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Fri, November 9th, 11:08 · Vincent Matinde

There is space for Kenyan talents at Konza, ICT Board says

Kenyan talents will benefit from the Konza Tech city, says Kenya ICT Board’s chief executive adding that he is positive foreign companies will hire local talents. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 10:52 · Tefo Mohapi

Illiterate Ethiopian children manage to hack Android

In an interesting statement, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) founder Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the illiterate Ethiopian children they had given the locked down Motorola Xoom tablets earlier this year have within five months not only started teaching themselves English, but managed to bypass the security on the tablet’s operating system to customize settings and to activate disabled hardware such as the camera. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 10:36 · Paul Adepoju

Nazara to distribute EA mobile games in Nigeria, Ghana

To bring its array of globally renowned latest games to users in Nigeria, Ghana and the rest of Africa, international mobile games developing and publishing company Electronic Arts Incorporated has appointed Nazara Technologies as its core African vendor. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 10:21 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s GustPay launches Event Intelligence product for cashless payments at events

South Africa-based mobile payments startup GustPay recently held its second cashless event dubbed the “Grim Furdango 2.0”, in partnership with RAMfest and Boom.fm to refine its Event Intelligence product. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 10:06 · Kamau Mbote

Constable to be charged for instigating officers’ go slow via social media

A police officer in Kenya accused of using the social media to incite the law enforcement to a go-slow is due to be arraigned in court Friday morning. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 09:26 · Paul Adepoju

Airtel touches lives in Ghana through CSR

To transforming lives across the Ghana, Airtel has, through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative dubbed “Touching Lives”, awarded gifts to Rebecca Kwapong and Emmanuel Martey, both residents from Asesewa in the Manyo Krobo District of the Eastern Region. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 09:11 · Tefo Mohapi

Mission critical IT environments to gain from HP’s integrated portfolio

HP recently strengthened its mission-critical Converged Infrastructure portfolio with innovative and enhanced HP Integrity systems, HP-UX software and services to triple performance, boost resiliency and deliver investment protection for critical workloads in critical IT environments. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 08:37 · Tefo Mohapi

MasterCard announces high-tech card with screen and keyboard

Global payments solutions leader MasterCard Worldwide, has, in partnership with Singapore’s Standard Chartered Bank, announced next generation interactive card, also known as a security token card, that uses its Display Card technology. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:56 · Vincent Matinde

Ballard and Anglo American Platinum partner to light up rural Africa

Africa’s rural areas are to benefit from a partnership that will see Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum, both world leaders in energy solutions, develop fuel cell home generator for the African market. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:42 · Kamau Mbote

Majority of CEO’s lacking necessary ICT expertise for investment

Majority of chief executive officers especially in the developing countries lack the necessary background to make informed decisions, experts from Google said yesterday. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:20 · Paul Adepoju

Ghanaian locals save Vodafone millions worth of losses

To check cable theft in Ghana, reportedly affecting to the quality of telecommunications services, locals have initiated actions against vandalism of copper and fiber-optic cables. One of such is the recent tip off of the police by three residents of the Greater Accra Region, who on different occasions noted suspicious activities in the middle of the night. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 07:06 · Paul Adepoju

Gambia’s national telecoms reports increased revenue, expansion, upgrade

Gambia’s integrated telecommunications operator Gambia Telecommunications Company (Gamtel) has announced an increase in generated revenue. According to a report presented by the company, the company realized D1. 450 billion in revenue in 2011, an increase from D1.395 billion it generated in 2010. → Read more
Fri, November 9th, 06:44 · Vincent Matinde

MTN SA announces New Contemporaries Award 2012 finalists

MTN Foundation in South Africa has named four collaborative finalists for this year’s the New Contemporary Award. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 13:13 · Robin Okuthe

President Mugabe praised for track record in lifting ICT sector

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe continues to earn extensive praise for providing computers to schools countrywide, especially in remote districts. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 13:00 · Robin Okuthe

E-tag activation for South African toll roads

South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has announced the implementation of the e-tag system, originally used in Gauteng, at toll plazas nationwide. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 12:28 · Nanine Steenkamp

Gabon closes down Megaupload site me.ga

The Gabonese government is closing down the Megaupload filesharing site Me.ga, following charges of piracy against German Internet Tycoon Kim Dotcom. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 12:19 · Gythan Munga

Legal and regulatory challenges stagnating m-commerce growth

M-commerce, also mobile commerce, is hailed for fast-tracking next-generation mobile financial services as well as defining new ways to transact business. Despite the positives, experts in the legal field of M- and E-commerce observe that legal and regulatory challenges might be causing a jurisdictional headache to organizations and innovators. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 12:12 · Gythan Munga

Kenya’s music buying service ‘Mdundo’ featured on BBC’s Click

Kenya’s new scratch card buying service dubbed Mdundo was featured on Click, BBC's flagship TV show, for introducing innovative means of selling music downloads in Africa. → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 12:02 · Kamau Mbote

Drop in talk time sends Kenya’s telecom sector to drawing board

Kenya’s mobile telephony voice traffic reduced in the period between April and June 2012 by 6.9 percent to record 6.3 billion minutes, as compared to 6.8 billion minutes in the previous quarter, according to the fourth quarter telecommunications report by the industry regulator Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK). → Read more
Thu, November 8th, 11:47 · Vincent Matinde

Digital photo retailer, Fotolia sets foot in South Africa

Fotolia, one of the biggest stock photo website, becomes the first of its kind in South Africa to set up local pricing in local currency. → Read more