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Thu, July 5th, 10:21 · Vincent Matinde

Africa gearing up for the second ITI Africa Summit

The second Africa IT Infrastructure Summit is slated for Cape Town, South Africa from July 12 to 13. Africa’s top techno players are now gearing up for the event. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 09:55 · Vincent Matinde

Kenya tops, after Norway, with socially devoted brands, South Africa sixth

Socialbakers have released a report which puts Kenya at number two on the countries with socially devoted brands on Facebook. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 09:13 · Dan Sudi

Airtel Rwanda introduces 3.75G Internet in Kigali

Airtel yesterday unveiled the 3.75G Internet in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. The mobile phone service provider terms it as “the fastest Cellphone Internet in Rwanda.” → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 08:40 · HumanIPO

South Africa’s new network operator poised to reduce calling rates by 50 percent

AppChat mobile voice network operator is set to revolutionize South Africa’s telecom sector with its promise of affordable local and international calls. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 08:28 · Vincent Matinde

Say goodbye to these Google products

Coming from the recent Google I/O conference, the company has announced that it would be axing off some of its products. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 08:10 · HumanIPO

Telecel Zimbabwe appoints new chief executive

Zimbabwe's mobile service provider Telecel Zimbabwe has appointed Francis Mawindi as its new chief executive officer. Mawindi, a Zimbabwean, will succeed John Swaim, a U.S.-born Swiss citizen. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 07:57 · Tefo Mohapi

Vodacom appoints new group chief executive

Vodacom has this morning announced the appointment of Shameel Joosub as Vodacom Group Chief Executive Officer to the Vodacom Group Board. He succeeds Pieter Uys who stepped down after almost 20 years with Vodacom including four as a chief executive. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 07:00 · Tefo Mohapi

Part 1: The decline of Nokia under Stephen Elop

Nokia Corporation chief executive Stephen Elop joined the company from Microsoft where he was the head of the business division responsible for the Microsoft Office line of products. He was also a member of the company's senior leadership team. Under his guidance since September 2010, Nokia’s share price has gone from just above approximately US$15 to just above US$2. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 06:40 · Tefo Mohapi

Google reveals butter smooth Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Late last month, the search engine giant Google revealed the next Android operating system version, the 4.1 Jelly Bean, at Google I/O. The version’s operability is centred on the improvement of the user interface, both in terms of functionality and performance. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 06:24 · Tefo Mohapi

Popular music streaming service now available for Blackberry smartphones

Popular music streaming service Spotify is now available in the BlackBerry App World store. BlackBerry smartphone users can now play, discover, and share their favourite music tunes right from their devices. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Samsung Smart App Challenge winners to take home US$4.08-million

Samsung Electronics will give 80 mobile developers US$4,08 million as prize money for its global mobile app developers challenge. → Read more
Thu, July 5th, 04:00 · Dan Sudi

Old Mutual and Safaricom partner to start i-invest

Multi-national financial services company Old Mutual on Tuesday launched a new mobile-based unit product called i-invest in Kenya's capital Nairobi following a partnership with telecom operator Safaricom. The new service will allow easy money transactions in the country, in investments and withdrawals. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 15:00 · HumanIPO

Firefox mobile OS set for integration on smartphones

Firefox Operating System for smartphones is underway courtesy of the back up of a number of global mobile networks. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 14:17 · HumanIPO

Ghafla launches a mobile app, opens space to advertisers

Kenya-based infotainment site Ghafla has unwrapped its first mobile app on Nokia. It has in addition introduced advertising services for Kenya’s business owners. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 13:48 · Igor Hobotov

Eskimi starts mobile money marketing platform in Nigeria

Eskimi, a fiercely competitive Lithuanian startup with an estimated 7 million customers now, has half of its audience from Nigeria. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 13:18 · Vincent Matinde

Internet Society to give grants to help IT innovation in Africa

Internet Society has released over US$10,000 each, to several African projects that help communities access technology. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 13:14 · Igor Hobotov

The Mxit revolution: Alan Knott-Craig’s tale of Mxit acquisition

In the book, “Mobinomics: Mxit and the mobile revolution,” Knott-Craig Jnr tells us how he came to own Mxit. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 12:30 · Vincent Matinde

Samsung launches Galaxy S III in Lusaka

Samsung Electronics has launched Galaxy SIII in Zambia’s capital Lusaka. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 10:01 · Elly Okutoyi

South Africa Revenue Service upgrades its technology portfolio

South Africa Revenue Service (SARS), South Africa’s tax authority, has unveiled five new technologies on its technology portfolio aimed at returning assessments in less than three minutes to the country’s tax payers. → Read more
Wed, July 4th, 09:15 · Dan Sudi

With e-tax system, Uganda’s revenue authority would tax “all imported vehicles”

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has upgraded its e-tax system to now allow for taxation of imported vehicles. → Read more