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Tue, January 15th, 11:25 · Nanine Steenkamp

Exset and Digital Telemedia work together for African digital pay-TV roll out

Broadcasting solutions company Exset and Digital Telemedia (DTM) have collaborated as Digital Monetisation System (DMS) partners as they prepare to launch products in Africa to ease the progression towards digital pay TV. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 11:01 · Tom Jackson

Google denies killing Botswanan donkey

Google has been forced to deny that its Street View vehicle killed a donkey in Botswana after an image of the prone animal appeared online. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 10:33 · Paul Adepoju

Abuja’s Development Control Dept demolishes telecom masts

The Federal Capital Territory Administration’s Department of Development Control in the Nigerian capital of Abuja has initiated the removal of communication masts belonging to various telecommunications companies because they were put up “illegally”. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 10:01 · Richard Cutcher

Shares in Apple drop to US$500 over fears of poor iPhone 5 sales

Apple’s share price has fallen more than US$200 in four months in reaction to news the technology giant has cut its order for the LCD screens used in the iPhone 5. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 09:31 · Kamau Mbote

Ericsson lands deal as supplier of 4G wireless network to Angola’s Unitel

Ericsson has been selected as the chief supplier of next generation 4G network to Angolan telecommunications firm Unitel. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 09:13 · Gabriella Mulligan

Orange and Baidu launch African mobile Internet browser

France Telecom through its subsidiary Orange and Chinese search engine Baidu have launched a browser designed specifically for low-cost smartphones in the African market. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 09:05 · Elly Okutoyi

UN agencies to launch MHealth initiative to fight diseases

Two UN agencies, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), are set to launch mobile-based campaigns to help people manage their health conditions, following the increase in access to communication technologies globally. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 08:58 · Vincent Matinde

Affordable tablets set to hit the Kenyan market

Indian technology firm HCL Infosystems is set to debut low-cost Android-powered tablets for the Kenyan market in the next few weeks. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 08:18 · Kamau Mbote

Airtel Kenya to pay utilities for its customers

Kenya’s Airtel customers who top up with more than KSh50 have a chance to have their bills paid by the mobile network operator every week in a new promotion dubbed “Jaza Ushinde”. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 07:57 · Elly Okutoyi

African-made smartphones to go on sale in 190 countries globally

African electronics manufacturer Limitless Electronics has said it will launch its African-made smartphones and tablets across 190 countries globally, with India as the first target market. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 07:29 · Tefo Mohapi

South African Java expert: “Oracle paying the price for not considering the larger developer and user community”

Given the severity of the recent Java Vulnerability as noted by US-CERT on Thursday, HumanIPO sought the advice of a Java expert in South Africa to understand whether the threat is as severe as suspected. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 06:20 · Vincent Matinde

FEATURE: Why mobile applications are important to African states

Africa’s telecommunications industry is one of the most spirited as well as the fastest growing in the world, a development that has seen the creation of applications around mobile technology that governments could greatly benefit from. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 05:50 · Nanine Steenkamp

Community development key to tech progress, says du Preez

With the growing influence of technology in daily life, the importance of progress does not lie in commercialisation but rather in a community focus, according to Mariska du Preez, South African establisher of Geek Girl Dinners in South Africa and organiser of HackSTB. → Read more
Tue, January 15th, 05:20 · Tefo Mohapi

Q&A: Vinny Lingham on Gyft, the festive season and living in Silicon Valley

South African technology entrepreneur Vinny Lingham is not resting on his laurels despite the success of Yola and it having raised US$25 million from Johan Rupert’s Reinet Investments. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 18:14 · Gabriella Mulligan

Java update insufficient, say experts

The emergency update to Java software issued by creators Oracle Corp on Sunday is insufficient to protect against identity theft and cybercrimes, according to security experts. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 15:18 · Gabriella Mulligan

Pule to appeal e.tv court ruling

The South African Department of Communications (DoC) is to lodge an appeal against a High Court ruling granting e.tv, SABC and free-to-air broadcasters control of digital set-top boxes. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 15:08 · Paul Adepoju

Social media regulation unrealistic in Nigeria – expert

A social media expert has declared unrealistic the proposition that the Nigerian government should regulate access to and the use of social media in Nigeria. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 14:55 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria farmers oppose free mobile phones from the government

Farmers in Nigeria have opposed a government plan to hand out up to 10 million mobile phones to farmers for free, instead lobbying for funds. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 14:42 · Kamau Mbote

Blind student creates iPhone app

J.R. Westmoreland, a senior in computer science at US-based Weber State University, has become the first blind person to create an app from start to finish, in what his lecturers have termed “breaking the visual barrier”. → Read more
Mon, January 14th, 14:15 · Brandon Gregory

Windows 8 launches in the Kinyarwanda language

Microsoft has released its latest version of Windows to include the Rwandan language of Kinyarwanda. → Read more