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Wed, July 18th, 13:40 · Vincent Matinde

IrokoTV now targets cable television

The famous African video on demand company, IrokoTV has received new investments amounting to $2million and now wants to venture into cable television. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 13:07 · Elly Okutoyi

Free TV decoders to be offered in Tanzania

Tanzanians may soon receive free decoders from a Chinese pay TV network operator called StarTimes for digital television services access. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 12:06 · Vincent Matinde

Where are the women in tech?

During the graduation of 23 mobile programming students at the mLab in Nairobi, it was a peculiar scene as only four females represented women in tech. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 11:35 · Dan Sudi

Telkom “poaches” Samsung SA’s MD

Samsung’s South Africa MD Deon Liebenberg has taken over as Telkom’s MD in the business section. Reports from Telkom’s media relations department reveal Lienbenberg reported to work yesterday. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 09:19 · Robin Okuthe

5% in revenue loss imminent after “fake phones” are cut off network

Switching off the grey handsets as planned by Kenya’s government could cost Safaricom, a leading cellular network provider, up to 5 percent of its revenue. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 08:58 · Vincent Matinde

mShop looking to stretch across East Africa

Online ticketing is still a concept not totally embraced in Africa. But one startup has aimed to make it a success in Kenya and eventually in East Africa. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 08:09 · Robin Okuthe

IBM leads agencies in combating cervical cancer in Kenya

Kenyan government’s health department, the Ministry of Health (MoH), and the United States Embassy have partnered in a project focused on pulling down the increasing cases of cervical cancer in the country. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 07:30 · Tefo Mohapi

New Twitter for blackberry version released

Twitter and Blackberry on Monday announced the release of a new Twitter for Blackberry version, now available in Blackberry’s App World. The version support s Arabic, Finnish and Hebrew. → Read more
Wed, July 18th, 07:03 · Vincent Matinde

23 graduate in Nairobi’s mLab after mobile app training

Yesterday saw 23 students graduate following a 4-month mobile training at the mLab in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Tue, July 17th, 14:31 · HumanIPO

Burkina Faso engineers to get water technology training

Engineering students in Burkina Faso will be taught latest water metering technology in a bid to improve water resource management in the country. The training will be offered by two nonprofits - Itron Partners in partnership with 2iE Foundation. → Read more
Tue, July 17th, 05:00 · Dan Sudi

MTN in US$100 million tussles with Swaziland Posta

Mobile service provider MTN Swaziland has demanded US$100 million compensation from Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (SPTC) for breaching a contract and a number of losses suffered. → Read more
Tue, July 17th, 04:00 · Robin Okuthe

Microsoft keen on sweeping over Google App’s fortunes

Microsoft is doing everything to avert enterprise customers from using the Google Apps. To bolster the efforts, the technology giant is reported to have increased commissions to its resellers as well as cut pricing. → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 14:02 · Dan Sudi

Safaricom to pilot e-learning management system at Starehe Centres

Kenya’s leading cellular network operator Safaricom has partnered with the country’s top performing schools, the Starehe Schools, to launch a pilot phase of e-learning management system dubbed the Safaricom Blackboard. → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 13:13 · HumanIPO

Africa gTLD to accelerate entrepreneurship

With 39 African countries including Kenya strongly supporting ZACR to run the dotafrica Top Level Domain (TLD) through their letters to ICANN, the generic top level domain (gTLD) is viewed to have the potential to expand the visibility and identity of businesses in Africa. → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 11:55 · Elly Okutoyi

Exams in Zimbabwe to be marked electronically for first time ever

Zimbabwe’s secondary school examinations will be evaluated using the electronic marking technology for the first time ever, even as the country takes strides to completely computerize its education system. → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 11:26 · HumanIPO

African businesses should adopt video streaming services

In a move focused on bringing African video content online, YouTube now launches in Senegal, after several other countries including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. A survey of a number of entrepreneurs reveals such video streaming services fulfill the dreams of African businesses. → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 09:55 · Elly Okutoyi

Kenya’s electoral body dares hackers to breach its systems

In an unexpected move, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the body responsible for management of voting in the country, has announced that it will invite hackers to tamper with its electronic system, in a bid to assure voters of “maximum security.” → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 09:20 · Dan Sudi

Zimbabweans summoned to seek ICT education

Zimbabwe’s government seeks to spur ICT revolution countrywide by ensuring majority of its citizens become computer literate. → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 08:17 · Vincent Matinde

ForgetMeNot Africa releases second version of its API

Zimbabwe-based IT firm ForgetMeNot Africa has announced a new version of its API to the developers, → Read more
Mon, July 16th, 07:34 · Vincent Matinde

YouTube launches version in Senegal

YouTube has launched another version of its service in another African country. This time around, it’s Senegal. → Read more