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Fri, September 28th, 12:25 · Vincent Matinde

Orange launches a $9M e-book distribution platform project

Kenya’s ePublishing sector has received a boost with Orange’s announcement that it is to launch of $9 million e-book distribution channel, making it easy for readers to purchase books and read them on different screens. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 12:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Jonas Bogoshi steps down as Gijima CEO, company reports decline in revenue

Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed IT firm Gijima has announced that its Chief Executive Officer Jonas Bogoshi has tendered his resignation, coinciding with the company reporting on Wednesday that they had a decline in revenue for the financial year ending June 30. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 11:35 · Tom Jackson

OPINION: Ugandan government blind to cost of losing tech race

Never has a government’s total blindness to the opportunities offered by a vibrant tech sector been so perfectly demonstrated as in Uganda on Monday, when only five of 74 government ministers bothered to turn up on time for an Information Communication Technology sensitisation and training workshop hosted by the Prime Minister. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 10:20 · Tefo Mohapi

SA Revenue Service’s mobile app available on iOS and Android

The South African Revenue Service has rolled out its mobile app to Android and iOS mobile operating systems as it seeks to make it easier for citizens to communicate with them and submit tax returns. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 09:51 · Tefo Mohapi

CIOs make vendor decisions based on reputation and quality, report says

A report conducted amongst European CIOs indicates that they make their purchasing and IT vendor choice decisions mainly based on reputation and quality of product and service. Although conducted in Europe, the same seems to apply to African CIOs, as can be witnessed by the amount of “reputable” international IT vendor solutions they deploy in their organisations. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 09:48 · Paul Adepoju

MTN Ghana CEO arrest ordered

A Ghanaian court yesterday ordered the immediate arrest of the CEO and two other officials from the country’s largest mobile telecommunications company, MTN Ghana, due to their failure to appear before court for the third time. → Read more
Fri, September 28th, 06:22 · HumanIPO

Guest Post: Why cloud technology is the way forward for Africa

Kageni Wilson (@the_kageni_mind) is an African technologist, innovator & entrepreneur. He is the Founder & CEO of ionacloud inc., a Personal Cloud Service provider that amalgamates cloud-based content and services from around the world. In an exclusive guest post for HumanIPO, Kageni details the reasons why he believes cloud technology is the way forward for Africa. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:35 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Mr Price using Oracle Web Commerce Solution to offer customers consistent experience

South African fashion retailer Mr Price has implemented Oracle’s ATG Web Commerce solution as the platform for its new cross-channel commerce offering, which went live early this year. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:25 · HumanIPO

CCK defies President, set to lower mobile termination rates

Kenya’s telecom regulator the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has defied the President’s orders against cutting Mobile Termination Rates (MTR), highlighting the autonomy of parastatals in the country. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:19 · Dan Sudi

Google rolls out ICT scholarship to African students

Web giant Google has announced a scholarship programme targeted at African female students who are enrolled in ICT courses, to encourage students to take an active role in the sector and become role models and leaders across Africa. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 17:07 · Robert K'Odingo

Hitachi’s new technology stores data for millions of years

Global high-tech storage giant Hitachi on Monday unveiled a means of storing digital information on pieces of quartz glass capable of enduring extreme temperatures and hostile conditions for millions of years without degrading. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 16:32 · Dan Sudi

Can Blackberry conquer African market?

South Africa and Nigeria will be amongst the first wave of countries to receive the BlackBerry 10, testifying to the importance of the two African nations to developers Research in Motion (RIM). → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 12:52 · HumanIPO

Climate innovation hub launched to stir Kenya’s green business potential

Kenya has launched the world’s first climate innovation hub in Nairobi to stir green innovation in a country synonymous with mobile innovation. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 12:35 · Paul Adepoju

Police in Nigeria arrest illegal SIM card manufacturers

Officers from the Nigeria Police Force and operatives from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday arrested several individuals suspected to be producing counterfeit SIM cards using fake identities in the capital Abuja. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 12:26 · Vincent Matinde

Altech finally sells off its West African business

South African technology firm Altech has finally shed its majority stake in its West African business, selling off 75 percent in the face of revenue losses. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 12:12 · Robert K'Odingo

Nokia unveils two more Asha series as it battles to stay afloat

Nokia Corporation this week debuted two of its touch-screen cellphones, the Asha 308 and 309, at an event in Jakarta, Indonesia, as part of its strategy to bolster its predicted single-digit annual growth with sales of feature phones. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 11:30 · Elly Okutoyi

40 finalists for DEMO Africa 2012 unveiled

Up to 40 demonstrators have been shortlisted to participate at the first ever DEMO Africa event, the flagship initiative of the Liberating Innovation in Opportunity Nations in Africa (LIONS@frica), scheduled for October in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 11:02 · Tefo Mohapi

Lorna Hardie appointed HP’s security product sales chief for South Africa and Africa

HP has appointed Lorna Hardie as its new HP Enterprise Security Product Sales Manager for South Africa and Africa effective October 1, 2012. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 10:54 · Tefo Mohapi

Rectron to launch world’s thinnest Ultrabook in SA

South African technology supplier Rectron is to begin selling the Acer Aspire S5, the world's thinnest Ultrabook at 11 millimetres, exclusively in the South African market. → Read more
Thu, September 27th, 10:08 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s ICT graduates find it hard fitting into job market

A good number of Kenya’s ICT graduates are struggling in the country’s technology-driven job market as existing universities are too rigid when it comes to their course offerings, according to Creative Web’s chief executive Duke Kibagedi. → Read more