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Wed, December 12th, 12:30 · HumanIPO

Businesses increasing usage of encryption to secure their data

Companies are increasingly turning to encryption to protect their information from intruders, according to a B2B International survey. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 12:13 · Elly Okutoyi

US$15,000 grant for Ghana’s parliamentary monitoring site

Ghana’s parliamentary monitoring site, Odekro, has been awarded a US$15,000 grant by the Indigo Trust, a UK-based foundation, just two weeks after its launch. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 11:33 · HumanIPO

Vodacom brings LTE to Cape Town

Vodacom’s Long Term Evolution (LTE) roll out has reached Cape Town two months after the mobile giant began launching its commercial services in South Africa. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 11:16 · Elly Okutoyi

BBM 7 allows users to make free calls around the world

Research In Motion (RIM) has launched its new BlackBerry Messenger version 7, which will allow customers to make free voice calls to their BBM contacts around the world over a Wi-Fi connection. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 10:40 · Tefo Mohapi

2012’s top Google searches in South Africa revealed

Free classifieds site OLX, deceased pop diva Whitney Houston and Hurricane Sandy were the top three search trends in South Africa for 2012 according to the Google Zeitgeist. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 10:10 · Vincent Matinde

Princeton Telecom to launch a mobile business application in West Africa

Communication innovator Princeton Telecom is set to commercially launch MobileCockpit, a business solution tailored for smartphones for business people. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 09:51 · Tom Jackson

Q&A: Nic Haralambous, Motribe co-founder

Nic Haralambous, co-founder of Motribe and now CEO of NicSocks, talks to HumanIPO about the development of Motribe, its partnership with and eventual acquisition by Mxit and his own plans for the future having left the company. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 09:36 · Brandon Gregory

Mango offers free Wi-Fi on its Christmas flights

Budget South African airline Mango will offer free Wi-Fi to its customers flying between Johannesburg and Durban this festive season. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 09:14 · Richard Cutcher

“We sold sponsors a dream”, says founder of HealthQ Technologies

The creator of the world’s first open source metabolic chamber says the groundbreaking technology housed in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, could change the “digital health landscape completely”. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 08:37 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN Nigeria supports bank-led mobile money model

MTN Nigeria has declared its support for the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) move to allow financial institutions in the country to carry out mobile money services, making transfers more seamless. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 08:05 · Vincent Matinde

AfDB to finance science and technology education in Uganda with US$103m

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledged to fund science and technology in the Ugandan higher education system to the tune of US$103 million, boosting the country’s development plan. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 07:43 · Gabriella Mulligan

OPINION: Facebook should heed site governance vote result

Facebook’s most recent “Site Governance Vote” has – dependent on your point of view – either proven a sham or a complete success, as only particularly interested users would have known about the poll in the first place. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 07:09 · Brandon Gregory

South African software company making big impact State-side

Cape Town managed software company Personera is now part of Facebook’s elite Preferred Marketing Developer Program and building a strong customer base in the United States. → Read more
Wed, December 12th, 04:41 · Kamau Mbote

Technology sending back designers and architects to school

Structural and interior designing are among the oldest industries in existence that have withstood time to remain relevant to date. However, designers are finally meeting their match: technology. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 15:16 · Tefo Mohapi

41 employees confirmed to be retrenched, Mxit says it’s channeling funds into “key growth areas”

Mxit, the “largest social network in South Africa”, says it plans for aggressive growth in 2013 with the implementation of an extremely focused technology and business plan. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 15:10 · Richard Cutcher

Dina Pule calls on South African ICT industry to contribute to policy making

The South African government has signed up 22 industry experts to advise Dina Pule, the Minister of Communications, on future ICT policy. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 14:54 · Paul Adepoju

Nigerian Communications Minister launches Technology Innovation Programme committee

The Nigerian Communication Technology Minister, Omobola Johnson, has launched a steering committee to be in charge of the Ministry’s Technology Innovation Programme (TIP), which will train young software developers. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 14:34 · Tefo Mohapi

More than two million South Africans use LinkedIn

LinkedIn, the world’s largest professional network with more than 187 million members, has announced more than two million South Africans have signed up. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 14:17 · Tom Jackson

Wanted man McAfee wants to return to US

Antivirus software tycoon John McAfee, currently in a Guatemalan detention centre as he flees Belizean police, has spoken of his desire to return to the United States in an Internet broadcast. → Read more
Tue, December 11th, 14:15 · Elly Okutoyi

TSC embraces SMS technology to serve 240,000+ teachers in Kenya

Kenyan teachers’ staffing authority the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has launched a new SMS service to enable teachers across the country to access employer services remotely. → Read more