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Wed, June 20th, 11:24 · Vincent Matinde

Carrier Wi-Fi Market to grow, new research indicates

A new study by ABI Research indicates that Carrier Wi-Fi equipment market will grow to a tune of US$2.2 billion by 2017. → Read more
Wed, June 20th, 09:15 · Vincent Matinde

Africa’s first twitter vending machine launched in SA

A South African tea-manufacturing firm BOS Ice Tea has launched a new vending machine that uses tweets. → Read more
Wed, June 20th, 08:11 · Vincent Matinde

LG’s Quick Voice to compete with Siri and S-Voice

LG, one of the top electronic manufacturing leaders in the world, has announced its voice assistant app, Quick Voice. → Read more
Wed, June 20th, 05:00 · Vincent Matinde

Favourite media player VideoLan Client (VLC) coming to Android platform

A multimedia firm behind VideoLan Client (VLC) has announced through its Twitter account its headed to the Android platform. → Read more
Wed, June 20th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Sponsors allege misappropriation of Cape Town’s ICT Indaba funds

The South African Department of Communications is investigating into misappropriation of the funds contributed by telecoms to sponsor the inaugural ICT Indaba in Cape Town earlier this month. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 12:32 · Tefo Mohapi

Blackberry-maker Celestica to stop manufacturing for RIM in six months

Canada-based electronics manufacturing company Celestica has announced it will be winding down its manufacturing services for Research In motion (RIM), the company behind the Blackberry smartphone, in the next three to six months. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 11:48 · Elly Okutoyi

8ta to offer cheap BlackBerry services in SA

Telkom’s mobile arm 8ta has introduced cheaper Blackberry Internet Service (BIS) to its South African subscribers. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 10:34 · HumanIPO

Phone calls to cost more in Tanzania

Tanzania’s international and local phone calls will from July 1 cost more after the government hiked up excise duty on the calls from 10 to 12 per cent last week Wednesday. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 09:48 · Vincent Matinde

Top sites use Facebook widgets

A report by Pingdom recently revealed a larger number of the top 10,000 websites worldwide are now using official Facebook widgets on their pages. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 09:11 · Igor Hobotov

Intel Capital to boost venture capital efforts in Africa

Intel Capital is now shifting its investment focus to startups and early-stage companies in the Sub-Saharan Africa. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 07:30 · Tefo Mohapi

Microsoft unveils its new tablet branded Microsoft Surface

After almost a week’s speculation on what major announcement the software giant would be making, Microsoft has revealed its own-brand family of tablets named the Microsoft Surface. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 07:30 · Gythan Munga

Upcoming African Startup Events, 19-30 June

Startup events present the opportunity for entrepreneurs to value their efforts as well as market their innovations. Here’s everything you need to know about upcoming technology events in Kenya and South Africa in a week. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 07:08 · Tefo Mohapi

Expanded Tweets to make Twitter more interactive with content previews

With an aim of making the leading microblogging site more interactive, Twitter has partnered with a number of online media companies to enable users to have access to a range of multimedia content when expanding a tweet. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 05:00 · HumanIPO

Airtel partners with Ecobank to unveil first ever mobile money service in Chad

Chad’s Airtel customers can now facilitate financial transactions as well as make utility payments on their mobile phones. → Read more
Tue, June 19th, 04:00 · HumanIPO

Air Nigeria includes iPad 3 among its in-flight entertainment

An in-flight entertainment firm the IFE Services will be offering entertainments on iPad 3 to passengers aboard Air Nigeria making the air carrier the first to offer the solution in Africa. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 14:25 · HumanIPO

With regulations, mobile money in East Africa could grow, says report

Mobile money in East Africa could become more popular if the regional rules are coordinated and harmonized, reveals a report. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 14:06 · Elly Okutoyi

New GSMA Mobile and Development Intelligence project launched

An association of mobile operators and related companies called GSMA in partnership with Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, have launched the Mobile and Development Intelligence (MDI) project that will make data available for the mobile industry in the developing world. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 12:53 · Vincent Matinde

Orange says its mobile money now has 4 million customers

Multinational integrated communications provider Orange now reports that its mobile money has reached 4 million people in the Middle East and the African countries -- including Botswana, Cameroon, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Niger and Senegal. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 12:38 · HumanIPO

Africa Union’s 753-hectare expansion plan for Tanzania’s Nelson Mandela Institute

The African Union (AU) ha set aside close to TSh529 million (USD 334701.97) to compensate the Tanzania Plantation Limited former 753-hectare piece in Karangai area to pave way for the second phase of the construction of Nelson Mandela Institute of Science and Technology. → Read more
Mon, June 18th, 11:47 · Vincent Matinde

Ethiopia disables Tor – software used to access blocked sites

Ethiopia’s Internet freedom is seemingly on its way to a grinding halt. After passing laws that criminalize use of VoIP, the government has blocked software that can be used to access blocked sites in the country named Tor. → Read more