compliments for South African police

The South African “Report a Cop, Reward a Cop” initiative has received more complaints than compliments regarding the South African Police Service (SAPS) through SMS and telephone calls in the Western Cape. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 13:58 · Elly Okutoyi

Airtel launches road tracking initiative

Airtel Kenya has partnered with FrotCom East Africa to launch a road safety initiative that will see public vehicles fitted with tracking gadgets to monitor and report speed violations, in a bid to cut road accidents in Kenya. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 13:26 · Nanine Steenkamp

Cable theft is murder, says SA Metrorail

A train accident in South Africa caused by cable theft cost the lives of two people and injured several hundreds of commuters in Pretoria this morning, with the train operator calling for a solution to prevent any reoccurrence of the tragedy. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 13:12 · Vincent Matinde

Safaricom disconnects 2.5 million unregistered SIM cards

Kenyan major integrated telecom company Safaricom has said it has switched off an additional 1.3 million unregistered SIM cards, bringing the total number of cards it disconnected to 2.5 million. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 12:52 · Kamau Mbote

YouTube launches Kenya election channel

Kenyans can now access livestreams on elections after Google and Storyful launched a dedicated channel on YouTube to curate content across the video-streaming site. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 12:38 · Paul Adepoju

Huawei targets Nigerian market with low and high-end smartphones

Manufacturer Huawei Incorporated has set its sights on dominating the highly competitive low and high-end smartphone market in 2013, with new launches planned for this year. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 12:31 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google Africa opens Science Fair entries

Google Africa has announced the launch of the third Google Science Fair for teenagers, with Google+ Hangout events newly added for 2013’s competition. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 12:09 · Brandon Gregory

E-tolling: all systems go by end of March

Ben Martins, the South African Transport Minister, has said the controversial e-tolling system in Gauteng may be fully active by the end of March this year. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 12:03 · Robin Okuthe

Airtel’s African operations head Kohli to be named Group MD

Integrated telecom services operator Bharti Airtel is today expected to appoint Manoj Kohli as its managing director, in a key top-level management reshuffle. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 11:48 · Paul Adepoju

Revised one laptop per child project is promoting female education in Nigeria – Minister

Nigeria’s Education Minister, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufai, has revealed the government’s One Laptop Per Child Project has been revised and is currently underway at both federal and state levels. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 10:53 · Nanine Steenkamp

BlackBerry partners with SA Snapplify on BB10 operating system

South African digital publishing company Snapplify was made an official BlackBerry partner at the BlackBerry 10 launch in Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday (Thursday). → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 10:50 · Gabriella Mulligan

iOS 6.1 adoption set to be fastest yet

Adoption of the freshly released iOS 6.1 is set to be the fastest yet, with 22 percent of users upgrading within the first 36 hours of release, says Onswipe. → Read more
Thu, January 31st, 10:17 · Brandon Gregory

FolUp health communication app now in South Africa

FolUp, a mobile and web-based communication application connecting patients with physicians, has been made available in South Africa. → Read more