African Technology News, Startups, Mobile and Social Media

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Wed, November 14th, 06:02 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s Ahmadu Bello University says it is set to offer online PhD programme

A first generation Nigerian university Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) will start offering online doctorate programmes in 2013, the institution’s vice chancellor Prof. Abdullahi Mustapha has said. → Read more
Wed, November 14th, 05:47 · Paul Adepoju

MTN Cameroon celebrates 12th year anniversary, inaugurates 1000th network pillar

Cameroon’s major telecommunications company MTN has inaugurated the company’s 1000th pillar in the country. The inauguration marks the telecoms company’s 12 years of operating in the country. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 16:16 · Richard Cutcher

‘Techies and social activists’ need to work together

To make real social change in Africa, technology developers and entrepreneurs need to start thinking about the “bottom billion”, according to a British investment executive. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 16:00 · Nanine Steenkamp

Developed understanding makes Mobile Money grow in Africa

Overcoming obstacles in the promotion of mobile money in Africa will be done by bridging misunderstandings, claims Khaled Mikkawi, Chief Executive Officer of MTN Rwanda. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 14:27 · Richard Cutcher

Mobile broadband set to remain revenue priority for next five years

More than 80 percent of African telecoms companies have backed mobile broadband to be their biggest money-maker for the next five years. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 13:08 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s Bauchi state to spend US$1.9M on digitalization of media houses

Media houses across Nigeria are upping their ante to ensure they meet the digitalization standard set by the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), the industry’s regulatory body, requiring new and old media houses to digitalize their services with special emphasis on the signals they transmit. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 13:01 · Paul Adepoju

StarTimes records 100% increase in subscription, commits to TV digitalization in Nigeria

Chinese TV company StarTimes is expanding its coverage across Nigeria, as part of its plan to achieve its goal of becoming a global leader in digital television services. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 12:59 · Vincent Matinde

Date set for official launch of BlackBerry 10

Canada-based smartphone manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) has settled on January 30, 2013 as the date it will simultaneously launch the new version of its BlackBerry 10 globally. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 12:54 · Elly Okutoyi

Dropifi named Global Startup Open 2012 winner

West Africa’s Dropifi has been named world’s best technology startup company, after garnering the grand prize in the 2012 Startup Open beating over 50 best and brightest new startups from 56 countries. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 12:50 · Kamau Mbote

Antivirus innovator being sought for murder

The founder of McAfee antivirus John McAfee, 67, is a wanted man in Belize for the murder of an American expatriate on Saturday night. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 12:43 · Tefo Mohapi

HP’s PowerCARD software, a cost-effective alternative card payment system

HP, one of the world’s largest IT companies, recently announced that banks, retailers and telecom operators can now boost the cost-effectiveness of their card operations with the HP PowerCARD payment management software. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 12:20 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan mobile users more interested in Androids than iPhones

Smartphone users in Kenya are seemingly less attracted to Apple’s iPhones, survey of Internet search trends reveals. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 11:54 · Paul Adepoju

Nearly US$3.2M set aside to kickstart software economy in Nigeria

The sum of N500 million (approx $US3.2 million) has been set aside by the federal government of Nigeria as part of the $15 million Technology Venture Capital Fund required to set up a Nigerian software economy through software incubation centers in Nigeria, the minister for communications technology Omobola Johnson has said. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 11:51 · Nanine Steenkamp

Africa can lead America, says Alan Knott-Craig Jnr.

Africa has the potential to become a mobile leader, according Alan Knott-Craig Jnr. who spoke at Mobile Monday (MoMo) in Cape Town. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 10:25 · Nanine Steenkamp

Google fined for gang-linked images

Google has been ordered to pay damages of US$208,000 after an Australian man sued the company for defamation, accusing the Internet giant of making him look like a criminal in published pictures. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 09:31 · Tom Jackson

Liquid Telecom takes fibre to DRC

Network operator Liquid Telecom has announced it has extended its fibre network to the city of Lumumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), reducing the country’s dependence on satellite and increasing capacity and availability. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 09:13 · Vincent Matinde

Commercial Bank of Africa honored for its payment solutions

Total System Services (TSYS), the largest processor of merchant acquirers and bank credit card issuers, has recognized the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) for its dedicated use of payment solutions. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 09:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigerian telcos banned from promotions, lotteries

Nigeria’s communications regulator Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has banned MTN Nigeria and six other telcos from engaging in any promotions or lotteries citing complains received from subscribers. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 08:51 · Tom Jackson

Indian government sites brought down by Algerian hackers

Algerian hackers recently hacked several key Indian government websites, with one website down for over nine hours. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 08:37 · Kamau Mbote

AccessKenya to invest 120 million shillings to enhance corporate connectivity

AccessKenya, a leading Internet services provider (ISP) in Kenya, has said it will in 2013 inject KSh120 million ($1.17 million) into fiber-optic infrastructure expansion across the country, as it targets more corporate and high-end customers with fixed Internet connections. → Read more