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Thu, November 1st, 11:16 · Nanine Steenkamp

SA to host Africa’s first Legal IT conference

Legal IT Africa 2012 will equip pioneering minds from both legal and commercial technology industries on 27- 28 November in Sandton, Johannesburg. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 09:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Is M-Pesa really Kenyan or British?

Hailed as the “Kenyan technology success story”, many have claimed M-Pesa to be testimony to the greatness of the East African country’s technology scene, producing world-class technology companies that rival those in South Africa. But, is the acclaimed mobile money service really Kenyan at all? → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 09:16 · Tefo Mohapi

DSTV’s Mobile TV App now available for Windows Phone 7.5

Software giant Microsoft and Multichoice, the South Africa-based satellite television services provider, yesterday announced that the Drifta viewer app for Windows Phone is now available for Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 mobile phones. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 09:10 · Paul Adepoju

Airtel wants national infrastructure priority for telecoms facilities in Nigeria

Nigeria’s government should declare telecommunications equipment in the nation as critical national infrastructure under the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) arrangement that confers priority and protected status to telecom facilities, according to Airtel Nigeria. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 08:25 · Nanine Steenkamp

Samsung empowers SA school with solar classroom

South African school Phomolong Secondary has recently been upgraded with a solar powered internet classroom courtesy of Samsung, empowering students to be educated in technology even in areas of poor electricity supply. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 07:18 · Gabriella Mulligan

Google launches its own ‘Siri’ PA on iOS

As Apple fires the man responsible for Siri, Google has stepped up the competition by launching its own version of the personal assistant app for iOS on Tuesday. → Read more
Thu, November 1st, 07:10 · Gabriella Mulligan

Vodacom claims progress in rural connectivity

Vodacom has announced that its pilot of satellite connectivity solutions aimed at providing coverage for rural users is returning positive results, as it looks to improve connectivity for businessmen and farmers. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 14:23 · Tom Jackson

Bank of Africa deploys Clear2Pay mobile banking solution

The Bank of Africa is to provide customers in thirteen countries with further mobile financial services after inking an agreement to use of Mobile Internet Banking (MIB) solution provided by e-banking firm Clear2Pay. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 14:02 · Tom Jackson

Uganda reveals e-government plan with South Korean assistance

The National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has completed an e-government master plan, designed in tandem with South Korea’s National IT Promotional Agency (NIPA) as part of a pact between the two countries. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 13:28 · Elly Okutoyi

Nokia partners with Kenya’s government to encourage creation of social apps

Finnish mobile phone-maker Nokia has partnered with the Government of Kenya through the Kenya ICT Board to work towards ensuring tech startups specialising in agricultural, health and educational apps benefit from technical and monetary support. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 12:59 · Robin Okuthe

Ugandan TV station withdraws digital migration case against industry regulator

The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC), a nationalised TV station in Uganda, has withdrawn a case filed against the country’s communications industry regulator the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) for violating a digital migration contract. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 12:22 · Tom Jackson

Cyber cities central to African “renaissance”

The Director of the Ghana Cyber City project has said that such cities will take on great importance within the Africa tech scene, given that the continent is “undergoing an unprecedented renaissance.” → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 12:18 · Elly Okutoyi

Sasa Africa, selling African heritage to the world online

Sasa Africa, one of DEMO Africa’s 2012 top five startups, has launched an e-commerce platform to connect offline artisans to buyers online using feature phones. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 11:54 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria gets first paid to click website

Nigeria-based ICT firm Hexanet Solutions has launched the first pay-per-click (PPC) website in Nigeria named Skorty.com that rewards users for clicking and viewing adverts placed on the site. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 09:52 · HumanIPO

The HumanIPO Debate: Does Kenya need Konza Tech City?

In the second installment of the HumanIPO debate series, where reporters and guest writers debate important issues within the African tech sector and invite readers to join in the discussion on Twitter and Facebook, we discuss the positives and negatives of the multi-billion shilling Konza Tech City project. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 09:26 · Paul Adepoju

Increased Wi-Fi access will ease Nigeria’s network congestion, CISCO says

A group of professionals from Cisco Systems, world leader in networking solutions, is advocating for increased Wi-Fi access in Nigeria, claiming it can improve Internet user-experience in the country as it is capable of ensuring traffic decongestion known to result from increased mobile data traffic on the Internet service providers (ISPs). → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 08:47 · Elly Okutoyi

No more fake documents, Kenyan startup guarantees

mVerified, a new mobile- and Web-based verification app, is set to ensure counterfeit documents such as car log books, title deeds and graduation certificates do not find a place in the Kenyan market, the founders of the application say. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 07:58 · Paul Adepoju

Experts call for inter-institutional synergy for Nigeria’s software policy implementation

The Nigerian government should create a platform where stakeholders in the nation’s software subsector can interact and become owners, according to Dr. Umar Bindir, the director general of National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion (NOTAP), a government agency that endorses tech advances in the country. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 07:54 · Paul Adepoju

Solar firm in Nigeria woos Swiss manufacturer of UPS to invest in energy sector

Solar energy solutions firm Powercell Limited has announced a partnership with Newave Energy, a Swiss manufacturer of uninterrupted power supply (UPS) gadgets, to bring massive investments into Nigeria’s budding renewable energy sub-sector. → Read more
Wed, October 31st, 07:32 · Tom Jackson

Dimension Data takes cloud services to Namibia

Dimension Data yesterday launched its cloud services in Namibia, expanding into yet another southern African nation hot on the heels of launching similar services in Botswana last week. → Read more