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Tue, December 18th, 12:21 · Gabriella Mulligan

Morgan Stanley to pay US$5 million settlement over Facebook IPO

Morgan Stanley, the lead underwriter for Facebook’s May initial public offering (IPO), is to pay US$5 million to the Massachusetts securities regulator in settlement of claims of improper conduct in the lead-up to the IPO. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 11:34 · Vincent Matinde

Online fashion house lends support to charity

BeeJooS, an online fashion store that enables users to sample international fashion trends, is devoting some of its proceeds to charity. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 11:17 · Brandon Gregory

Ethio Telecom to roll out LTE in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s monopoly telecommunications provider has claimed the country can expect Long Term Evolution (LTE) by 2015, bringing fast mobile Internet. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 10:53 · Tom Jackson

Instagram changes rules on photograph use

Instagram has claimed the right to sell users’ photographs without notification or payment, in policy changes following Facebook’s acquisition of the photo-sharing site. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 10:32 · Kamau Mbote

Social media’s last minute push for Kenyan voter registration

With hours until the Kenya voter registration deadline, Kenyans have turned to social media to push for more participation in the process after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kenya’s electoral body, signalled that turnout has been “below par overall”. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju

Glo Mobile Ghana introduces Christmas tariff plan

Subscribers to Glo Mobile Ghana are receiving an early Christmas present after the operator launched its new tariff Glo Biiiiig 5, which gives users five times the amount of credit they pay for. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 09:43 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan judiciary slowly embracing technology

As it continues to deal with a backlog of cases blamed on the slow adoption of technology, the Kenyan Judicial System has been looking into ways of improving the transmission and dispensation of justice in fast and cost effective ways. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 09:20 · Tom Jackson

Airtel Rwanda takes price war to BlackBerry services

Airtel Rwanda has launched its Blackberry services, undercutting rivals Tigo and MTN Rwanda in much the same way it has done with its voice and data tariffs. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 08:56 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigerian telcos owe each other US$129 million in interconnection fees

Telecoms operators in Nigeria owe each other over N20 billion (US$129 million), according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), an amount that could jeopardise the gains made in the industry over the past decade. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 08:40 · Richard Cutcher

South African Government describes OUTA’s e-tolling campaign as “vexatious litigation”

A government official has publicly slammed the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance’s (OUTA) attempts to “harass” the administration in court over its controversial plans to introduce e-tolling. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 08:26 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyans to write one million letters to God by mid-January 2013

An initiative aiming to connect Kenyans to God is seeking to mobilise Kenyans, through its portal Writetogod.co.ke, to write over one million letters to God by mid- January 2013. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 07:18 · Paul Adepoju

Vodafone Ghana hopes to attract subscribers with Opera Software partnership

Mobile operator Vodafone Ghana and globally renowned computing company, Opera Software, have launched a tailored version of the popular Opera Mini web browser on mobile. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 06:27 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter and Nielsen to provide “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating”

Microblogging site Twitter and audience measurement systems developer Nielsen Media Research yesterday announced they had entered into an agreement with Twitter to create the “Nielsen Twitter TV Rating”. → Read more
Tue, December 18th, 06:10 · Tefo Mohapi

Q&A: Rodney Akinwunmi Jackson-Cole speaks about TaxiPark

TaxiPark, the first online taxi booking service in Lagos, is looking to make it easier to travel around the congested Nigerian city and hoping to launch in other cities in future. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 15:04 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria targets 20% broadband penetration by 2017, minister blames agencies for low figures

Omobola Johnson, the minister in charge of Nigeria's communications technology ministry, says the government has initiated steps to increase broadband penetration to 20 percent by 2017, blaming the greed of certain government agencies for the current lack of access. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 14:46 · Paul Adepoju

Cameroon gets third telecoms company

A third telecommunications company is to launch in Cameroon after an operating licence was awarded to Viettel Cameroon S.A.R.L, who beat off competition from Bharti Airtel, Maroc Telecom and Korea Telecom. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:57 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom and Airtel ranked worst performers in network quality

Kenya’s telecommunications industry regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has rated Safaricom and Airtel’s mobile networks as the poorest in the country. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:52 · Tom Jackson

Vodacom launches new data bundle promotion

Vodacom has unveiled new discounts on ad-hoc data bundles for contract and top-up customers, less than two weeks after its last bundle promotions came to an end. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:25 · Gabriella Mulligan

Africa entry “tougher than expected” for Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Sunnil Bharti Mittal has admitted that the company’s entry into the African market has been much “tougher” than anticipated, but maintains the decision was a good move. → Read more
Mon, December 17th, 13:05 · Paul Adepoju

NIBSS promotes cashless policy with new payment systems

The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) is introducing two new bill payment systems in an effort to promote the cashless policy of the country’s central bank and reduce the dominance of cash in the nation's financial system. → Read more