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Sat, October 20th, 04:59 · Elly Okutoyi

MTN software to save Nigerian banks 70% of operational costs

MTN has introduced new software for Nigeria’s up-and-coming banks, hoping it could save the micro-finance institutions up to 70 percent of operational costs. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 14:03 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom’s Blackberry Internet Service headaches

Vodacom is the largest BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS) mobile operator in the world and this seems to be taking a toll, with the company saying it needs to look at alternatives to protect itself against increased data use on smart devices. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 13:50 · HumanIPO

Nokia launches mobile service centre in Kenya

Nokia has launched a mobile after sales service dubbed Care on Wheels (CoW) in Kenya aimed at ensuring the Finnish phone-maker’s customers across the country access after sale services conveniently. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 13:01 · Tom Jackson

Kenya’s Yu doubles market share in third quarter

Telecom operator Yu Mobile has doubled its market share in the first quarter to 9.1 percent, with the company saying its efforts at increasing its subscription base with new offerings had paid off handsomely. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 12:59 · Vincent Matinde

Interactive multimedia guide of Cape Town launched

Tourism Radio, a South African audio tours firm, has launched a comprehensive Walking Tour of Central Cape, a multimedia guide for tourists, in partnership with Cape Town Tourism. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 12:44 · HumanIPO

Interview with Shivani Garg Patel, Samahope’s program manager

Samahope, an organisation focused on sourcing for donations for the needy to meet life-saving surgery expenses, is set to launch its new site to scale up its donations and expand its impact in Africa and globally. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 12:19 · Tom Jackson

Namibia’s MPs to use tablets in Parliament

Namibia’s parliamentarians will shortly be using tablets rather than paper to conduct their business in the National Assembly as the country looks to implement an e-government programme. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 09:41 · Tom Jackson

UN agencies launch m-Health initiative to tackle non-communicable illnesses

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), both agencies of the United Nations (UN), have teamed up to launch a new ‘m-Health’ programme that will use mobile messaging and applications to fight non-communicable illnesses such as diabetes and cancer. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 09:36 · Vincent Matinde

Nomanini, the enterprising mobile terminal for prepaid vouchers

Nomanini, a South Africa-based startup, has made it easier for customers to purchase airtime, electricity vouchers and insurance through their mobile prepaid terminal. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 09:00 · Tom Jackson

Smartphones hit one billion, Africa new growth market

A report last week claimed that more than one billion smartphones are now in use around the world, with Africa identified by experts as the next big area of smartphone penetration growth. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 08:59 · Tefo Mohapi

Dark Fibre Africa announces affordable shaped fibre offering

Local open-access dark fibre infrastructure provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) has introduced an affordable shaped fibre offering, hoping it will “transform the way people do business in future.” → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 08:41 · Vincent Matinde

Vodacom AppStar challenge now goes global

Vodacom claims that its AppStar challenge will upgrade to an international contest after the inclusion of Kenya, Tanzania, Qatar, Egypt and Lesotho. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 08:36 · Elly Okutoyi

Mxit declares that archrival WhatsApp is no threat

Leading African instant messaging platform Mxit has said that competitor WhatsApp is not a threat to its operations as they operate in different niches. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 08:18 · HumanIPO

Huawei faces charges of funding political parties in Ghana

The Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), a governance monitoring agency in Ghana, has warned Chinese telecoms firm and electronics vendor Huawei Technologies Ghana Limited to keep out of the country’s politics or be kicked out of the country. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 08:08 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Success or failure, it’s a question of funding

Joel Macharia is a Kenyan entrepreneur and Editor in Chief and CEO at Pesatalk.com. He is an avid reader and lover of all things finance and a self declared Kindle advocate. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 07:44 · Gythan Munga

Are social media and eating disorders linked?

The past decade has seen a saturation of studies world-wide considering the link between eating disorders and social media. As social networking sites advance across Africa, the topic takes on new relevance: does social media cause eating disorders? → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 07:29 · HumanIPO

African accelerator fund 88mph launches in Cape Town

African investment fund and business accelerator on Wednesday launched its partnership with Google for Entrepreneurs in Cape Town in a move to further encourage Africa’s entrepreneurial culture. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 06:30 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s industry regulators and ICT firms partner on capacity development

A number of ICT stakeholders in Nigeria have partnered with the ICT Publishers Alliance to facilitate capacity building in the utilisation of the latest ICT tools in the processing and management of news among West African journalists. → Read more
Fri, October 19th, 06:15 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria’s ICT stakeholders decry government’s reluctance to outlaw cybercrimes

The inability of the Nigerian government to enact a law outlawing the increasing number of cybercrimes in the country has become a growing concern for stakeholders in the Nigerian communications industry, says David Isiavwe, a member of the Nigerian Cybercrime Working Group (NCWG). → Read more
Thu, October 18th, 15:02 · Tefo Mohapi

BREAKING: Alan Knott-Craig Jnr steps down as Mxit CEO

In an unexpected and surprising move, Alan Knott-Craig Jnr has stepped down as CEO of Mxit, citing shareholder differences. → Read more