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Tue, November 13th, 08:36 · Tefo Mohapi

Google SA partners with 8ta to launch free Internet initiative

Search engine giant Google has, in conjunction with South African telcos 8ta, today announced the Free Zone initiative expected to give people access to mobile Web search and feature-phone-friendly versions of Gmail and Google+ with zero data charges. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 08:02 · Vincent Matinde

Mobile subscriptions in Africa hit the 750 million mark

Africa is one of the fastest growing regions in terms of mobile subscriptions having hit the 750 million mark with 1 billion expected by 2015. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 07:42 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: TaxTim co-founder Evan Robinson

As South African virtual tax advisor TaxTim goes from strength to strength, the creator of the chat platform behind the trending new product and co-founder of TaxTim, Evan Robinson, tells HumanIPO about the technicalities behind creating an easy-to-use and expandable new chat program. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 07:38 · Paul Adepoju

Cancel licenses of errant telecom companies, experts

To tackle the perennial challenge of poor services by telecoms operators in Nigeria, outright revocation of the operating licences of such defaulting operators has been recommended. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 07:07 · Paul Adepoju

6700 laptops up for Ghana’s basic schools

More than 6,700 laptops have been handed over to Ghana's Volta Regional Coordinating Council for distribution to the region's 280 basic schools. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 06:40 · Paul Adepoju

Telecoms companies across Africa set new mobile revenues target

Africa's telecommunication companies have set an annual mobile data revenue target of $18.5 billion by 2016. The amount would be 22 percent of the Africa's total mobile service revenues against 12 percent in 2011, according to a recent industry outlook survey commissioned by Informa Telecoms and Media. → Read more
Tue, November 13th, 06:32 · Elly Okutoyi

Google to boost it venture capital arm with more funds

Google is looking to boost up its venture-capital division with an additional US$ 100 million, to US$300 million, expected to enable it to invest into later-stage startups globally. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 16:09 · Tefo Mohapi

The Curious Case of Nyagaka Anyona Ouko, the Mobile Money Transfer ‘innovator’ – Part I

Since the launch of the Vodafone Mobile Money Transfer Service, popularly known as M-PESA, in Kenya five years ago, Safaricom / Vodafone have faced a wave of allegations claiming the telecoms giant ‘stole’ the idea. One unresolved case has even ended up in the courts. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 15:32 · Gabriella Mulligan

Q&A: Asaf Weisbrot, EMEA Sales Director, F5 Traffix

With Long Term Evolution (LTE) services commercially launched in South Africa in October and mass rollout planned before the end of the year, attention has turned to the potential signalling implications of the switch to LTE. In an exclusive interview with HumanIPO, Asaf Weisbrot of F5 Traffix Systems speaks of the challenges of an LTE switch-on, the precautions that should be taken, and the possible costs of failure for operators. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 14:04 · Nanine Steenkamp

Telkom ADSL speeds up slowly

Telkom’s data speed upgrades to ADSL lines since August have been progressing rather slowly due to lack of customer support. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 14:01 · Tefo Mohapi

INTERVIEW: biNu’s Mark Shoebridge on the next 4 billion users

Feature phones are widely used in the developing world, especially in Africa, to access the Internet leaving the user on the periphery as far as new Web services targeted and developed for smartphones are concerned. An Australian technology startup company believes it has the solution to this. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 13:44 · Kamau Mbote

Opinion: Focus on Kenya – Raila, Uhuru, Ruto dominate Internet

Looking at Internet searches in the last 3 months to the U.S general election, steady dominance by the overall winner Barack Obama compared to few for Mitt Romney pointed to the relevance of searches in indicating political superiority. With this in mind, my focus shifts to Kenya just 3 months before the general elections. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 13:28 · Vincent Matinde

IBM to help Moroccan farmers in boosting ICT skills

Global PC hardware giant IBM is, in partnership with Morocco’s ministry of agriculture, getting ready to assist the country’s farmers to apply ICT skills in their daily activities. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 13:20 · Nanine Steenkamp

Zambia advised to introduce guidelines for ICT use in schools

Zambia’s education minister John Phiri is urging for the integration of ICT guidelines in the country’s education system to ensure beneficial but moral use of Internets in schools countrywide. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 13:00 · Elly Okutoyi

App to help bust cheating spouses

A startup in West Africa has created an app dubbed Qoqoriqo, that enables people in relationships to confirm whether their partners are cheating on them, by simply using their spouse’s email addresses or phone numbers. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 12:31 · Nanine Steenkamp

South African government pledges involvement in broadband networking

The South African government has announced intended participation in broadband networking to promote more Internet penetration in the country. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 12:09 · Kamau Mbote

Is Safaricom finally winning the price war?

Intergrated telecommunications giant Safaricom posted a 113 percent growth in its pre-tax profit largely attributed to the company’s upward revision on its calling charges. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 11:48 · Nanine Steenkamp

AfricaCom 2012 conference starts this week in Cape Town

AfricaCom is this week hosting the “Reaching the Net Frontier for Growth” conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 10:07 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Vodacom reports positive results for half-year, active customers up to 50.1 million

South African telco Vodacom has reported that its international operations have delivered “very strong operational performance”, with revenue from international operations increasing by 36.5 percent for the half-year financial period ending September 30 2012. → Read more
Mon, November 12th, 09:46 · Tefo Mohapi

Card details leaked as security breach reported at firm behind online transactions in South Africa

Private credit card and banking details have been leaked as a result of a security breach at a company which processes online transactions, the Payments Association of SA (Pasa) said on Friday. → Read more