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Fri, May 25th, 10:40 · Vincent Matinde

Econet Wireless secures US$307 million to finance its Zimbabwean subsidiary

Econet Wireless, telecommunications provider with operations and investments in Africa, Europe, South America and the East Asia Pacific, has announced it has secured US$362 million for its African subsidiary. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 10:21 · HumanIPO

Airtel Uganda lowers calling rates to African destinations

Airtel Uganda has announced a new calling rate to all African destinations widely expected to cut costs for Ugandan’s looking to make voice calls across the continent. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 08:00 · HumanIPO

Uganda’s radios hailed for fostering progress in a once war-torn nation

Despite being one of the smallest countries in Africa in terms of size, Uganda has more than 244 radio stations making it the nation with one of the highest number of local radio stations in the continent. → Read more
Fri, May 25th, 07:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Zimbabwe unveils country’s first universal electronic payment system

Zimbabwe has received its first ever Universal Electronic Payment System (UEPS) thanks to a local firm, SmartPay. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 17:50 · HumanIPO

Agencies develop weather alert systems to cut Lake Victoria fishing fatalities

Six agencies operating in Uganda are partnering to launch a weather alert service expected to cut down on the number of fatal accidents associated with fishing in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest freshwater lake. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 16:10 · Vincent Matinde

After closing purchase, Motorola Mobility now becomes Google’s latest acquisition

After months of speculation, the search giant Google has finally acquired Motorola Mobility at a price of US$40 per share bringing the total acquisition to US$12.5 billion. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 15:35 · Elly Okutoyi

Satellite still drives broadband in Africa even with fibre cable influx

Even with the scores of fibre optic cables that have landed on the African coasts, satellites are still being used to boost Internet connectivity in the African regions, this is according to satellite operators attending the Satcom Africa conference this week in Johannesburg, South Africa. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 13:08 · HumanIPO

Celltick gets a new VP as battle for Africa’s mobile market heats up

Celltick, a global mobile home screen marketing company, has appointed a new VP for Africa. The company yesterday said the appointment of Moshe Rint comes as part of its strategy to extend its influence in the continent’s fast-paced mobile market. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 13:06 · Elly Okutoyi

FAO links with Zambia’s MTZ to offer e-Vouchers set to ease farmers’ mobility

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Mobile Transactions Zambia (MTZ), an enterprise in Zambia focused on providing financial services, have teamed up to develop a means by which e-Vouchers can be used to provide the country’s ministry of agriculture and livestock with bicycles for use by the lead farmers. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 12:00 · Vincent Matinde

Highly rated Samsung Galaxy Pocket finally launched in Kenya

Samsung Electronics East Africa yesterday unveiled its fancy low-cost Android powered smartphone named Samsung Galaxy Pocket in Nairobi, Kenya. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 10:02 · HumanIPO

Mauritius sets deadline for 8-digit mobile numbering system migration

Mauritius’ Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA) says the country is now ready to move to the 8-digit phone numbering protocol and has since set the deadline for the country's telephone network operators to migrate. The three operators now have until September 1, 2013. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 08:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Country’s first ever phone-based share-trading platform launched in Kenya

AIB Capital, a Kenya-based stock broking firm, has launched the country’s first ever interactive phone-based share trading platform called AIB-Mobile set to enable users to buy and sell shares as well as monitor and top up their accounts -- using mobile phones. → Read more
Thu, May 24th, 07:00 · Vincent Matinde

Kenyan bank readies to tap into Diaspora remittances with its new portal

Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), a leading Kenya-based financial institution in terms of assets, has launched a portal set to link Kenyans in the Diaspora with the country’s banking and investments. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 17:07 · HumanIPO

Over 200 Africa’s delegates to converge in Nairobi for next week’s OIAS

Over 200 top policy makers, developers, entrepreneurs and private enterprises will converge in Nairobi next week for the second Open Innovation Africa Summit (OIAS). → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 16:09 · HumanIPO

Over 13000 students to receive free laptops in Namibia

More than 13,000 students at the University of Namibia (UNAM) are set to receive free laptops, as well as benefit from unlimited wireless network. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 15:40 · HumanIPO

World’s top cloud computing firm to showcase at Benin bound eLearning Africa

Wyse, a global leader in cloud computing, today said it will be exhibiting its latest digital classroom solutions it developed in partnership with Microsoft at this year’s eLearning Africa, the continent’s premier annual ICT-enhanced learning forum, slated for May 23 in Cotonou, Benin. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 14:12 · Vincent Matinde

SA bank Absa furbishes up Internet banking with an additional app for its customers

After two years of restructuring its online presence, Absa bank, now with over 1.25 million members, has finally launched a new online platform for its customers. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 13:00 · Elly Okutoyi

Opera wins first ever African award

Opera Software, a Norwegian company best known for its mobile Web browser Opera Mini, on Saturday received its first ever African award from the Africa Technology Awards held in Johannesburg. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 12:12 · HumanIPO

Ericsson, Tigo to connect 30,000 in northern Ghana

Millennium Village Project, a nonprofit organization committed to helping rural African communities lift themselves out of extreme poverty, has been established in northern Ghana to connect over 30, 000 people living in the region’s rural villages with Internet. → Read more
Wed, May 23rd, 11:00 · HumanIPO

SA’s new multipurpose smartcard IDs poised to cut crime rate

South Africa's government is trailing a new identification system in the country set to enable South Africans move around with a multipurpose identity card. → Read more