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Fri, November 2nd, 11:42 · Kamau Mbote

Uganda’s ICT ministry on the spot over misappropriation of funds

Uganda’s ICT ministry permanent secretary Dr. Jimmy Saamanya has been taken to task over lack of accountability for funds allocated to his department. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 10:35 · Paul Adepoju

Ghana’s Internet leader charts course for escalating Africa’s Web use

Ghana’s Nii Quaynor, a leading African Internet figure and the head of the Africa Strategy Working Group (ASWG), has, alongside other stakeholders in Africa’s Internet community, revealed an initiative aimed at improving the continent’s involvement in the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) multi-stakeholder model. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 10:00 · Tom Jackson

Kenya rolls out ICT departments in rural schools

The Kenyan government has launched an ICT programme in rural schools in an effort to facilitate easy learning of ICTs, enhance competitiveness in the job market and meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on education. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 09:49 · Paul Adepoju

China pledges digital media technology assistance to Cameroon

China is assisting Cameroon by granting the West African nation “latest” digital media technology to improve on newsgathering, programmes production and information management, a visiting delegation from China at a discussion with Prime Minister Philemon Yang revealed. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 09:24 · Tom Jackson

SA partners with HP, BMW to launch Computer Aided Technology Schools Programme

The South African Education Ministry has partnered with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and BMW to provide Computer Aided Technology (CAT) programmes in eight schools, aiming to ensure that participants are encouraged and prepared to take up ICT-related studies in later education. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 09:19 · Paul Adepoju

Alliance organises forum on Nigeria’s communication satellite Bill

All is now set for the one-day forum organised by the ICT Publishers Alliance to create public awareness on the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) bill before the National Assembly. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:54 · Kamau Mbote

Kenya proves might in ICT use in East Africa’s universities survey

Six Kenyan universities have scooped top ten slots in ICT usage in a survey of ICT use in 100 East African institutions of higher learning, a report released yesterday reveals. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:48 · Nanine Steenkamp

First African fact checking site launched, developed by AFP

Africa’s first fact checking website, developed by the Agence France Presse (AFP) Foundation, was revealed on Wednesday, aiming to hold leadership and media accountable for their facts. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:22 · Nanine Steenkamp

New Elikia smartphone launched in Congo

Congo Brazzaville-based company VMK has announced the launch of a new Android-powered smartphone, called the Elikia. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 08:05 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 3-11 November

Africa has become a hot-bed for technology investments, startup events and hackathons are now being held weekly across the continent to find the best innovations. Here’s everything you need to know about upcoming technology events in South Africa and Kenya in a week. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 07:58 · Nanine Steenkamp

Kobo challenges Kindle on SA launch

The Canadian e-reader manufacturer, Kobo is confident it will overtake Kindle in sales on amazon.com by 50 percent within a year after the Kobo Touch was released in the country. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 06:32 · Gythan Munga

Kenyan daily deals website pinning to make sales

Zetu Deals, a Kenyan daily deals website, is one the country's first businesses to have endorsed Pinterest, which uses standard social networking features to share content by pinning images, videos and other objects on its user interface known as Pinboards, for a monthly discount fair. → Read more
Fri, November 2nd, 06:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Microsoft launches Windows 8 Operating System in Jo’burg

Software giant Microsoft last week launched Microsft Windows 8 operating system at an event held at Shine Studios in Johannesburg, South Africa, part of its worldwide series of events marking the unveiling of its new operating system → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 14:06 · Gabriella Mulligan

Virtual tax assistant TaxTim says Demo-Africa positive but could improve

The founders of South African virtual tax assistant TaxTim say that, for all its strengths, last week’s DEMO-Africa event in Nairobi, Kenya lacked the organisation required to make the event more smooth running. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 13:42 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom unveils its South African summer promotion

Vodacom has today launched its South African Summer 2012 promotion, set to provide double value to customers who purchase its range of products including talk time, data, SMS, MMS, Vodacom Millionaires and selected content services. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 13:20 · Gabriella Mulligan

SA census reveals poor Internet penetration

Statistics South Africa released the results of its 2011 census this week, showing there is significant work still to be done in order to meet ICT Vision 2020 targets in terms of Internet penetration and improving majority household comforts. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 13:01 · Nanine Steenkamp

Bytes and FrontRange integrate to provide cloud services in Sub-Saharan Africa

FrontRange Solutions and Bytes System Integration have announced a partnership for the purpose of providing a cloud service platform to sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 12:24 · Kamau Mbote

REVIEW: Exploring E-commerce Kenyan style

Kenyan e-commerce exhibits how social media has opened up opportunities for the youth in the country, and how access to the Internet can uplift the population. The names Soko Kuu and Soko Nyeusi may not resound as much as eBay, but to some 34,200 Facebook users, mostly in Kenya, they are the local equivalent. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 11:52 · Paul Adepoju

Gambian students use mobile phones to control power stations, houses

Two Gambian students have come up with a technology that enables an entire power station to be controlled using a mobile phone. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 11:40 · Elly Okutoyi

Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) deadline extended

Entrepreneurs, innovators and inventors from Africa now have more time to submit their applications for the Innovation Prize Award for Africa (IPA) following the organisers’ decision to extend the application deadline to November 2013. → Read more