Tue, June 3rd, 13:00 · Paul Adepoju
Orange Mali has been fined US$14.23 million for illegally using mobile bandwidth for a fixed-line service, according to Choguel Maiga, managing director of the country’s regulatory body AMRTP. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Online food ordering service hellofood has announced its app will be preinstalled on Tigo smartphones as part of a new partnership with the communications provider. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 12:00 · Tom Jackson
Cape Town startup Weaverlution is set to launch an online marketplace allowing those setting up community projects to source and market their needs, and plans to gain revenue by charging corporates subscription fees. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 11:30 · Chris Udemans
The hybridity of the South African market allows entrepreneurs to test products for both the mature and developing markets, according to Anthony Stonefield, managing director (MD) for Africa at Gramercy Venture Advisors. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 11:00 · Chris Udemans
Low internet penetration, lack of digital literacy and poor local content development are hampering the growth of ICT in Rwanda, according to the country’s minister of youth and ICT, Jean-Philbert Nsengimana. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 10:00 · Tom Jackson
Spotify and Vodacom are discussing a partnership which would see the music streaming service launch in Africa for the first time, according to a Bloomberg report. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju
Esoko Networks Limited, a technology platform that allows farmers in Africa to carry out transactions, has secured a total of US$1.5 million from Acumen and the Lundin Foundation as aggregate equity and debt investment. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 09:00 · Paul Adepoju
The eLearning Africa Report 2014 has confirmed African e-learning professionals are confident about the future. → Read more
Tue, June 3rd, 08:00 · Chris Udemans
South Africa’s Constitutional Court has dismissed an application for an appeal by opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA), which hoped to overrule a decision by the Western Cape High Court declaring the Transport and Related Matters Amendment Bill constitutional and valid. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 18:00 · Chris Udemans
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) has responded to a Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling its e-tolling adverts mislead the public, saying this was not the intention. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 17:00 · Chris Udemans
Arthur Goldstuck, managing director (MD) of business technology market research firm World Wide Worx, has said data released by venture capital (VC) firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) relating to South African internet and smartphone penetration is questionable. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 16:30 · Tom Jackson
Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta used his Madaraka Day speech yesterday to pledge technological resources towards improving the country’s security. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju
Increased broadband penetration is critical for business development and competitiveness in today’s world, according to Dr Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which is why the government is putting such effort into increasing access. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 15:30 · Tom Jackson
South African bank Absa’s online services went down for almost three hours today, prompting customers to take to social media to complain about recurrent problems. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 15:00 · Paul Adepoju
Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) has launched SME MarketHub, an e-commerce portal for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, which seeks to enable entrepreneurs to bring their businesses online and take advantage of the vast sales opportunities within the space. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 14:30 · Tom Jackson
South Africa’s MTN has acquired a controlling 50 per cent plus one share stake in internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost, subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Telecommunications services can have a “multiplier effect” on South Africa’s development as the country looks to tackle unemployment, poverty and inequality, according to new minister of telecommunications and postal services Dr Siyabonga Cwele. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 13:30 · Paul Adepoju
The Nigerian Court of Appeal in Abuja has freed Edwin Moore Momife, former chief executive officer (CEO) of M-Tel, and three others accused of receiving bribes from Siemens Limited. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 13:00 · Chris Udemans
Prices of South African internet and telecommunications services are well above the global average, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF). → Read more
Mon, June 2nd, 12:30 · Paul Adepoju
Microsoft’s Current Issues in Technology Conference takes place this week in Lagos, set to be attended by business leaders, key influencers and policymakers to discuss and develop solutions for issues holding back Nigeria’s ICT. → Read more
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