African Technology News, Startups, Mobile and Social Media

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Sat, July 28th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Viridis Africa’s clean technology forum slated for October

On October 16 and 17 this year, social entrepreneurs in clean technology fields including wind, solar, hydro, biofuels, geothermal and coal will pitch their environmental conservation ideas to investors in Johannesburg, South Africa. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 13:54 · Tefo Mohapi

South Africa’s SecureData appoints new chief

Miles Crisp has been appointed as SecureData’s new chief executive officer. He will assume his duties on August 1, 2012. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 13:17 · HumanIPO

World’s most powerful telescope inspiring SA’s young techies

Almost 80 kilometres away from Carnarvon in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, where more than 5900 residents are jobless and good opportunities take a lifetime to resurface, the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), undergoes installation. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 12:52 · Vincent Matinde

Google now testing handwriting recognition

Google is in the process of introducing a handwriting recognition feature for its mobile search adding an option to voice recognition and keyboard typing. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 12:37 · Vincent Matinde

Pesapal opens its API to developers

Kenyan online payment solutions firm Pesapal has opened a new portal to potential developers. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 12:29 · Tefo Mohapi

Twitter’s engineering VP apologises for outage

Twitter yesterday experienced an outage that left hundreds of millions of its users unable to access the popular microblogging site and its mobile applications. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 11:32 · Tefo Mohapi

Apple’s Mountain Lion now available in App Store

Apple announced on Wednesday that its Mac operating system named OS X Mountain Lion, the ninth major release, is available as a download from the Mac App Store. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 10:05 · Tefo Mohapi

Samuel Eto’o’s Mobile Services company now running in Cameroon

Set’Mobile, a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned by Cameroon’s world-famous footballer Samuel Eto’o, officially launched its commercial services in the West African country this week. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 09:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Facebook releases financial results, reports 955 million monthly active users

The social networking firm Facebook yesterday released its first financial results after its much-publicized IPO. It reported a US$157 million in the quarter, a significant loss compared to the same period of reporting last year. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 09:05 · Vincent Matinde

Tunisia’s government to sell off its Telecom stake in Tunisiana

The Tunisian government has announced that it wishes to sell its stake on Tunisiana, the biggest mobile telecom company in the country. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 08:55 · Dan Sudi

Low investment in ICT delays Uganda’s e-government

Have you recently visited a government office and was served right away given the electronic services used? In Uganda, this is just implausible. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 08:28 · Tefo Mohapi

Google’s App Developer Challenge now open for entries

Google yesterday announced that its Google App Developer Challenge, it launched just last month, is now open for entry submissions. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 08:14 · Tefo Mohapi

Global cloud partner program launched by SA’s Dimension Data

South Africa’s Dimension Data, a global ICT services and solutions provider, today unveiled a global cloud partnership initiative that enables its service providers, educational institutions, government agencies and trading communities to rapidly bring new cloud services to market. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 07:00 · Tefo Mohapi

RIM Southern Africa gets new MD

Alexandra Zagury has been appointed as the managing director for South Africa and Southern Africa by Blackberry-maker Research In Motion (RIM). She will be based in the company’s Johannesburg office and will be responsible for RIM's operations, sales and marketing for the region. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Aboutticketz.com introduces QR code ticketing in SA

AboutTicketZ is pioneering mobile QR code ticketing in South Africa, moving a step further from SMS-based mobile ticketing solutions already in existence in the country. → Read more
Fri, July 27th, 04:00 · Vincent Matinde

Tunisia’s telecom company launches 3G service

Tunisiana, a mobile telephone company in Tunisia has launched 3G network for its data customers. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 15:30 · HumanIPO

NOTES: Africa’s Web-based notice board

Inspired by traditional notice boards, Johan Nel Umunthu, the founder of Mimiboard created a virtual notice board named after a Swahili word "mimi" depicting “I.” The app is designed to pass information, just like a typical notice board. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 15:02 · Dan Sudi

Kenya’s parking fees can now be settled via Airtel Money

The hustle for long queues to settle parking fees in Kenya could soon be reduced after Airtel and Kenya Airport Parking Services (KAPS) partnered to allow Airtel subscribers to secure the services via Airtel Money. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 14:39 · HumanIPO

19-year-old develops Scrobber, a Pinterest imitator for surfers in Africa

Scrobber is a new virtual pinboard essential for planning weddings, decorating homes, and sharing recipes. It can also function as an online catalogue for merchandise, adds the developers. → Read more
Thu, July 26th, 14:04 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s cellular operators headed for furious price rows

Kenya’s four mobile network operators have, since 2012, engaged in endless competitive campaigns to gain market dominance over each other. Fresh price rows could be in the offing, analysts say. → Read more