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Thu, January 24th, 15:44 · HumanIPO

Lack of support main challenge to SA entrepreneurs, says app developer

Stuart Minnaar, Founder of Studentology and Yappo, believes the lack of support to local entrepreneurs because of a void in contextual understanding is one of the missing keys for potential success stories from South Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 15:15 · Kamau Mbote

Fake app stores target Android customers

Google’s app store Google Play, formerly known as the Android Market, is under attack from apparently sham app stores such as Gcogle Play and Android Express Play, antivirus software company Symantec has warned. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 14:59 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pope highlights importance of social media

Pope Benedict XVI has used World Communications Day to highlight the importance of social media to the expansion of the Catholic Church across coming generations and to the progress of human society. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 14:29 · Paul Adepoju

Tecno Telecoms blames regulatory agencies for counterfeit phones in Nigeria

Tecno Telecoms, a mobile phone manufacturing company, has linked the rise in counterfeit handsets in the Nigerian market to the government’s ICT regulations, which the company described as weak. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 14:19 · HumanIPO

African media to grow with international agreement

International media management and digital publishing corporation udt. by content has entered an agreement with South African media distribution company WB Cape Media to develop the African film market. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 14:08 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s Imo Broadcasting Corporation set so migrate from analogue to digital in June

Imo State Government has announced its radio and television services will complete the migration from analogue to digital by June, meaning it is way ahead of the 2015 international deadline. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 14:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Google Chairman praises Nairobi as Africa’s tech hub

Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has presented a summary of his Africa trip in which he said Kenya’s capital Nairobi was “a serious tech hub and may become the African leader”. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 13:31 · Brandon Gregory

South African Internet speed bounces back in third quarter

A recent research study by Akamai Technology titled “State of the Internet” has concluded South Africa’s average Internet connection speed is increasing. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 13:05 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian satellite technology can avert environmental disasters – Ghanaian expert

Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency has urged Nigeria to effectively utilise the country’s satellites in a bid to monitor natural forests, agriculture and water. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 12:46 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya at advanced 4G/LTE testing phase

Kenya’s Ministry of Information and Communications has said the country is at an advanced testing phase of a advanced 4G/LTE network, months after it advertised tenders for the technology’s equipment. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 12:38 · Tefo Mohapi

Mozilla reveals Firefox OS smartphones

Mozilla has launched its two Firefox OS based smartphones as "developer preview phones" which will be made available to developers in February. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 11:42 · Brandon Gregory

Counterfeit mobile phones a “monster” of a problem in Nigeria

James Rutherfoord, Nokia’s Vice President for West and Central Africa, has slammed the multitude of counterfeit and substandard mobile phones in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 11:36 · HumanIPO

Two more rural SA schools to get broadband

Jongilanga High School and Chief Henry High School in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, will be the recipients of Internet connection and computer facilities from tomorrow, Friday, January 25, courtesy of the Department of Communication and other IT companies. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:55 · Robin Okuthe

iPhone sales peak as Mac sales slump in Apple’s Q1 results

Technology giant Apple’s mobile operating system (iOS) division skyrocketed in sales in the last three months of 2012, while sales of its Mac computers fell, the company’s financial results for the first quarter, released yesterday, show. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:50 · Vincent Matinde

Online research repository Hadithi to be launched in Kenya

Kenya’s academic researchers and university students will soon have access to an online tool known as Hadithi, allowing them to access published research papers and reports. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:30 · Tefo Mohapi

RIM to discontinue BlackBerry Internet Service?

Smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion has not denied it will be discontinuing the uncapped fixed-cost BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) which has contributed significantly to the device’s popularity across Africa. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:18 · Kamau Mbote

Konza City: What next?

Even as construction work begins on Konza Techno City, a number of Kenyans and interested businesses are still in the dark on what to expect in the next 12 months. HumanIPO spoke exclusively to Todd Sigaty, the project’s master-planner, to find out. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:09 · Paul Adepoju

Lagos State ready to become hub of Google’s initiatives in Africa

The Lagos State Government is adamant it is ready to become the hub of Google’s initiatives in Africa, with its governor believing the future of their economy is in information technology development. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 10:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya risks missing global TV switchover deadline

Kenya’s Information and Communication Ministry permanent secretary Dr Bitange Ndemo has expressed fears that Kenya could miss the international deadline for the switchover from analogue to digital broadcasting if the process undergoes further delays. → Read more
Thu, January 24th, 09:54 · Tefo Mohapi

Zimbabwean Strive Masiyiwa named amongst Forbes’ “20 most Powerful People in African Business”

Strive Masiyiwa, Zimbabwean tycoon and founder of telecommunications company Econet Wireless, has been named by Forbes in their 2012 list of "20 most Powerful People in African Business". → Read more