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Fri, July 20th, 07:02 · Dan Sudi

Airtel money finally takes plunge into Burkina Faso, now nation’s first mobile money

Airtel launched mobile money under brand name Airtel Money in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday. The cellphone service provider has partnered with Ecobank in the nation’s new venture. → Read more
Fri, July 20th, 05:00 · Vincent Matinde

Almost half of Egypt’s internet users go to YouTube

In a report published by Think With Google, Google’s research arm, 44 percent of Egypt’s Internet users use YouTube on a daily basis. → Read more
Fri, July 20th, 04:00 · Elly Okutoyi

New app to help Kenyan farmers foretell crop yield

After experiencing one of the worst crop failures to draught, farmers in Kenya can now predict their crop yields, soil fertility, and expected crop diseases thanks to a new web-based application developed by students from Strathmore University. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 13:51 · HumanIPO

Nigeria’s Top Telco takes firm course on poverty alleviation task

Nigeria’s leading telecommunications service provider TOP Telco has launched a partnership plan, alongside Ekiti state government and Globacom Limited, focused on creating jobs for about 1000 youths in the state of Ekiti. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 13:36 · HumanIPO

Video Connect Network service to livestream Nigerian content worldwide

Tata Communications has partnered with Main One Cable Company in a move that will see Nigeria's content viewed live globally. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 13:17 · HumanIPO

South Africa-based StartMe expends richly on startups using crowdfunding

Crowdfunding in SA is helping developers seek faster funding thanks to StartMe.co.za, a startup launched last year by two South African Internet entrepreneurs, Lourie Nel and Ben Botes. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 12:06 · HumanIPO

How mobile number portability miscarried haplessly

Early last year, Kenya’s communications regulator, the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), introduced mobile number portability (MNP) to offer mobile users a means of switching from one service operator to another -- without the need to change the subscribed cellphone numbers. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 11:31 · Dan Sudi

Countries in East Africa gang up against cybercriminals

East African countries will, in the course of this year, form a partnership to fight cybercrimes in the region. This was disclosed Tuesday during the Internet Governance Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 10:08 · HumanIPO

PayPal acquires credit card scanner card.io

Online payment firm PayPal has acquired San Francisco-based company Card.io that specializes in apps, which enable mobile phone cameras to capture credit card information rather than reading and inserting them manually. PayPal’s vice president of Global Product at PayPal Hill Ferguson confirmed in a blog post. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 09:35 · Vincent Matinde

Google brings in its Gmail SMS to Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana

Google’s email service Gmail has announced the introduction of Gmail SMS in Kenya, Nigeria and Ghana. However, mail to SMS is not a new concept here in Africa. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 08:25 · Elly Okutoyi

Mobile technology strapped to sheep that scares rustlers stiff

Faced with the perpetual disappearance of livestock from his vast farm, a South African farmer decided to devise a way of using mobile technology to monitor his flock. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 07:57 · Vincent Matinde

G|Uganda scheduled for this September

The Google family including developers will converge in Uganda’s capital Kampala during the second g|Uganda meeting that will bring online entrepreneurs together to explore “some Google tools.” → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 07:20 · HumanIPO

YouTube jostles for higher ranking as top news disseminator

World’s leading video streaming service YouTube has launched a face blurring technology the developers say is specially designed for use in cases where video footage requires anonymity. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 07:00 · Gythan Munga

IBM Simon: The cellular gizmo that paved way for smartphones

As the world bids farewell to feature phones, new look gadgets generally referred to as smartphones are taking over the void. IBM Simon, a PDA launched in 1994, is said to be the device that ushered in the touch screen phones of the 21st Century. → Read more
Thu, July 19th, 04:00 · Robin Okuthe

Smartphone for blind people, world’s first ever, unveiled

A smartphone specifically designed for the blind people was unveiled last week in the UK. The device, dubbed Geaorgie, features a voice-assisted touchscreen. The new phone offers a range of apps to enable execution of tasks including reading printed text, catching a bus and pointing out locations. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 15:16 · Dan Sudi

Morocco’s M2M partners with Ethiopian bank in e-banking deal

Morocco’s M2M group has partnered with Commercial Bank of Ethiopia in a US$ 8 million e-banking deal. This will be the bank’s second phase in a project aimed at using electronic money. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 15:12 · Tefo Mohapi

Zimbabwe’s Telecel reaches 2-million subscriber milestone

Zimbabwe mobile service provider Telecel Zimbabwe has reported that its subscribers have reached the 2 million mark and continue to increase as demand for mobile services grows in the Southern African country. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 15:11 · HumanIPO

ZunguZ now South Africa’s major online shopping trendsetter

Facebook money transfer and payment service ZunguZ is triggering a wild rush for online shopping in South Africa, according to the apps co-founder. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 14:51 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya to join African countries with 4G LTE technology this year

Kenya’s government has announced that it will start rolling out its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) infrastructure before the end of this year. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 14:17 · HumanIPO

How M-Pesa clambered to top spot among world’s mobile money services

In April 2007, Safaricom launched M-Pesa, a cellphone-based payment and money transfer service. The service is currently one the world’s most adverted in connection with mobile money payment system. → Read more