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Thu, January 3rd, 16:49 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s communications minister predicts mobile money boom

Nigeria’s Minister for Communications Technology, Omobola Johnson, has announced that by 2015 the value of mobile money transactions in Nigeria will have jumped to almost US$1 billion. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 16:35 · Tefo Mohapi

Microsoft acquires home and entertainment technology startup

Microsoft have acquired home and entertainment technology startup id8 Group R2 Studios Inc in a bid to strengthen and grow its portfolio of home and entertainment based solutions. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 16:27 · Brandon Gregory

SA Communications Minister Dina Pule scores badly on Cabinet Report Cards

South Africa’s Communications Minister Dina Pule scores an E on the respected Mail & Guardian Cabinet Report Cards, which is not considered good enough for her to retain her position. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 16:27 · Gabriella Mulligan

No LTE services yet for SA iPhone5 users

iPhone 5 users in South Africa will not be able to access Long-Term Evolution (LTE) services via their mobile devices until Apple has completed network vetting procedures of local operators. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 15:08 · Kamau Mbote

Megaupload says US government double-crossed it to obtain warrants

Lawyers representing Megaupload, known for its file hosting service megaupload.com, have told a US court that the company had failed to remove copies of infringing files after detectives warned that doing so could compromise the ongoing investigation. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 14:15 · HumanIPO

US Silicon Valley mentorship opens for African women

African females with a university degree and two years professional experience in the science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) fields are eligible for a five week mentorship at the world renowned Silicon Valley, San Francisco. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 14:13 · Brandon Gregory

LG starts taking orders for OLED TV’s

In an attempt to beat their rivals, LG Electronics has begun taking orders for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) televisions, though African consumers will have to wait. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 13:53 · Tefo Mohapi

Gartner sees global IT spending rising in 2013

Gartner, the global technology research, analyst and advisory company, forecasts worldwide IT spending to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, a 4.2 percent increase from 2012 spending of $3.6 trillion. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 13:22 · Tom Jackson

Nokia Siemens merges Middle East and Africa operations

Nokia Siemens Networks is merging its Middle East and Africa (MEA) businesses into a single organisation covering the whole region, in a bid to strengthen the quality of mobile broadband focus for operators. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 13:16 · Tefo Mohapi

New Vox Telecom CEO announced

Jacques du Toit has been confirmed the new Chief Executive at South Africa’s Vox Telecom effective from 01 January 2013, replacing a joint CEO partnership. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 13:00 · HumanIPO

Facebook to update timeline, advertising revenue shift

Facebook is currently testing the replacement for the timeline user profile page in the hope of a better public response. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 12:55 · Elly Okutoyi

“First ever” African-designed smartphone launched in Congo

Technology firm VMK have launched what it claims is the first ever smartphone fully designed and engineered in Africa into the Congolese market. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 11:11 · Gythan Munga

Kenya’s top bookseller goes online

Leading and diversified Kenyan bookseller Text Book Center (TCB) has unveiled an online portal to boost its sales ahead of the reopening of schools countrywide. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 10:52 · Paul Adepoju

Survey shows less than five percent of Nigerians have access to PC

Nigeria, Africa’s most populated nation, has a personal computer penetration rate of just 4.5 percent, despite having more than 101 million subscribers connected to the various telecommunications networks in Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 10:45 · Tefo Mohapi

2012 SA Blog Awards winners announced

New Year’s Eve saw the announcement of the winners of the “2012 SA Blog Awards” after a public voting phase and decision by judges on categories which included “The Best Science and Technology Blog”. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 10:30 · HumanIPO

New Year resolution to reality: An app fills the gap

As the festive cheer fades and reality has to be faced again, you have the opportunity to start a clean, new page. And there are handy apps to help you achieve your New Year’s goals, whatever they may be. Picking out the most common New Year’s resolutions, HumanIPO debates the likeliness of success in the search for victory over vice. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 10:20 · Kamau Mbote

Microsoft accuses Google of hindering Windows Phone

Microsoft has lashed out at Google, accusing it of providing the Windows Phone with second-class services compared to competitors Android and Apple. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 09:42 · Elly Okutoyi

CCK threatens unregistered SIM cardholders with hefty fines

Kenya’s communications industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has threatened mobile phone users with hefty fines or jail terms of up to three years if they fail register their SIM cards by tomorrow. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 09:34 · Tefo Mohapi

Meraki acquisition completed by Cisco

Cisco has finally concluded and announced the acquisition of Meraki, a cloud networking company that offers midmarket customers easy-to-deploy on-premise networking solutions that can be centrally managed from the cloud. → Read more
Thu, January 3rd, 09:26 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian telecoms operators assure users of improved service quality in 2013

Nigerian telecoms subscribers have been assured by the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) of an improvement in the quality of services being offered by the various network service providers operating in Nigeria in 2013. → Read more