African Technology News, Startups, Mobile and Social Media

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Fri, June 29th, 09:05 · Dan Sudi

Microsoft says it intends to launch Office 365 throughout Africa

Microsoft has said it will launch Office 365 across Africa for the first time. The countries will access the features of the new technology commercially. → Read more
Fri, June 29th, 08:43 · Vincent Matinde

Android OS favoured in Africa

In a report by VisionMobile, the Android operating system is most favored by developers and users around Africa. → Read more
Fri, June 29th, 07:57 · HumanIPO

Kenya’s construction industry set for reawakening with Access Kenya’s new technology

Kenya’s leading Internet service provider Access Kenya has launched a new Fibre to the Premise (FTTP) solution set to take Kenya’s building technology to "the next level." → Read more
Fri, June 29th, 07:04 · Elly Okutoyi

Communications authority intensifies campaign to quash fake phone use in Kenya

Kenya’s communication regulator, Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), on Tuesday launched a public awareness campaign focused on ensuring Kenyans are educated on the risks associated with using counterfeit mobile phones -- before they are switched off later this year. → Read more
Fri, June 29th, 05:15 · Elly Okutoyi

Experts gathering in Kenya for Data Development Camp 2012

Kenya's Strathmore University will this year host a gathering of over 200 participants in technology during the Open Data Development Camp 2012, which will also coincide with the first anniversary of the Kenya Open Data Initiative. → Read more
Fri, June 29th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Ethiopia’s relief at first ever toner and cartridge assembly plant

Ethiopia will for the first time begin assembling spent toner cartridges, inkjet cartridges and ribbon cartridges. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 15:10 · Tefo Mohapi

Spectacular launch of Google Glass at Google I/O

At the Google I/O event that took place yesterday at San Fransisco’s Moscone Center (USA), Google had a spectacular demonstration of the glasses called Google Glass via a live Google+ hangout involving four parachutists who jumped out of a blimp above the city and landed on the roof of centre. Each wore Google Glass spectacles that broadcast everything they saw. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 15:09 · Elly Okutoyi

Safaricom to motivate Kenyan Olympic athletes with Jackpot

Kenya’s leading telecommunications services provider, Safaricom, has announced a KSh10 million ($120,000) Olympic jackpot for the team that will represent the country in the 2012 London Marathon. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 14:34 · Vincent Matinde

More Huawei handsets on their way to Kenya

Safaricom has revealed that it is negotiating to bring more Huawei gadgets in the country. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 14:26 · Tefo Mohapi

Umuntu revolutionising content gathering and publishing across Africa

With presence across nine African countries through its i-portals, Umuntu Media continues to challenge traditional publishing models. Its latest offering, a personalised Virtual Notice Board called Mimiboard, is already popular across the continent. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 13:30 · Dan Sudi

Airtel among the sponsors of ‘Nigeria’s Got Talent’

Airtel Nigeria will partner with Optima Media Group and Rapid Blue Format to launch “Nigeria’s Got Talent,” a talent search reality TV show. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 12:47 · Elly Okutoyi

Ghana CID in a linkup to quash cybercrimes

The Ghana Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has signed a memorandum of understanding with e-Crime Bureau Inc to develop a national investigative response team to deal with the problems of cybercrimes and other electronic-based crimes. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 12:23 · HumanIPO

Startup pushes for social lending in South Africa

With just a week away from a scheduled launch on July 3, RainFin says it is ready to revolutionize South Africa’s financial services sector with an immediate overhaul of conventional lending and borrowing. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 10:02 · Dan Sudi

Safaricom says its chief shouldn’t testify in court case

East Africa’s leading telephone network operator Safaricom has challenged the decision by a Kenyan court to have its chief executive Bob Collymore produce Short Message Service (SMS ) transcripts for a fraud transaction pitting two banks -- Equity Bank, and Dyer and Blair Investment. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 08:50 · Elly Okutoyi

Nairobi could soon get ‘intelligent’ traffic lights

Nairobi and other regions of Kenya could soon have intelligence-based traffic lights to reduce the heavy traffic jams witnessed on the roads -- especially during rush hours. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 08:17 · Vincent Matinde

Testing of Wi-Fi Passpoint devices starts

The Wi-Fi Alliance has said the testing of a seamless Wi-Fi experience called the Passpoint will start soon. The technology helps mobile devices to access Wi-Fi from any hotspots while on the go. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 07:36 · Vincent Matinde

Google unveils own branded tablet

Google finally unveiled its own tablet during the recently held Google I/O developers conference. → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 06:21 · HumanIPO

Samsung to sell around 200 million Galaxy S III smartphones by end of year

Samsung Electronics released its Galaxy S III last week in the US. According to the South Korean electronics manufacturer, the phone’s demand by mobile operators and consumers is “tremendous.” → Read more
Thu, June 28th, 04:30 · Robin Okuthe

24 cybercriminals arrested in a worldwide FBI-led sting operation

A worldwide FBI-led sting operation, dubbed Operation Card Shop, targeting illegal credit card information traffickers has led to the arrest of at least 24 cybercriminals from13 countries. → Read more
Wed, June 27th, 13:15 · Tefo Mohapi

SA’s Dimension Data receives the “Systems Integrator of The Year” Award from McAfee

Dimension Data, a US$5.8 billion global IT services and solutions provider company based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has received the McAfee Europe Middle East Africa (EMEA) ‘Systems Integrator of the Year 2012 award.’ → Read more