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Thu, August 16th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s FirstBank introduces voice banking, USSD and Vernacular

FirstBank Nigeria has introduced Interactive Voice Response fund transfer and bill payments in addition to a 24-hour customer service centre in local languages. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 15:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Instagram looking to grow business involvement

Popular photo sharing and filter app Instagram has announced its intentions to assist businesses to become more involved on its platform. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 14:22 · Dan Sudi

Safaricom to spearhead nationwide road safety campaign

Kenya’s leading mobile phone service provider Safaricom has partnered with Media Owners Association (MOA), private and public organisations to spearhead a nationwide road safety campaign to minimise road carnage on Kenyan roads that keeps on claiming lives each day. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 14:10 · HumanIPO

‘Illiterate’ women to engineer Barefoot College’s solar energy project in Zanzibar

Zanzibar’s off-grid households could soon benefit from free solar electric systems courtesy of Barefoot College. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 13:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Africa’s largest social network partners with Standard Bank to launch Mxit Money

Mxit today launched its mobile commerce platform, which will see it provide its 10 million active South African users with the ability to perform real money transactions. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 13:23 · Vincent Matinde

Asha movement continues with the Touch 311 unveiling

Nokia does not seem to have had enough of the Asha movement this time releasing Nokia Asha Touch 311. The company had just last month released its Asha Touch 305 brands in Kenya. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 13:08 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenyan government’s plan to offer free TV set top boxes hits a snag

Lack of data on the number of television sets in the country may mar plans by Kenya’s government to supply free set top boxes to its citizens, in a bid to help them migrate to digital broadcasting signals. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 12:10 · Robin Okuthe

In 11 days, World Humanitarian Day Campaign draws close to breaking social media record

An intercontinental campaign focused on breaking a social media record by attempting to attain 1 billion people to celebrate World Humanitarian Day on August 19, has passed the 100 million mark in just about 10 days, a major milestone. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 12:00 · Tefo Mohapi

HP South Africa claims virtualisation aids innovation

HP South Africa recently announced new virtualisation software solutions that it hopes will simplify, automate and secure the movement of virtual machines (VMs) and data in cloud environments. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 11:51 · Elly Okutoyi

September deadline still stands no extension, CCK

The Communication Commission of Kenya, CCK, has maintained that it will not extend the September 2012 deadline for switching off non-genuine handsets, used widely across the country. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 09:26 · Vincent Matinde

Cape Town chosen as venue for a global SEO expert conference

A leading software company has chosen Cape Town as its host for a major conference on search engine optimization (SEO). Online users elected the city through ‘a popular vote.’ → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 09:04 · Dan Sudi

Somalia firm woos Optelian to roll out broadband across East and Central Africa

Somalia’s fibre-optic specialist Somcable is spinning out a broadband network penetration across the East and Central African region. The company is partnering with Optelian, a trusted global provider of multi-technology optical networking solutions, in the venture. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 07:47 · HumanIPO

Uganda’s communications industry regulator keen on stamping cybercrime out

Uganda's communications regulator the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has set up a specialised unit called CERT to deal with cybercrime, one of the world's fastest growing crimes. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 07:29 · Vincent Matinde

Simfy music streaming service plunges into South African market

In an estimated 12 days, South Africans will be able to plug into a new music streaming service known as Simfy. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 05:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Airplane denoted as grand prize in MTN Nigeria’s promotion

MTN Nigeria has pledged to woo back a significant proportion of its customers through a promotion that will see one subscriber walk away, or rather fly away, with an airplane as the ultimate grand prize. → Read more
Wed, August 15th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Intel ‘to the rescue’ of Nigeria’s health sector

Technology giant Intel Corporation and Synapses Limited, a medical network firm, are combining forces to train Nigeria's clinical workers on digital technology use. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 14:59 · HumanIPO

Rocket Internet to receive US$ 419 million from Millicon for intercontinental online ventures

Millicom from today can increase its stakes up to 50% in Rocket Internet’s Latin America Internet Holding ("LIH") and Africa Internet Holding ("AIH"). → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 14:19 · Elly Okutoyi

US$13 million hi-tech forensic lab for Kenya Wildlife Service to be set up

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), the body responsible for management of Kenya’s Wildlife heritage, has officially started the construction of a US$13 million forensics laboratory to help it deal with the increasing poaching incidents in the country. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 14:12 · Dan Sudi

Malawi’s government unveils two information sites

The Government of Malawi yesterday launched two websites namely, the Central Office of Information (COI) and the Malawi News Agency (MANA), at the Sagecoa Golden Peacock Hotel in the country’s capital Lilongwe. → Read more
Tue, August 14th, 13:54 · Elly Okutoyi

Nigeria’s Multilinks, Starcomms, MTS merger in the Horizon

Three telecommunications companies Multilinks, Starcomms and MTS are said to be in merger talks of a deal that would cost over US$200 million. → Read more